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Political Science/Sociology: Cultures Without State: The Case of Catalonia
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)
Barcelona, Spain
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Level(s) |
Instruction in |
Credits |
Contact Hours |
Prerequisites |
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Sociology, History, Political Science
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300
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English
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3
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45
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N/A
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INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE
This course wants to explain the
Ideas of Nation, Nationalism and State using the Catalan Case and the
evolution of such ideas in the West. At the end of this semester
students will be able to understand the main characteristics of
different ideas of Nationalism and the main evolution of the Catalan
identity as well as the tensions in the Basque Country.
CONTENTS
- Ideas on Nation, State and Nationalism
- The Evolution of Nationalism in Europe through England, France, Germany and Italy
- Catalonia as a Case Study
- The Basque Country as a Case Study
- Nationalism and Identity in the United States
GRADING
Mid Term Exam (30%)
This Exam will consist of 60 multiple choice questions. Each question will offer four options of which only one will be correct.
Presentations (50%)
Students
are supposed to choose one of the optional readings to give a
presentation. The reading will be, more or less, 50 pages long.
Presentations will be given in groups of 4 or 5 students and they will
have to coordinate their presentations since they are part of the same
book or they are related by topic. Each student will have between 10
and 15 minutes to explain to classmates the following elements in the
text:
- Introduction to the topic
- Basic ideas of the text
- Development of some ideas of the text
- Conclusions
At
the end of all the presentations the group of students will lead a
debate based on their own conclusions and questions after reading the
different texts. No paper is required but a PowerPoint is highly
recommendable in order to stress the most important elements of the
texts explained.
The evaluation of this part will be divided as follows:
- 20% personal presentation
- 20% debate and session
- 10% participation in debates and questions of other groups
Final Exam (20%)
This
exam will consist of two questions to answer only one. Class notes and
sources are allowed in this class being necessary to cite all the
sources to write a short essay of one/two page front and back. This
exam requires Conclusions where the students will give their
perspective on the topic treated using sources.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
- Applegate, Celia. A Nation of Provincials: The German Idea of Heimat. Berkeley: University of California Press, c1990 1990. http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft300004wq/
- Fredrickson,
George M. The Comparative Imagination: On the History of Racism,
Nationalism, and Social Movements. Berkeley, Calif: University of
California Press, c1997 1997.
http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft9p300976/
- Fehér, Ferenc, editor. The French Revolution and the Birth of Modernity. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1990. http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft2h4nb1h9/
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