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| Semester |
E2020
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| Subject |
Global Studies * / International Development Studies * / International Public Administration and Politics * / Politics and Administration * / Public Administration *
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| Activitytype |
master course
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| Teaching language |
English
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| Registration |
You register for activities through stads selvbetjening during the announced registration period, which you can see on the Study administration homepage. When registering for courses, please be aware of the potential conflicts and overlaps between course and exam time and dates. The planning of course activities at Roskilde University is based on the recommended study programmes, which should not overlap. However, if you choose optional courses and/or study plans that goes beyond the recommended study programmes, an overlap of lectures or exam dates may occur depending on which courses you choose. In case of too few registrations, the course will be cancelled. |
| Detailed description of content |
This course investigates the nature of political revolutions: when do revolutions occur? Why do they occur? Can we identify general ‘causes’ behind the outbreak of revolutions? The course also looks at revolutions as historical events that sometimes unfold in unpredictable ways. Finally, the course discusses the afterlives and the long-term consequences of revolutions. While the primary focus will be on the ‘big revolutions’ that changed national and global history (such as the French, Russian or Iranian revolutions), we will also discuss the broader notion of ‘contentious politics’, e.g. the many ways in which social actors contest power and try to change the society in which they live. In the last part of the course we will engage recent and ongoing dramatic events, with a focus on the Middle East. The course lectures (minor changes may occur): 1) Revolutions, contentious politics and the shaping of modernity: History and theory. Course introduction. Bjørn Thomassen (BT) 2) Revolutions and contentious politics: Structural theories of revolutions & contentious politics (BT) 3) Cultural theories: Revolution as event and liminal transition (BT) 4) Ideologies of resistance and revolution. Sune Haugbølle (SH) 5) The French Revolution (BT) 6) The Russian Revolution (BT) 7) The Cuban Revolution and the Tricontintal (Sorcha) 8) The Iranian Revolution – Islamic Revolution? (SH) 9) The Arab Spring (SH) 10) Square Politics: The Maidan uprising in Ukraine (BT) 11) Revolution, contentious politics and state-society relations in Iraq (Henrik) 12) Revolutionary mobilization in Syria (SH) 13) After Revolutions? Concluding perspectives (BT & SH) The examination is in two parts:
The first part of the examination is an answer to the question that will be handed out at the start of the course (lecture 1) and that students can work on throughout the course period. The assignment should be around 14,000 characters, including spaces (corresponding to five standard pages). The student is given 7 days to write the second part of the examination. The assignment is set on January 8 (a rough indication of the exam question will be given at the date of the final course session). The assignment should be around 14,000 characters, including spaces (corresponding to five standard pages). Total character limit: maximum 28,800 characters, including spaces (try to balance length so that each essay is more or less the same length). The character limits include the cover, table of contents, bibliography, figures and other illustrations, but exclude any appendices. Assessment: 7-point grading scale. The assessment is individual and based on the entire portfolio. The entire portfolio must be handed in at the same time. |
| Expected work effort (ECTS-declaration) |
Lectures: 26 hours Preparation for lectures: 78 hours Exam: 166 hours Total of 270 hours |
| Course material and Reading list |
The course will draw on articles and book chapters to be posed on moodle. There is no single textbook for the course. Students will be able to identify additional literature related to specific case studies of their interest. |
| Evaluation- and feedback forms |
There will be a midterm and final in-class course evaluation. Feedback on the written portfolio exam will take place via follow-up office hours. |
| Administration of exams |
ISE Studyadministration (ise-studyadministration@ruc.dk)
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| Responsible for the activity |
Bjørn Thomassen (bthomas@ruc.dk)
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| ECTS |
10
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| Learning outcomes and assessment criteria |
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| Overall content |
The objective of the advanced study course is to provide the students with advanced knowledge and understanding within a specific research area covered by one of the three pillars in Global Studies: Global Politics, Global Sociology and Global Political Economy. At least two advanced study courses will be offered per semester. The courses offered will change every semester within the following subjects: Global Politics:
Global Sociology:
Global Political Economy:
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| Teaching and working methods |
The courses are based on lectures, but will also include other teaching and working methods such as group work, exercises, student presentations, peer feedback and field trips or guest lectures as well as other practical activities. |
| Type of activity |
Elective course |
| Form of examination |
Individual written portfolio.
The portfolio consists of 2 written products, that wholly or partially are developed during the course. For example, products can be exercise responses, speech papers for presentations, written feedback, reflection, written assignments. The preparation of the products may be subject to time limits. The character limit: maximum 28,800 characters, including spaces. The character limits include the cover, table of contents, bibliography, figures and other illustrations, but exclude any appendices. The portfolio's specific products and the (if relevant) recommended size (character limit) for the individual products are made public on study.ruc.dk before the course begins. The entire portfolio must be handed in at the same time. The submission deadline will be public on study.ruc.dk before the course begins. The assessment is individual and based on the entire portfolio. Assessment: 7-point grading scale. |
| Form of Re-examination |
Samme som ordinær eksamen / same form as ordinary exam
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| Last changed | 07/09/2020 |
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