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17.506 | Fall 2024 | Graduate

# Ethnic Politics

#### Course Description

This course introduces students to the classic works on ethnic politics, familiarizes them with new research and methodological innovations in the study of ethnic politics, and helps them design and execute original research projects related to ethnic politics. Readings are drawn from across disciplines, including …
This course introduces students to the classic works on ethnic politics, familiarizes them with new research and methodological innovations in the study of ethnic politics, and helps them design and execute original research projects related to ethnic politics. Readings are drawn from across disciplines, including political science, anthropology, sociology, and economics. Students read across the four subfields within political science: American Politics, Comparative Politics, International Relations, and Political Theory. Graduate students specializing in any subfield are encouraged to take this subject, regardless of their previous empirical or theoretical background.

## Course Info

##### Instructors

- Prof. Volha Charnysh
- Prof. Evan Lieberman

##### Departments

- Political Science

##### Topics

- Social Science
  - Anthropology
    - Ethnography
    - Social Anthropology
  - Political Science

##### Learning Resource Types

assignment Activity Assignments
Readings
assignment Written Assignments
A group of black voters supports Sen. Elizabeth Warren at a Clark University campaign rally in 2019. (Image courtesy of Elizabeth Warren on Wikimedia Commons. License CC BY.)

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