POLSC 321 - Politics and Ethnic Conflict
Prerequisites: POLSC 120 ; or consent of instructor
Using case studies from both developed and less developed political systems, this course examines the different ways that political systems attempt to manage conflict in societies divided among ethnic, racial, religious, and linguistic subcultures. The course addresses the global persistence and reemergence of ethnic and national identities, movements for “self-determination,” separatism, regional autonomy, and the rise of religious fundamentalism. The origins and development of communal conflicts in Northern Ireland, Lebanon, India, Malaysia, Nigeria, and South Africa will be studied in historical and comparative perspective.
3 credits
Alternate Spring
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