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070420 SE Modernization and Development in a Comparative Perspective (2009S)

6.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 7 - Geschichte
Continuous assessment of course work

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Details

max. 25 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Wednesday 06.05. 13:00 - 16:00 Seminarraum Geschichte 2 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Wednesday 13.05. 13:00 - 16:00 Seminarraum Geschichte 2 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Wednesday 27.05. 13:00 - 16:00 Seminarraum Geschichte 2 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Wednesday 03.06. 13:00 - 16:00 Seminarraum Geschichte 2 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Wednesday 17.06. 13:00 - 16:00 Seminarraum Geschichte 2 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Wednesday 24.06. 13:00 - 16:00 Seminarraum Geschichte 2 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 9

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Beginning: week 17 (April, 20 - 24)
Introduction into the programme and organization of students' research: two units à 120 minutes (week 17 and 18)
Seminar blocks: four units à 180 minutes (week 19-23)

Lecture 1: Modernization and Development
Origins of Globalization. Globalization and Globalism. Early Twenty-First Century: Reinvention of World and Quest for Development. Development as "New" Paradigm for Humanity. Development and Democracy: Case of Transitional Societies. Contemporary Russia: Modernization, Development or Decay?
Lecture 2: Civil Society and Development
Concept of Civil Society."Organic" and "Polarized" Civil Society. Civil Society as Instrument of Modernization and Development. Civil Society vs Islam? Political Islam and Democracy.

Seminars:

Seminar 1: Civil Society, Development, Democracy as Forces of Modernization
Seminar 2: Democracy in non-Western Societies: Paradigm and Reality
Seminar 3: Economic Progress/Development and Political: General Principles and National Experiences
Seminar 4: "Developmental Authoritarianism" and Modernization: Advantages and Limitations

Assessment and permitted materials

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Examination topics

Reading list

North D.C., Thomas R.P. The Rise of the Western World. Cambridge:Cambridge University Press, 1973.
Bowles S., Gintis H. Democracy and Capitalism. L.: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1986.
Nayar B.R. The Geopolitics of Globalisation. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2005.
Civil Society: History and Possibilities. Cambridge University Press, 2001.
Rethinking Modernity and National Identity in Turkey. Seattle-L.: University of Washington Press, 1997.
A Political Economy of the Middle East :State, Class and Economic Development. Boulder-San Francisco: Westview Press, 1990.

Association in the course directory

MWG11 (2-stündig), MWG12; P2

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