POL229: Ethnic Conflict and Multiculturalism

Examine the reasons behind the proliferation of ethnic and nationalist disputes, and the reasons why nation-states have problems in politically managing multiculturalist and ethnic separatist claims. This involves discussing the competing ideas of multicultural nationalism, cultural (assimilationist) nationalism, and civic nationalism. Cases of violent conflict are discussed as well as cases, such as Australia and Canada, where the relationships between civic, cultural and multicultural claims remain partially unresolved. Students are encouraged to focus on a case study of their choice.

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Points	4
Enrolment Options	Murdoch: S2-internal, S2-external
Contact Time	Lectures: 1.5 hours; tutorials: 1.5 hours.
Prerequisites	Nil. Co-requisite: Internet access if studying externally.
School	School of Social Sciences and Humanities
Unit Coordinator	Associate Professor David Brown Position: Associate Professor E-mail: D.Brown@murdoch.edu.au Location: Murdoch Campus Education and Humanities Room 3.039 Phone: Prefix: +618 9360 2927
Unit Contacts	Contact Phone Prefix: +618 Location Explanation of Location Codes Teaching Period(s) Associate Professor David Brown Associate Professor (D.Brown@murdoch.edu.au) 9360 2927 Murdoch Campus Education and Humanities Room 3.039 MURDOCH S2: Internal (02/08/2010 - 26/11/2010)   MURDOCH S2: External (02/08/2010 - 26/11/2010)

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Key to Offshore Campus Location abbreviations: APMISIN Asia Pacific Management Institute (Singapore) CEJTOKYO Chiropractic Education Japan (Tokyo) JKURASHIKI NET Corporation (Kurashiki, Japan) KDUPG KDU College (Penang, Malaysia) KDUPJ KDU College (Petaling Jaya, Malaysia) SGP-REPOLY Republic Polytechnic (Singapore) SMANUFED Singapore Manufacturing Federation ZHENGZHOU Zhengzhou University (China)