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Instructors: Prof. Dr. Max Schaub
Event type:
Interactive class
Displayed in timetable as:
PEP7
Hours per week:
3
Credits:
6,0
Language of instruction:
English
Min. | Max. participants:
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Comments/contents:
This course explores the roots of the current-day political and economic global order. Why have states become the dominant form of social organization? Why are some countries rich, while others remain poor? How have wars, colonialism, slavery, and migration shaped cultures? Why are men better politically represented then women? Why have societies become more equal over time? And why are these trends changing in many parts of the world? The course pursues a double-aim: To allow participants to engage with the substantive themes in the course literature, and to appreciate the methods used by the authors with view to developing methodological literacy for their own thesis projects.
Learning objectives:
The aims of this course are to enable students:
* to develop a deeper understanding of the roots of the current-day political and economic global order
* to improve their methodological literacy
* to appreciate the structure and published scholarly works with view to applying this knowledge to their own research
Didactic concept:
The seminar will consist of three elements: 1) lecture notes by the instructor, 2) a detailed discussion of the core reading, and 3) student-led discussions of’ “comments-by-quote.” Each core reading will be covered by two student presentations of 10 min length: the first will situate the text in the literature and introduce the study, and the second will dive into the methods used by the author(s). The “comment-by-quote” is a form of engaging with the text. Students will identify a quote from a book or article that speaks to the argument or to the methods of the reading(s) under discussion. Selected quotes will then be used as a starting point for a deepened discussion about the class reading(s).
Literature:
- Fukuyama, Francis. 2014. Political Order and Political Decay: From the Industrial Revolution to the Globalization of Democracy. London: Profile Books.
- Lankina, Tomila, and Lullit Getachew, “Mission or Empire, Word or Sword? The Human Capital Legacy in Postcolonial Democratic Development,” American Journal of Political Science 56, no. 2 (2012): 465–83.
- Lee, Melissa M., and Nan Zhang. 2017. “Legibility and the Informational Foundations of State Capacity.” The Journal of Politics 79 (1): 118–32.
- Nunn, Nathan, and Leonard Wantchekon. ‘The Slave Trade and the Origins of Mistrust in Africa’. The American Economic Review 101, no. 7 (1 December 2011): 3221–52.
- Paglayan, Agustina S. 2021. “The Non-Democratic Roots of Mass Education: Evidence from 200 Years.” American Political Science Review 115 (1). Cambridge University Press: 179–98.
- Rozenas, Arturas, and Yuri M. Zhukov. “Mass Repression and Political Loyalty: Evidence from Stalin’s ‘Terror by Hunger.’” American Political Science Review, 2019, 1–15.
- Sharman, Jason C. (2019) Power and Profit at Sea: The Rise of the West in the Making of the International System, International Security 43(4): 163-196.
- Tilly, Charles. 1985. “War Making and State Making as Organized Crime.” In Bringing the State Back In, edited by Peter B Evans, Dietrich Rueschemeyer, and Theda Skocpol, 169–91. New York: Cambridge University Press.
- Weber, Max. The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism. Unwin Hyman, London & Boston, 1930. Chapter 5.
Additional examination information:
Course credits:
* 1 presentation of 12min length on either the context/content or the methods of the core reading(s)
or submission and preparation for in-class presentation/discussion of 2 “comments-by-quote”
* Active participation in classroom discussions based on the course readings
Examination:
* Exam, dates TBD
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