DOMINANCE AND DIFFERENCE ETHNIC POLITICS IN …

GOV 94YG Global Ethnic Politics | Spring 2019

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DOMINANCE AND DIFFERENCE: ETHNIC POLITICS IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE

“A Revealing Map of the World’s Most and Least Ethnically Diverse Countries.”

Image Source: Max Fisher, The Washington Post (2013)

Department of Government

Harvard University

Spring 2019

Class Meeting Times: Wednesdays 12:00pm – 2:45pm

Film Screening Location: CGIS Knafel, Room K450

Course Site: https://canvas.harvard.edu/courses/50750 Professor: Dr. Gloria Y.A. Ayee Email: [email protected] Telephone: (919) 886-7892 Office Hours: Wednesdays 3:30pm – 5:30pm, and by appointment Office Location: 1730 Cambridge Street, CGIS South, Room S-309





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“It is almost an axiom of politics that ethnicity shapes political participation. In most countries, individuals join political parties, evaluate policies, and vote based in part on their ethnic identification. Political parties, meanwhile, choose candidates, forge alliances, design platforms, and employ certain types of rhetoric and symbols in efforts to attract voters of particular ethnicities.” – Raúl L. Madrid

COURSE DESCRIPTION Global Ethnic Politics or Dominance and Difference: Ethnic Politics in Comparative Perspective is an advanced undergraduate reading and writing seminar on ethnic politics and social stratification. This course examines the political implications of ethnic identities in different parts of the world. The course provides a comparative, global analysis of race and ethnicity, and is designed to help students understand the history, dynamics, and salience of ethnic inequality and political cleavage. Issues under consideration include definitions of ethnicity, colonization, nationhood, the politics and political history of indigenous peoples, the history and persistence of White supremacy, multiculturalism, “traditional” and “modern” forms of racism, legacies of slavery, rebellion and survival, ethnic political mobilization, panethnicity, diasporas and transnationalism, migration, cultural differences in liberal-democratic states, ethnic cleansing and genocide, and contemporary racial stratification. We will examine the definitions of, and meanings attached to, the terms ethnicity and race. Using an identity politics framework, we will discuss the determinants of membership in different ethnic and racial groups, and the implications of membership. We will read theoretical treatments as well as case studies that address issues of the political consequences of racial and ethnic classifications in various regions of the world, including Africa, Europe, Latin America, North America, and South Asia. The following questions will guide our study of the role of ethnicity in global politics: In what ways does ethnicity matter for economic, social, and political outcomes? How do the historical, racialized experiences of indigenous and minority groups shape contemporary racial attitudes and experiences? What is the nature of ethnic inequality in different regions of the world today? What is ethnic voting and where does it occur? Why are political parties created along ethnic lines in some countries, but not in others? What are the primary intra- and inter-group dynamics that shape contemporary minority group politics? How does the politics of ethnicity intersect with the politics of class and gender? What opportunities and challenges exist for mobilizing marginalized groups? What is the relationship between ethnic politics and political violence? In this course, we will explore and use analytical perspectives such as symbolic politics, political opportunity theory, indígenismo, resource mobilization, and post-colonialism. Students are expected to already have a basic understanding of the concepts of ethnicity and racial ideology.

COURSE GOALS

The goals of this course are as follows. First, and foremost, I want students to gain substantive knowledge about the economic, social, and political structures that affect ethnic politics around the world. The second goal is for students to learn how to write analytical research papers. The research paper will be an excellent opportunity for you to improve your skills of making, presenting, and supporting a nuanced argument. Given the broad range of issues that are covered in this course, I expect students to conduct research on paper topics that are related to the issue areas covered throughout the semester, unless a student has a specific reason for wanting to explore a different topic. The major themes covered in this course are: The Construction of Ethnic and Racial Identities; White Supremacy; Ethnic Mobilization; Political Power and Ethnic Identity; Ethnic Parties and Voting; Nations and Nationalism; Ethnicity, Nation, Race, and Racism; Global Racial and Ethnic Systems; Multiracial and Multiethnic Groups in a Racial System; Colonialism, Ethnic Conflict, and Racism; Race and Ethnicity in Latin America and the Caribbean;





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Racial and Ethnic Minorities in Asia and Europe; Race and Indigenous Groups (Australia and New Zealand); Racial and Ethnic Politics in the United States; Race and Indigenous Groups (United States and Canada); Racial and Ethnic Politics in Africa; Ethnic and Nationalist Violence; Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing; National and International Responses to Ethnic Conflict and Racial Violence; Democratization and Ethnic Conflict; Diasporas and Transnationalism.

COURSE TEXTS The following texts will be used for this course:

Horowitz, Donald L. 2000. Ethnic Groups in Conflict. Madrid, Raúl L. 2012. The Rise of Ethnic Politics in Latin America. Marx, Anthony W. 1998. Making Race and Nation: A Comparison of the United States, South Africa, and Brazil Posner, Daniel N. 2005. Institutions and Ethnic Politics in Africa. Rudolph, Joseph. 2006. Politics and Ethnicity: A Comparative Study. Spickard, Paul R. 2005. Race and Nation: Ethnic Systems in the Modern World. Required texts are available for purchase, or renting, at The Harvard Coop. Please visit the link below: https://tinyurl.com/300-W19-GOVT-94YG-1 Supplementary materials, including journal articles, select book chapters, essays, news articles, and other online materials, will be made available through Harvard University’s online academic suite (Canvas: https://canvas.harvard.edu/courses/50750). Please see the reading schedule for a detailed list of all reading materials. The texts listed below are not required, but students may find them particularly useful for the course: Bleich, Erik. 2003. Race Politics in Britain and France: Ideas and Policymaking Since the 1960s. Docker, John, and Gerhard Fischer. 2000. Race, Colour, and Identity in Australia and New Zealand. Fredrickson, George M. 1982. White Supremacy: A Comparative Study in American and South African History. McClain, Paula D. and Joseph Stewart. 2014. “Can We All Get Along?”: Racial and Ethnic Minorities in

American Politics (Sixth Edition). Sawyer, Mark Q. 2005. Racial Politics in Post-Revolutionary Cuba. Yashar, Deborah J. 2005. Contesting Citizenship in Latin America.

SUCCEEDING IN THIS COURSE

There are no prerequisites for this course. Note, however, that this is a challenging course in which all students are expected to satisfy all the course requirements. Attendance in all class sessions is required. Academic requirements include weekly reading assignments, submitting discussion questions and participation in class discussions, two short reflection papers, a prospectus (research proposal), and a research paper. In addition, each student will be responsible for one oral presentation on a selected topic that addresses concepts covered in this course. Always come to class prepared to actively and critically participate in discussions. All written assignments must be submitted electronically by the due date listed on the syllabus. Late assignments will not be accepted. Failure to submit any of the assignments will result in a failing grade for the course.





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THE RESEARCH PAPER The main point of the research paper is to learn more about a topic relevant to the course and present your research in a critical, organized fashion. Choose a topic that interests and challenges you. Your attitude towards the topic may well determine the amount of effort and enthusiasm you put into your research. Your final product will be the culmination of an involved process of research, critical thinking, source evaluation, organization, and composition. This is an excellent opportunity for you to explore a topic that is of interest to you, increase your knowledge, and present your own interpretation, argument, or evaluation.

EVALUATION AND GRADING Grades for class participation will be assigned based on three categories: unacceptable, acceptable, and exceptional. The prospectus (research proposal and outline) will be graded on a scale of 1–5, where a score of 1 represents a proposal that needs significant revision and 5 is an excellent proposal. The response papers and final research paper will be assigned a letter grade.

Grading will focus on five elements:

• Participation (10%): Perfect attendance, submitting weekly discussion questions, and active class participation is expected.

• Reflection Papers (40%): Two reflection papers are required (20% each; 40% total). These papers must be in a Word processor file format, double-spaced, with one-inch margins. Each paper must be at least 800 words in length, but must not exceed 1,200 words. The stated page limits must be observed.

• Prospectus (10%): The prospectus, a four-page research paper proposal — inclusive of an outline and preliminary annotated bibliography — is due on April 17, 2019. The research paper proposal and outline will account for 10% of your course grade. The proposal should clearly indicate the research topic that will be explored as well as the case study, or case studies, that you intend to assess in your paper.

• Research Paper (40%): Each student must submit a final research paper on a topic of their choice that builds ideas outlined in the research proposal. The research paper should clearly articulate your primary research question, hypotheses, and arguments, and must also include a solid review of relevant academic literature. The research paper should also demonstrate that the student has carefully read assigned course texts, has the ability to relate readings to each other and to research materials/sources, and has the ability to discuss empirical cases through the lens of different thematic frameworks covered in the course. The research paper should be in a Word processor file format, double-spaced, with one-inch margins. Each paper must be between 12 and 15 pages. The stated page limits must be observed.

Papers will be graded based on the following rubric: • Conceptual formulation • Consistency and use of logic • Depth of scholarship and use of supporting literature • Organization of paper and format of essay • Originality of research • Substantive value





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DUE DATES All assignments and exams are due on the date listed in the syllabus. Late assignments will not be accepted. In exceptional circumstances students may be granted extensions at the professor’s discretion, but requests for extensions must be approved before the assignment due date. Only students with legitimate excuses will be allowed to submit assignments after the due date. In the event that you are unable to complete and submit an assignment by the due date, please contact the professor in a timely manner. Failure to submit any of the assignments will result in a failing grade for the entire course.

If a student receives approval for an extension, the assignment must be submitted by the new stated due date. Late papers will be marked down two-thirds of a letter grade (e.g., A to B+) for each full day that they are late.

GRADING STANDARDS

Grade Designation Explanation

A Excellent Student produces work of superior quality and demonstrates complete mastery of course material, concepts, and facts.

Earned by work whose excellent quality indicates a full mastery of the subject and, in the case of the grade of A, is of extraordinary distinction.

B Very Good Student’s work completely fulfills course requirements, and student demonstrates a good understanding of concepts and facts.

Earned by work that indicates a good comprehension of the course material, a good command of the skills needed to work with the course material, and the student’s full engagement with the course requirements and activities.

C Satisfactory Student demonstrates an acceptable degree of mastery of concepts and facts. Student’s work minimally meets the course requirements.

Earned by work that indicates an adequate and satisfactory comprehension of the course material and the skills needed to work with the course material and that indicates the student has met the basic requirements for completing assigned work and participating in class activities.

D Unsatisfactory Class participation is minimal and student’s work reflects minimal comprehension of concepts and facts.

Earned by work that is unsatisfactory but that indicates some minimal command of the course materials and some minimal participation in class activities that is worthy of course credit toward the degree.

E Failure Unsatisfactory performance on all measures. Student does not meet the minimum requirements of the course as outlined above.

Earned by work which is unsatisfactory and unworthy of course credit towards the degree.





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COLLABORATION IN WRITTEN WORK

Discussion and the exchange of ideas are essential to academic work. For assignments in this course, you will consult with classmates on the choice of research projects and share sources and evidence. However, any written work you submit for individual evaluation must be the result of your own research and writing and must reflect your own approach to the topic. All students must also adhere to standard citation practices in the social sciences and properly cite any books, articles, websites, lectures, videos, and films that have helped you with your work. I recommend using the Chicago Manual of Style’s author-date format. The Harvard Guide to Using Sources provides guidance on this topic. If you received any help with your writing (for example, feedback on drafts), you must also acknowledge this assistance. Please speak with me if you have questions about how to cite assistance.

WRITING RESOURCES Students will be expected to write papers according to college-level social science conventions. Students should take advantage of the wide variety of writing resources that Harvard offers. First, some important introductory lessons are available to students through GovWrites (govwrites.fas.harvard.edu) that may help you with basics like writing a thesis statement or avoiding plagiarism. Additionally, peer tutors are available for appointments and walk-in hours at the Harvard College Writing Center (https://writingcenter.fas.harvard.edu/). Please note that while these resources are strongly recommended to students, you must make a note of any assistance you receive when you submit papers.

ACADEMIC ACCOMODATIONS Harvard University is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for with disabilities. Students needing academic adjustments or accommodations because of a documented disability must present their Faculty Letter from the Accessible Education Office (AEO) and speak with the professor by the end of the second week of the term. All discussions will remain confidential, although faculty are invited to contact AEO to discuss appropriate implementation. Please call (617) 496-8707 or send an email to [email protected] for further information.

RESEARCH ASSISTANCE

Students in need of research assistance and direction should contact Kathleen Sheehan, a Research Librarian and the official library liaison to the Department of Government. She works out of the Widener Library and is available to meet with students for research consultations and general reference services. Please email her at [email protected].

AUDIOVISUAL RECORDING

Video and audio recording of lectures, discussion sessions, and review sessions without the advanced consent of the professor is strictly prohibited. On request, the professor may grant permission for a student to record course lectures or discussions, on the condition that these recordings will only be used as a study aid by the individual making the recording. Unless explicit written permission is obtained from the professor, recordings of lectures and review sessions may not be modified and must not be transferred or transmitted to any other person, whether or not that individual is enrolled in the course. Distribution or sale of any recording is prohibited, and is a violation of education privacy law.





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TECHNOLOGY POLICY Laptops, tablets, or other electronic devices may only be used for note-taking and accessing reading materials during class sessions. Access to the internet is permitted but should only be used to access course materials or per the professor’s directive. If use of technology becomes disruptive, or students misuse this privilege, the professor reserves the right to change this policy. Disruptive behavior will be dealt with on a case-by-case basis.

GENDER INCLUSIVE LANGUAGE For academic discourse, spoken and written, students are encouraged to use gender inclusive language.

HONOR CODE Students in this course are bound by the Harvard University Honor Code. All citations must be carefully and completely documented. Additionally, the Honor Code pledge (simply write “Honor Code Pledge”), along with your signature, must appear on every submitted assignment. Any assignment that is not pledged will not be accepted. Complete information about the Harvard College Honor Code is below.

Harvard College is an academic and residential community devoted to learning and the creation of knowledge. We — the academic community of Harvard College, including the faculty and students — view integrity as the basis for intellectual discovery, artistic creation, independent scholarship, and meaningful collaboration. We thus hold honesty — in the representation of our work and in our interactions with teachers, advisers, peers, and students — as the foundation of our community.

The Harvard College Honor Code

Members of the Harvard College community commit themselves to producing academic work of integrity — that is, work that adheres to the scholarly and intellectual standards of accurate attribution of sources, appropriate collection and use of data, and transparent acknowledgement of the contribution of others to their ideas, discoveries, interpretations, and conclusions. Cheating on exams or problem sets, plagiarizing or misrepresenting the ideas or language of someone else as one’s own, falsifying data, or any other instance of academic dishonesty violates the standards of our community, as well as the standards of the wider world of learning and affairs.

Definitions

Plagiarism is defined as using material created by others–in part or in whole–without properly attributing authorial and publication references for the correct source(s). Plagiarism can occur in dealing with written texts, but can also occur in the arts when, for instance, images or musical themes created by another are presented as if they were the original composition or creation of the student. Reference credit must be given for direct quotations, for work (including a form of argument, progression of ideas, or artistic creation), whether in whole or in part, that is paraphrased, adapted or summarized in the student’s own words or creative work, and for information that is not common.

Cheating is defined as use of unauthorized notes, study aids, or non-approved sources for an examination, unauthorized alteration of a graded work after it has been returned and resubmission of that work for re-grading, submission of another person’s work to meet requirements for a course, and submission of identical or similar papers for credit in more than one course (concurrently or sequentially) without prior permission from the course instructors.





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Fabrication is defined as falsifying or inventing any information, data, or citation, presenting data that were not gathered in accordance with standard guidelines defining the appropriate methods for collecting or generating data as if they were gathered in accord with those guidelines, and failing to include an accurate account of the method by which the data were gathered or collected.

Academic dishonesty also includes any lack of integrity exhibited through lying, misrepresenting, defrauding, or deceiving related to assigned or voluntary academic work. It further includes any deliberate attempt to gain unfair advantage in completing examinations or other required work, colluding, aiding or abetting the academic dishonesty of another student, and the falsification of academic records and official documents. These definitions are not exhaustive.





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COURSE OUTLINE Each week the readings will revolve around a particular theme related to race, ethnicity, and politics around the world. The class will address the individual assumptions made by the authors in the readings. We will “connect the dots” by discussing how each reading relates to other readings assigned that week, to readings from previous classes, and to the broader themes that we will be exploring throughout the course. The topics listed below, and the accompanying readings, will be due on the class date listed, and should be read prior to class.

COURSE SYLLABUS AT A GLANCE

CLASS SESSION DATE TOPICS

Week 1 January 30 Introduction

Week 2 February 6

Course Overview The Construction of Ethnic and Racial Identities White Supremacy

Week 3 February 13

Ethnic Mobilization Political Power and Ethnic Identity Ethnic Parties and Voting

Week 4 February 20

Nations and Nationalism Ethnicity, Nation, Race, and Racism

Week 5 February 27

Global Racial and Ethnic Systems Multiracial and Multiethnic Groups in a Racial System

* First Response Paper Due *

Week 6 March 6 Colonialism, Ethnic Conflict, and Racism

Week 7 March 13 Race and Ethnicity in Latin America and the Caribbean

Week 8 March 27

Racial and Ethnic Minorities in Europe and Asia Race and Indigenous Groups (Australia and New Zealand)

* Second Response Paper Due *

Week 9 April 3

Racial and Ethnic Politics in the United States Race and Indigenous Groups (United States and Canada)

Week 10 April 10 Racial and Ethnic Politics in Africa

Week 11 April 17

Ethnic and Nationalist Violence Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing

* Prospectus Due *

Week 12 April 24

National and International Responses to Ethnic Conflict and Racial Violence

Week 13 May 1 Democratization and Ethnic Conflict Diasporas and Transnationalism

Week 14 TBA * Research Paper Due *





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WEEK 1 (January 30)

TOPICS: Introduction

Required Readings: Pieterse, Jan Nederveen. 1993. “Varieties of Ethnic Politics and Ethnicity Discourse.” Working Paper Series No.

154. https://repub.eur.nl/pub/18856/wp154.pdf Supplementary Readings: Mills, Charles W. 1997. The Racial Contract. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.

WEEK 2 (February 6) TOPICS: Course Overview; The Construction of Ethnic and Racial Identities; White Supremacy

Multimedia: “Race – The Power of an Illusion.” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9YMCKp5myI

Required Readings: Brubaker, Rogers. 2002. “Ethnicity Without Groups.” European Journal of Sociology / Archives Européennes

de Sociologie, 43(2): 163-189. Rudolph, Joseph. 2006. Politics and Ethnicity: A Comparative Study. New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan.

Supplementary Readings: Crenshaw, Kimberlé, Neil Gotanda, Gary Peller, and Kendall Thomas. 1995. Critical Race Theory: The Key

Writings that Formed the Movement. New York, NY: Norton and Company. Delgado, Richard, and Jean Stefancic. 2001. Critical Race Theory: An Introduction. New York, NY: New York

University Press. pp. 1-10, 113-135. Fearon, James D., and David D. Laitin. 2000. “Violence and the Social Construction of Ethnic Identity.”

International Organization, 54(4): 845-877. Hartigan, John. 1997. “Establishing the Fact of Whiteness.” American Anthropologist, New Series, 99(3): 495-

505. Horowitz, Donald L. 1971. “Three Dimensions of Ethnic Politics.” World Politics, 23(2): 232-244. Jenkins, Richard. 1994. “Rethinking Ethnicity: Identity, Categorization and Power.” Ethnic and Racial Studies,

17(2): 197-223. Weber, Max. 1996. “The Origins of Ethnic Groups.” In Ethnicity. Ed. John Hutchinson and Anthony D. Smith.

New York: Oxford University Press. Weiner, Melissa F. 2012. “Towards a Critical Global Race Theory.” Sociology Compass, 6(4): 332–350. Winant, Howard. 2000. “Race and Race Theory.” Annual Review of Sociology, 26: 169-185.

WEEK 3 (February 13) TOPICS: Ethnic Mobilization; Political Power and Ethnic Identity; Ethnic Parties and Voting

Required Readings: Abu-Laban, Yasmeen, and Abigail B. Bakan. 2008. “The Racial Contract: Israel/Palestine, and Canada.” Social

Studies: Journal for the Study of Race, Nation and Culture, 14(5): 637-660.





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Chandra, Kanchan. 2006. “What Is Ethnic Identity and Does It Matter?” Annual Review of Political Science, 397-424.

Horowitz, Donald L. 2000. Ethnic Groups in Conflict. (Updated Edition with a New Preface). Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. pp. 291-396.

Trejo, Guillermo. 2009. “Religious Competition and Ethnic Mobilization in Latin America: Why the Catholic Church Promotes Indigenous Movements in Mexico.” American Political Science Review, 103(3): 323-342.

Supplementary Readings: Cornell, Stephen Ellicott, and Douglas Hartmann. 2007. Ethnicity and Race: Making Identities in a Changing

World (Second Edition). Thousand Oaks, CA: Pine Forge Press. Wilson, William J. 1976. Power, Racism, and Privilege: Race Relations in Theoretical and Sociohistorical

Perspectives. New York, NY: The Free Press.

WEEK 4 (February 20) TOPICS: Nations and Nationalism; Ethnicity, Nation, Race, and Racism

Multimedia: “Does Race Exist?” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epAv6Q6da_o&feature=related “Materializing Race.” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtU5TjPiyO0&feature=related

Required Readings: Brubaker, Rogers. 2009. “Ethnicity, Race, and Nationalism.” Annual Review of Sociology, 35: 21-42. Shulman, Stephen. 2002. “Challenging the Civic/Ethnic and West/East Dichotomies in the Study of

Nationalism.” Comparative Political Studies, 35(5): 554-585. Spickard, Paul R. 2005. Race and Nation: Ethnic Systems in the Modern World. New York, NY:

Routledge. Parts 1 and 3. Wallerstein, Immanuel. 1987. “The Construction of Peoplehood: Racism, Nationalism, Ethnicity.” Sociological

Forum, 2(2): 373-388.

Supplementary Readings: Anderson, Benedict. 1985. Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism.

Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. pp. 36-46. Fenton, Steve, and Stephen May. 2002. “Ethnicity, Nation and ‘Race’: Connections and Disjunctures.” In

Ethnonational Identities. Eds. Steve Fenton and Stephen May. London: Palgrave Macmillan. Lipsitz, George. 2006. The Possessive Investment in Whiteness: How White People Profit from Identity

Politics. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press. Smith, Anthony D. 1993. “The Ethnic Sources of Nationalism.” In Ethnic Conflict and International Security.

Ed. Michael E. Brown. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University press. pp. 27-42.





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WEEK 5 (February 27)

* FIRST RESPONSE PAPER DUE *

TOPICS: Global Racial and Ethnic Systems; Multiracial and Multiethnic Groups in a Racial System

Multimedia: “Tutu and Franklin: A Journey Towards Peace.” PBS Documentary.

Required Readings: Jalali, Rita, and Seymour Martin Lipset. 1992. “Racial and Ethnic Conflicts: A Global Perspective.” Political

Science Quarterly 107(4): 585-606. Marx, Anthony W. 1998. Making Race and Nation: A Comparison of the United States, South Africa, and

Brazil. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.

Supplementary Readings: Joppke, Christian. 2004. “The Retreat of Multiculturalism in the Liberal State: Theory and Policy.” The British

Journal of Sociology, 55(2): 237-257.Koopmans, Ruud. 2013. “Multiculturalism and Immigration: A Contested Field in Cross-National Comparison.”

Annual Review of Sociology, 39: 147-169 Winant, Howard. 2008. “The Modern World Racial System.” In Transnational Blackness, pp. 41-53. Palgrave

Macmillan, New York, 2008.

WEEK 6 (March 6) TOPICS: Colonialism, Ethnic Conflict, and Racism

Multimedia: “Colonialism in 10 Minutes: The Scramble for Africa.” Excerpt from the film Uganda Rising.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pw12KGSj53k “European Imperialism in Africa.” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJe1W_HIWmA&feature=related

Required Readings: Blanton, Robert, T. David Mason, and Brian Athow. 2001. “Colonial Style and Post-Colonial Ethnic Conflict in

Africa.” Journal of Peace Research, 38(4): 473-491. Horowitz, Donald L. 2000. Ethnic Groups in Conflict. (Updated Edition with a New Preface). Berkeley, CA:

University of California Press. Part 1. Wimmer, Andreas. 1997. “Who Owns the State? Understanding Ethnic Conflict in Post-Colonial Societies.”

Nations and Nationalism, 3(4): 631-666.

Supplementary Readings: Bonacich, Edna. 1980. “Class Approaches to Ethnicity and Race.” Insurgent Sociologist, 10(2): 9-23. Bowen, John R. 1996. “The Myth of Global Ethnic Conflict.” Journal of Democracy, 7(4): 3-14. Fenton, Steve. 1999. Ethnicity: Racism, Class and Culture. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.

pp. 21-86, 114-191.





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WEEK 7 (March 13) TOPICS: Race and Ethnicity in Latin America and the Caribbean

Multimedia: “Black in Latin America.” PBS Documentary Special. “Race and Racism in Latin America: The Caribbean.” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zubBxJsqdlI

Required Readings: Hooker, Juliet. 2005. “Indigenous Inclusion/Black Exclusion: Race, Ethnicity, and Multicultural Citizenship in

Latin America.” Journal of Latin American Studies, 37: 285-310. Hoffman, Kelly, and Miguel Angel Centeno. 2003. “The Lopsided Continent: Inequality in Latin America.”

Annual Review of Sociology, 29: 363-390. Madrid, Raúl L. 2012. The Rise of Ethnic Politics in Latin America. New York, NY: Cambridge University

Press. Supplementary Readings: Andrews, George Reid. 1992. “Racial Inequality in Brazil and the United States: A Statistical Comparison.”

Journal of Social History, 26(2): 229-263. Massey, Douglas S., and Nancy A. Denton. 1992. “Racial Identity and the Spatial Assimilation of Mexicans in

the United States.” Social Science Research, 21: 235-260. Portes, Alejandro. 1984. “The Rise of Ethnicity: Determinants of Ethnic Perceptions among Cuban Exiles in

Miami.” American Sociological Review, 49(3): 383-397. Sawyer, Mark Q. 2005. Racial Politics in Post-Revolutionary Cuba. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Waters, Mary C. 1990. Ethnic Options: Choosing Identities in America. Berkeley: University of California Press. Yashar, Deborah J. 2005. Contesting Citizenship in Latin America. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.

WEEK 8 (March 27)

* SECOND RESPONSE PAPER DUE *

TOPICS: Racial and Ethnic Minorities in Europe and Asia; Race and Indigenous Groups (Australia and New Zealand)

Multimedia: Movie: Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002) “Racism in Australia.” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-zt3jx6MHQ

“Racism in Multicultural Britain.” Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8e6lS7T9yI Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=um8KJVbiB6w Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2uPtHOryO4

Required Readings: Amin, Ash. 2004. “Multi-ethnicity and the Idea of Europe.” Theory, Culture & Society, 21(2): 1-24. Dunn, Kevin M., and Amy McDonald. 2004. “Constructing Racism in Australia.” Australian Journal of

Social Issues, 39(4): 409-430. Miller, Michelle Ann. 2011. “Introduction — Ethnic Minorities in Asia: Inclusion or Exclusion?” Ethnic and

Racial Studies, 34(5): 751–761.





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Mudde, Cas. 2005. “Racist Extremism in Central and Eastern Europe.” East European Politics and Societies, 19(2): 161-184.

Varshney, Ashutosh. 2001. “Ethnic Conflict and Civil Society: India and Beyond. “World Politics, 53(3): 362-398.

Vasta, Ellie. 1993. “Multiculturalism and Ethnic Identity: The Relationship between Racism and Resistance.” Journal of Sociology (ANZJS), 29(2): 209-225.

Weldon, Steven A. 2006. “The Institutional Context of Tolerance for Ethnic Minorities: A Comparative, Multilevel Analysis of Western Europe.” American Journal of Political Science, 50(2): 331-349.

Supplementary Readings: Ang, Ien., and Jon Stratton. 2001. “Multiculturalism in Crisis: The New Politics of Race and National Identity in

Australia.” In On Not Speaking Chinese: Living Between Asia and the West. Ed. Ien Ang. London: Routledge, pp. 95–111.

Bleich, Erik. 2003. Race Politics in Britain and France: Ideas and Policymaking Since the 1960s. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Docker, John, and Gerhard Fischer. 2000. Race, Colour, and Identity in Australia and New Zealand. Sydney: University of New South Wales Press.

Geddes, Andrew. 2004. “Britain, France, and EU Anti-Discrimination Policy: The Emergence of an EU Policy Paradigm.” West European Politics, 27(2): 334-353.

Ramet, Sabrina, and Marko Valenta. 2016. Ethnic Minorities and Politics in Post-Soviet Socialist Europe. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 189-263.

Saggar, Shamit. 1998. Race and British Electoral Politics. London: Routledge. Solomos, John and Les Back. 1995. Race, Politics and Social Change. New York, NY: Routledge.

WEEK 9 (April 3) TOPICS: Racial and Ethnic Politics in the United States; Race and Indigenous Groups (United States and Canada)

Multimedia: America Beyond the Color Line (with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.) PBS Documentary. “We Shall Remain.” PBS Series. “Indian Removal Act of 1830.” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICqYi4AmrgM&playnext=1&list=PLC79BF5BCCCD252B5

“Racism, Discrimination, Color-Blindness, and the Future of Racial Stratification in America.” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVZbjGEbyIk

Required Readings: Citrin, Jack, Beth Reingold, and Donald P. Green. 1990. “American Identity and the Politics of Ethnic Change.”

The Journal of Politics, 52(4): 1124-1154. Gans, Herbert J. 1974. “Symbolic Ethnicity: The Future of Ethnic Groups and Cultures in America.” Ethnic and

Racial Studies, 2(1): 1-20. Lee, Jennifer, and Frank D. Bean. 2004. “America’s Changing Color Lines: Immigration, Race/Ethnicity, and

Multiracial.” Annual Review of Sociology, 30: 221-242. McDermott, Monica, and Frank L. Samson. 2005. “White Racial and Ethnic Identity in the United States.”

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Nagel, Joane. 1994. “Constructing Ethnicity: Creating and Recreating Ethnic Identity and Culture.” Social Problems, Special Issue on Immigration, Race, and Ethnicity in America, 41(1): 152-176.

Wayland, Sarah V. 1997. “Immigration, Multiculturalism and National Identity in Canada.” International Journal of Group Rights, 5: 33-58.

Supplementary Readings: Bonilla-Silva, Eduardo. 2006. Racism Without Racists: Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial

Inequality in the United States (Second Edition). Oxford: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers. Hurwitz, Jon, and Mark Peffley. 1998. Perception and Prejudice: Race and Politics in the United States. New

Haven, CT: Yale University Press. Krysan, Maria, and Amanda E. Lewis. 2004. The Changing Terrain of Race and Ethnicity. New York, NY:

Russell Sage Foundation. McClain, Paula D. and Joseph Stewart. 2014. “Can We All Get Along?”: Racial and Ethnic Minorities in

American Politics (Sixth Edition). Boulder, CO: Westview Press. Sears, David O., Jim Sidanius, and Lawrence Bobo. 2000. Racialized Politics: The Debate About Racism in the

United States. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press. Wilkins, David E. 2007. American Indian Politics and the American Political System (Second Edition).

Oxford: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers.

WEEK 10 (April 10) TOPICS: Racial and Ethnic Politics in Africa

Required Readings: Conroy-Krutz, Jeffrey. 2012. “Information and Ethnic Politics in Africa.” British Journal of Political Science,

43(2): 345-373. Posner, Daniel N. 2005. Institutions and Ethnic Politics in Africa. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. Supplementary Readings: Bates, Robert H. 1974. “Ethnic Competition and Modernization in Contemporary Africa.” Comparative

Political Studies, 6(4): 457-484. Eifert, Benn, Edward Miguel, and Daniel N. Posner. 2010. “Political Competition and Ethnic Identification in

Africa.” American Journal of Political Science, 54(2): 494-510. Smith, M.G. 2001. “Pluralism, Race and Ethnicity in Selected African Countries.” In Race and Ethnicity:

Debates and Controversies. Ed. Harry Goulbourne. London: Routledge.

WEEK 11 (April 17) TOPICS: Ethnic and Nationalist Violence; Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing

Required Readings: Brubaker, Rogers, and David D. Laitin. 1998. “Ethnic and Nationalist Violence.” Annual Review of Sociology,

24: 423-452. Green, Donald P. and Rachel L. Seher. 2003. “What Role Does Prejudice Play in Ethnic Conflict?” Annual

Review of Political Science. 6(1): 509-531. Osaghae, Eghosa E. 2004. “Political Transitions and Ethnic Conflict in Africa.” Journal of Third World Studies,

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Varshney, Ashutosh. 2003. “Nationalism, Ethnic Conflict, and Rationality.” Perspectives on Politics, 1(1): 85-99. Wimmer, Andreas. 2003. “Democracy and Ethno-Religious Conflict in Iraq.” Survival, 45(4): 111-133.

Supplementary Readings: Brubaker, Rogers. 1995. “National Minorities, Nationalizing States, and External National Homelands in the

New Europe.” Daedalus, 124(2):107-132. Mann, Michael. 2005. The Dark Side of Democracy: Explaining Ethnic Cleansing. New York, NY: Cambridge

University Press. pp. 70-111, 449-474. Mueller, John. 2000. “The Banality of ‘Ethnic War.’” International Security, 25(1): 42-70. Wilkinson, Steven I. 2004. Votes and Violence: Electoral Competition and Ethnic Riots in India. Cambridge

University Press.

WEEK 12 (April 24) TOPICS: National and International Responses to Ethnic Conflict and Racial Violence

Required Readings: Donnelly, Jack. 2002. “Genocide and Humanitarian Intervention,” Journal of Human Rights, 1(1): 93-109. Power, Samantha. 2001. “Bystanders to Genocide: Why the United States Let the Rwandan Tragedy Happen.”

The Atlantic Monthly, 288(2): 84-116. Valentino, Benjamin. 2003. “Still Standing By: Why America and the International Community Fail to Prevent

Genocide and Mass Killing.” Perspectives on Politics, 1(3): 565-576.

Supplementary Readings: Goldstone, Richard J. 1995. “Justice as a Tool for Peace-Making: Truth Commissions and International

Criminal Tribunals.” New York University Journal of International Law and Politics, 28: 485-503. McGarry, John, and Brendan O’Leary. 1993. The Politics of Ethnic Conflict Regulation. New York, NY:

Routledge.

WEEK 13 (May 1) TOPICS: Democratization and Ethnic Conflict; Diasporas and Transnationalism

Required Readings: Adamson, Fiona B. 2005. “Globalisation, Transnational Political Mobilisation, and Networks of Violence.”

Cambridge Review of International Affairs, 18(1): 31-49. Fearon, James and David Laitin. 2000. “Violence and the Social Construction of Ethnicity,” International

Organization, 54(4): 845-887. King, Charles, and Neil J. Melvin. 2006. “Diaspora Politics: Ethnic Linkages, Foreign Policy, and Security in

Eurasia.” International Security, 24(3): 108-138. Saideman, Stephen M., David J. Lanoue, Michael Campenni, and Samuel Stanton. 2002. “Democratization,

Political Institutions, and Ethnic Conflict: A Pooled Time-Series Analysis, 1985-1998.” Comparative Political Studies, 35(1): 103-129.

Taylor, Charles. 1998. “The Dynamics of Democratic Exclusion.” Journal of Democracy, 9(4): 143-156. Wayland, Sarah. 2004. “Ethnonationalist Networks and Transnational Opportunities: The Sri Lankan Tamil

Diaspora.” Review of International Studies, 30: 405-426.





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Supplementary Readings: Cohen, Robin. 1996. “Diasporas and the State: From Victims to Challengers.” International Affairs, 72(3): 507–

520. Hamilton, Charles V., Lynn Huntley, Neville Alexander, Antonio Sérgio Alfredo Guimarães, and Wilmot

James. 2001. Beyond Racism: Race and Inequality in Brazil, South Africa, and the United States. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers.

Seigel, Mico. 2009. Uneven Encounters: Making Race and Nation in Brazil and the United States. Durham, NC: Duke University Press.

Snyder, Jack. 2000. From Voting to Violence: Democratization and Nationalist Conflict. New York, NY: W. W. Norton & Company. pp. 15-43.

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