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240074 SE VM1 / VM6 - Social and Global Disparity as the Basis for Political Change and Revolution? (2022S)

The Case of the Middle East

7.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 24 - Kultur- und Sozialanthropologie
Continuous assessment of course work
Moodle

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 25 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Thursday 10.03. 16:15 - 17:45 Seminarraum SG2 Internationale Entwicklung, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
  • Thursday 17.03. 16:15 - 17:45 Seminarraum SG2 Internationale Entwicklung, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
  • Thursday 24.03. 16:15 - 17:45 Seminarraum SG2 Internationale Entwicklung, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
  • Thursday 31.03. 16:15 - 17:45 Seminarraum SG2 Internationale Entwicklung, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
  • Thursday 07.04. 16:15 - 17:45 Seminarraum SG2 Internationale Entwicklung, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
  • Thursday 28.04. 16:15 - 17:45 Seminarraum SG2 Internationale Entwicklung, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
  • Thursday 05.05. 16:15 - 17:45 Seminarraum SG2 Internationale Entwicklung, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
  • Thursday 12.05. 16:15 - 17:45 Seminarraum SG2 Internationale Entwicklung, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
  • Thursday 19.05. 16:15 - 17:45 Seminarraum SG2 Internationale Entwicklung, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
  • Thursday 02.06. 16:15 - 17:45 Seminarraum SG2 Internationale Entwicklung, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
  • Thursday 09.06. 16:15 - 17:45 Seminarraum SG2 Internationale Entwicklung, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
  • Thursday 23.06. 16:15 - 17:45 Seminarraum SG2 Internationale Entwicklung, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
  • Thursday 30.06. 16:15 - 17:45 Seminarraum SG2 Internationale Entwicklung, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Neoliberal interventions around the globe have supported the rise in social inequalities. While the gap between states might have narrowed, the differences between a transnational global capitalist class and the rest has widened. The seminar deals with global social inequality from a neo-Gramscian perspective, but does also refer to other theorical approaches such world system theory or social network theory. In the seminar we will mainly focus on the Middle East (ME). We will explore development policies applied in this region and compare these policies and its consequences with those in other world regions. The ME provides interesting insights in this regard as many countries in the region were among the first to implement neoliberal restructuring policies. Moreover, the region's geostrategic importance has further supported international involvement and direct interventions.

Objectives:
The seminar aims at exploring social inequality from a political science perspective. This includes the discussion of its implications for state, society and space. The objectice is to elaborate the interconnections between economic and social developments on one side and political developments and the reorganization of territory and space on the other side. In that context we will be looking into economic, social, political and spatial orders.

Assessment and permitted materials

- preparation for the seminar with the texts provided on Moodle
- presentation (structure, content,..)
- the literature search for the presentation
- written Essay (structure, research question, arguments, style literature)

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Participation in the seminar is a condition for the completion of the seminar. Participants need to log into Moodle and prepare for each session with the literature provided. Active participation in the debates during the seminar are an important element of the final grade. Moreover, each participant is expected to make a presentation on a specific topic. In addition to that participants need to hand in a written essay and a final thesis. The final note consists of the sum of all these single achievements

Examination topics

Reading list

Barrington Moore Jr., Injustice: The Social Basis of Obedience and Revolt; Asef Bayat, From `Dangerous Classes' to `Quiet Rebels' Politics of the Urban Subaltern in the Global South; Low & Iveson, Propositions for more just urban public spaces; Collins, Theorizing Wisconsin's 2011 protests: Community‐based unionism confronts accumulation by dispossession; Ernesto Laclau, On Populist Reason; Frantz Fanon, Die Verdammten dieser Erde; Christopher Bayly, Die Geburt der modernen Welt; Bernard Lewis, What Went Wrong?; Roger Owen, State, Power and Politics in the Making of the Modern Middle East; Nazih Ayubi, Overstating the Arab State; Abdel-Malek, Anouar, Ägypten, Militärgesellschaft: das Armeeregime, die Linke und der soziale Wandel unter Nasser; Joel Migdal, Strong Societies and Weak States, .....

Association in the course directory

VM1 / VM6

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