The module Introduction to States and Societies is designed to help students to develop the understanding and knowledge of key concepts and ideas related to states, societies and their interactions in an increasingly globalised world. The aim is to introduce students to issues of State legitimacy, the State as a community, the Territorial State; Power and Democracy; Identity, Civil Society and the Public Sphere; Citizenship and its Limits; Nationalism and Imagined Communities; The Armed State; Globalisation and Risk; Migration; Neoliberalism; Social Movements and Social Change; Rethinking State and Society in a Global World. This module will run throughout the semester (14 weeks).
Please find below the Module Study Guide:
Here is the class outline:
Week 1 - Introduction to the module
2 sections
Week 1 - Outline & Skills
Recordings
Week 2 -The Territorial State And Territorialisation
2 sections
Week 2 - The Territorial State and Territorialisation
Recordings
Week 3 - Conservative and Liberal Views of the State
3 sections
Week 3 - Conservative and Liberal Views of the State
Recordings
Assessment 1 - In Class Exercise 1 (week 3)
Week 4 - Power And Democracy
2 sections
Week 4 - Power and Democracy
Recordings
Week 5 – Society: Social Groups and Civil Society
3 sections
Week 5 –Society: Social Groups and Civil Society
Recordings
Assessment 2- In Class Exercise 2 (Week 5)
Week 6 - States and Societies: Culture, Education and the News Media.
2 sections
Week 6 -States and Societies: Culture, Education and the News Media.
Recordings
Week 7 - Nation-States: Nationalism and Citizenship
3 sections
Material for this Week
Recordings
Assessment 3 - In Class Exercise 3 (Week 7)
Week 8 -Challenges: Political Economy and The Market
2 sections
Week 8 - Challenges: Political Economy and The Market
.png?lmsauth=a0f7808913d5bc828382fdb76a8a34e91b18ffb0)
Idir Ouahes
.jpg?lmsauth=f010fd30b1641cfbe564e47b246e6151cf7ea6f2)