Universität Wien

210125 SE M6: Austrian Politics (2022S)

Who are the people? Politics of Belonging in Austria.

9.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 21 - Politikwissenschaft
Continuous assessment of course work

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Details

max. 50 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

If possible, sessions will take place offline at the university. I strongly recommend to get vaccinated and to take a PCR-test one day ahead of each of our sessions at the university.

  • Wednesday 09.03. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
  • Wednesday 16.03. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
  • Wednesday 23.03. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
  • Wednesday 30.03. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
  • Wednesday 06.04. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
  • Wednesday 27.04. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
  • Wednesday 04.05. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
  • Wednesday 11.05. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
  • Wednesday 18.05. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
  • Wednesday 25.05. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
  • Wednesday 01.06. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
  • Wednesday 08.06. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
  • Wednesday 15.06. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
  • Wednesday 22.06. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
  • Wednesday 29.06. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The seminar will be taught in German.

The seminar focuses on different constructions of "Volk" and nation by reviewing current theoretical literature and applying it to the example of the Second Austrian Republic. We will analyse different discursive and legal constructions of "the people" by civil society and political actors. The seminar aims at deepening the understanding of mechanisms of social in- and exclusion as well as struggles for recognition and inclusion.

Starting from Benedict Anderson's "imagined communities" we will ask how different parts of the population become included in the national imagined community and how others are excluded. Here we will focus particularly on aspects of class, gender, race, religion and (dis)ability.

By using Austrian discursive and legal politics of belonging, struggles for social inclusion and equality, the seminar aims at fostering a critical understanding of discourses and legal instruments as building blocks of in- and exclusionary social technologies.

In their final paper students will demonstrate their knowledge of the theoretical literature by collecting and analysing empirical material based on one of the theoretical frameworks covered during the course.

***UPDATE 27.01.2022***
The first sessions will probably be live-streamed.

***UPDATE 27.01.2022***
The first session will be live-streamed. The following sessions will be offline if possible.

Assessment and permitted materials

(40%) final paper (in pairs: 7000-8000 words, excl. references)
(10%) research outline (in pairs: 1000 words)
(30%) oral presentation of literature (in pairs/groups of three)
(20%) in-class participation/homework

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

For passing the class students must hand in and receive a positive grade on each assignment.

>87% 1 (Sehr gut)
87-75% 2 (Gut)
75-62% 3 (Befriedigend)
62-50% 4 (Genügend)
<50% 5 (Nicht genügend)

In case students miss more than two sessions, they can not pass the class.

Examination topics

No exams will be held. Students are expected to complete written and oral assignment, prepare for each session by reading the required literature, and actively participate during class.

Reading list

Conceptual literature:
Anderson, Benedict R.O. (2006) Imagined communities: reflections on the origin and spread of nationalism. London ; New York: Verso.
Arendt, Hannah (1973) The origins of totalitarianism. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.
Foucault, Michel (2020) In Verteidigung der Gesellschaft: Vorlesungen am Collège de France (1975-76). Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp.
Gans, Chaim (2002) The limits of nationalism. Cambridge, UK ; New York: Cambridge University Press.
Gilroy, Paul (2005) Postcolonial melancholia. New York: Columbia University Press.
Hobsbawm, E.J. and Ranger, T.O. (eds) (2012) The Invention of tradition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Marshall, Thomas H.; Bottomore, Thomas. (1992) Citizenship and social class. London: Pluto Press.
Morrison, Toni (2017) The Origin of Others. Harvard University Press. doi:10.4159/9780674982628.
Smith, Anthony D. (1998) Nationalism and Modernism. Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780203167960.
Somers, Margaret R. (2008) Genealogies of citizenship: markets, statelessness, and the right to have rights. Cambridge, UK ; New York: Cambridge University Press.
Wodak, Ruth; de Cillia, Rudolf; Reisigl, Martin and Liebhart, Karin (eds.) (2009) The discursive construction of national identity. 2nd ed. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
Yuval-Davis, Nira (2011) The politics of belonging: intersectional contestations. London: Sage.

Empirical literature (selection):
Bakondy, V. and Winter, R. (2007) "Nicht alle Weißen schießen" : Afrikarepräsentationen im Österreich der 1950er Jahre im Kontext von (Post-)Kolonialismus und (Post-)Nationalsozialismus. Innsbruck Wien [u.a.]: StudienVerl.
Berghahn, S. (2019) ‘100 Jahre Frauenwahlrecht, politische Partizipation und der Kampf um Gleichberechtigung – ein kursorischer Überblick über die Entwicklung in Deutschland und Österreich’, Zeitschrift für öffentliches Recht (Vienna, Austria : 1996), 74(4), pp. 617–649. doi:10.33196/zoer201904061701.
Drobesch, W. (2007) Mensch, Staat und Kirchen zwischen Alpen und Adria 1848 - 1938 : Einblicke in Religion, Politik, Kultur und Wirtschaft einer Übergangszeit. Klagenfurt Wien [u.a.]: Verl. Hermagoras.
European Commission, Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, Naue, U., Plieger, P. (2021). European Semester 2020-2021 country fiche on disability equality : Austria, Publications Office. https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2767/987232
Hafez, F. (2021) Das "andere" Österreich : Leben in Österreich abseits männlich-weiß-heteronormativ-deutsch-katholischer Dominanz. Wien Hamburg: new academic press.
Mattes, A. (2017) ‘Who we are is what we believe? Religion and collective identity in Austrian and German immigrant integration policies’, Social inclusion, 5(1), pp. 93–104. doi:10.17645/si.v5i1.766.
Moritsch, A. (1996) Austria Slovenica : die Kärntner Slovenen und die Nation Österreich ; Koroški Slovenci in avstrijska nacija. Klagenfurt Wien [u.a.] *Celovec: Verl. Hermagoras *Mohorjeva.
Opratko, B. (2019) Im Namen der Emanzipation. Bielefeld, Germany: transcript Verlag. doi:10.14361/9783839449820.

Additional literature will be included in the syllabus. The literature will be made available digitally at the start of the seminar.

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