Ethnicity and Race in World Politics

Calendar

Lec #	Topics	KEY DATES
1	Introduction: Objectives and Requirements of the Course
2-3	Rethinking Ethnicity and Race
4	Ethnic and Racial Identities in Comparative Perspective
5-7	What are the Political Dimensions of Ethnicity and Race?
8	A Framework for Analysis of Ethnopolitical Mobilization
9-10	The Sources of Discontent: The Intersections of Race and Class	1st essay due
11-12	Government Responses to Ethnopolitical Demands and Group Disadvantage
13	International Dimensions of National Ethnopolitical Conflicts
14-15	The Emergence of International Human Rights
16-18	Are Human Rights Universal?: Women’s Rights versus Cultural Practices
19	Human Rights and Foreign Policy: Should Outsiders Assist the Ethnic/Racial Groups of Another Country?	2nd essay due
20-23	International Humanitarian Intervention: Bosnia vs. Darfur, Sudan and Rwanda
24	Ethnic Minority Rights, Human Rights, and Sovereignty
25-26	Review Class - Lessons Learned and Looking Forward	Final essay due one week after Lec #26