Ethnic Politics I

Calendar

LEC #	TOPICS	KEY DATES
1	Introduction
2	General Discussion of Ethnic Identity	2 page paper due
Section I: General Theory
3	Primordialist Approaches	2 page paper due
4	Constructivist Approaches I
5	Constructivist Approaches II	5-7 page paper due
Section II: Variables Driving Identity Construction
6	Modernization	2 page paper due
7	Entrepreneurship	2 page paper due
8	Patronage
9	Prejudice and Stigma	5-7 page paper due
Section III: Ethnic Group Mobilization as an Independent Variable
10	Party Politics and Consociationalism
11	Democracy and Democratic Consolidation	2 page paper due
12	Ethnic Mobilization and Civil War	2 page paper due
13	Ethnic Riots
14	Partition and Secession	5-7 page paper due Final paper due one week after session 14.