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Lehrende: Prof. Dr. Max Schaub
Veranstaltungsart:
Vertiefungsseminar
Anzeige im Stundenplan:
VM: Ethnic Politics
Semesterwochenstunden:
2
Credits:
6,0
Unterrichtssprache:
Englisch
Min. | Max. Teilnehmerzahl:
10 | 20
Anmeldegruppe: Anmeldegruppe Vertiefungsmodul Politikwissenschaft
Weitere Informationen:
einsemestriges Vertiefungsseminar
Dieses Seminar kann nur mit einer Prüfung abgeschlossen werden.
Verwendbar in folgenden Studiengängen bzw. Modulen:
- BA-Hauptfach Politikwissenschaft, FSB ab WiSe 2013/14: Vertiefungsmodul Politikwissenschaft (6 LP)
- BA-Hauptfach Politikwissenschaft: Wahlbereich (6 LP)
- BA-Nebenfach Politikwissenschaft: Fachbezogener Wahlbereich (6 LP)
Kommentare/ Inhalte:
This course is about ethnicity and its role in politics. We will ask and answer questions such as: What is ethnicity? Are ethnicities biological realities or socially constructed? How does ethnicity matter for politics? How is democracy shaped by the ethnic composition of a country, and what are ethnic alliances and ethnic entrepreneurs? What is ethnic violence and ethnic war, and why do people fight along ethnic lines? Apart from addressing these substantial questions, we will explore how ethnicity and its impact on politics can be studied empirically. How can we measure ethnicity, and what type of designs can we use to establish that ethnicity caused a political outcome? And can politics alter the way ethnicities are perceived?
Lernziel:
1) Understand the nature of ethnicity and its role in politics,
2) Be able to define the conditions under which ethnic differences become salient for politics;
3) Develop an understanding for the ways as to how the causal effect of ethnicity on political outcomes (and vice versa) can be measured.
Vorgehen:
Each session centers around a theme that is covered by 1-2 text(s) that all students will have read. The core reading(s) will be supplemented by short student presentations on closely related topics (e.g. a case study or a text applying the same theory to another case) and brief lectures by the instructor. By means of brainstorming sessions, group and plenary discussions, and debates, we will develop a common understanding of the session's theme.
Literatur:
- Anderson, Benedict R. O’G. 2006. Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism. London; New York: Verso.
- Birnir, Jóhanna Kristín. 2009. Ethnicity and Electoral Politics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Chandra, Kanchan. 2006. ‘What Is Ethnic Identity and Does It Matter?’ Annual Review of Political Science 9: 397-424.
- Fearon, James D. 1998. ‘Commitment Problems and the Spread of Ethnic Conflict’. In The International Spread of Ethnic Conflict: Fear, Diffusion, and Escalation, edited by David A. Lake and Donald S. Rothchild, 107-26. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press.
- Habyarimana, James, Macartan Humphreys, Daniel N. Posner, and Jeremy M. Weinstein. 2007. ‘Why Does Ethnic Diversity Undermine Public Goods Provision?’ American Political Science Review 101 (04): 709-25.
(selection; full literature list will be provided on STiNE)
Zusätzliche Hinweise zu Prüfungen:
Dieses Seminar kann nur mit einer Prüfung abgeschlossen werden.
Modulteilprüfung 6 LP:
Prüfungsart: Hausarbeit
Bewertungsschema: benotet (RPO)
Umfang: 12 Seiten
Abgabetermin: 31.03.2022
Abgabeort: per E-Mail und PDF an den Lehrenden
Alternative Prüfungsart:
Research design (outlining research question, proposed data sources, and methods), 10 pages
Studienleistungen (unbenotet):
1) Close reading of 1-2 core text(s) per session;
2) active participation in group discussions and other seminar activities;
3) 1 presentation of 10 min (single presenter) or 2x7.5=15min (students presenting in pairs) on a text or topic related to core text(s).
Ausgabeort der bewerteten Prüfungsleistung (gegen Empfangsbestätigung nach Eingabe der Noten in STiNE): wird noch bekannt gegeben
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