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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
bG ,Civil Society in China
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3.00 Credits
Jeffrey Alexander. t9.25-11.15 Hu,So (22) Normative and sociological theories of civil society and its role in democracy with special attention to cultural discourses. The 1960s civil rights movements, the 1980s gay and lesbian movement, and more recent controversies over immigration; the role of mass media; power and the 2008 presidential election; issues of global civil society.
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3.00 Credits
aG /ep&e 306a/plsc 236a,Urban Poverty and Policy
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3.00 Credits
aG ,Building Social Theory for Empirical Analysis
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3.00 Credits
Jeffrey Alexander. t9.25-11.15 Hu,So (22) Exploration of how and why modern and postmodern societies have continued to sustain material symbolism and iconic consciousness. Theoretical approaches to debates about icons and symbols in philosophy, sociology, linguistics, pyscho-analysis, and semiotics. Iconography in advertisements and branding, food and bodies, nature, fashion, celebrities, popular culture, art, architecture, and politics.
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3.00 Credits
Jasmina Besirevic-Regan. w 1.30-3.20 So (0) Genocide and violent ethnic conflict in the past fifty years, including contributory historical and political elements. Consideration of ways to prevent or resolve such conflicts. Identity, religion, class, and nationhood as related to violence and conflict. Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia used as case studies to develop an analytical framework.
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3.00 Credits
bG /afam 415bG/amst 415b/er&m 345b,Race,Racisms,and Social Theory
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3.00 Credits
Peter Stamatov. t 1.30-3.20 So (0) Citizenship as a complex phenomenon: an instrument of social closure, a determinant of social policies, a normative ideal in political philosophy, and a model for political participation. Meaning and forms of citizenship and civic engagement in historical and theoretical perspective. Debates on the decline of civic participation and on the emergence of global civil society.
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3.00 Credits
SigrunKahl. For description see under Political Science.
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3.00 Credits
Jonathan Wyrtzen. w 3.30-5.20 So (0) The rise of nationalism in the Maghreb (or Arab West) and Mashriq (or Arab East). Introduction to major debates about nationalism; the influence of transnational (pan-Islamic and pan-Arab) ideologies, ethnicity, gender, and religion. Case studies from North Africa (Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia) and the Middle East (Syria/Lebanon, Jordan, and Iraq).
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