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POL 544 - Multiculturalism and Democracy

Graduate Education Institute · Political Science and International Relations · Master

ECTS: 7.5 T+P+L: 3+0+0 Departmental Elective
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Course Objective

we will focus on how increasing recognition of plurality within liberal democratic regimes has led to new theories of both culture and community. 

Course Content

This module explores the political and epistemological issues of multiculturalism, broadly understood, in contemporary political theory.

Course Learning Outcomes

  1. To enable students to develop the conceptual skills needed in assessing the arguments for and against pluralism and diversity.
  2. To develop knowledge and understanding of diversity, pluralism, human rights, and multiculturalism debates in world politics.
  3. - The ability to work with primary and advanced secondary texts and assess the strengths and weaknesses of their arguments.

Core Area Distribution

(22) Humanities%100