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1 course 4: Globalisation and Civil Society Om kurset Uddannelse Hjemmeside Kursustype Tilmelding Fagmodul i Internationale Studier, ét fags fagmodul Fagmodulskursus Through STADS selfservice from 1st December to 15th December : Link to STADS selfservice Questions regarding registration can be directed to Pernille Marie Storgaard, pernil@ruc.dk, phone Kursus starter Kursus slutter Undervisningstidspunkt Tuesdays from Forudsætninger Recommended academic requirements: It is a requirement that before commencement of this subject module the student has acquired knowledge, skills and competencies corresponding to: Basic course in Political Science and Sociology and Basic course in Economics and Planning, Space & Resources The literature is in, for which reason the student is assumed to possess reading proficiency in. The course may at the latest be taken concurrently with subject module project 2. Kursusrækkefølge Formål It is recommended that subject module course 3 and/or 4 are taken prior to or in parallel with subject module project 2. The course is part of the overall subject module in International Studies. According to 1 Purpose the module in International Studies aims to: Enable the student to independently utilise the central theories and methods of International Studies in an interdisciplinary manner. Equip the student with a thorough understanding of the political scientific, politico-economic and sociological aspects of international development, co-operation, control and conflict. Develop the student s skills associated with the project-based working form, including the ability to co-operate and manage projects, handle complex issues, collect and process relevant information, and draw up precise conclusions and analyses. Furthermore, the purpose of the subject module International Studies is to provide the student with the qualifications required to commence a master's programme in Global Studies, EU-Studies, International Development Studies or related master's programmes. (2). The subject module is included in the Social Science 1-subject bachelor with International Studies offered at Roskilde University. The subject module corresponds to 70 ECTS points. Undervisningsform Bedømmelseskriterier The course covers key sociological theories and critical discussions about global civil society and the relationships between globalisation and citizenship, participation and identity. The theories are juxtaposed with key focus points in modern European and international societal development. Lectures The purpose of the course/project/seminar is for students to acquire: Knowledge: Knowledge of key sociological theories dealing with the relationship between civil society and globalisation, and of the significance of globalisation for the development of citizenship, participation and identity. Skills:

2 Skills in analysing key issues in the relationship between globalisation and civil society, as well as its significance for citizenship, participation and identity, utilising relevant theory. Skills in arguing for a choice of theory. Skills in assessing the methodological consequences of a choice of theory in relation to specific issues. Competencies: Competency to independently initiate assessment and analysis activities relating to civil society and the relationship between citizenship, participation and identity in relation to globalisation. Competency to discuss possible analytical and theoretical implications. Eksamensform Form of examination: Individual written examination of 48 hours duration. The examination takes the form of an essay. The examinee receives an assignment set with three questions. The examinee must answer one of the questions. The examinee may freely choose which question to answer. The response must consist of a maximum of 14,400 characters in all, corresponding to six standard pages at 2,400 characters per page. If the number of characters in the examination response deviates from these specifications, it will be refused assessment, and one examination attempt will be deemed to have been used up. The answer must reveal the examinee's ability to analyse key issues relating to the significance of globalisation for the development of citizenship, participation and identity, utilising relevant theory from the course, and to identify the further knowledge and skills required to initiate assessment and analysis activities related to the task. Assessment: Seven-point scale. Moderation: Internal Eksamenstidspunkt Undervisningsmaterialer Monday 2. June o'clock - Wednesday 4. June o'clock. Two textbooks will be used and the students have to buy them: Michael Edwards (2009) Civil Society, Polity Press, Cambridge Global Civil Society 2012: Ten Years of Critical Reflection edited by Mary Kaldor, Henrietta L. Moore and Sabine Selchow. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan 2012 about 700 pages in total. Evaluering 48-hours thesis evaluated on the 7-points scale by external examinator Undervisningsansvarlig Thomas P. Boje ( boje@ruc.dk ) Kursussekretær Christina Borup ( cborup@ruc.dk ) Johan Fischer ( johanf@ruc.dk ) Ole Bruun ( obruun@ruc.dk ) Sune Haugbølle ( suneha@ruc.dk ) kursusgange Lecture 1: Globalization and Civil Society an introduction Tidspunkt 11/ kl. 10:45-12:45 Global development involves new demands for citizens to address institutionally the challenges of poverty and inequality, and establish new frameworks for participation and representation to deal with them. Civil Society is closely related to social participation in all spheres of everyday life: from the shaping of civic, public and private institutions; to increased social cohesion; and realizing democratic rights in contemporary societies. Whilst globalization and the transition to a knowledge-

3 based society are seen as the key factors in creating economic growth, and greater social and political integration, it may also carry risks for individuals, families and communities and may result in greater social marginalization and exclusion and thereby a weaker social cohesion in the society. Michael Edwards (2009) Civil Society Chapter 1 and 2 (40 pages) Nancy Frazer (2011) Marketization, Social protection and emancipation: Towards a Neo-Planyian Conception of Capitalist Crisis. In C. Calhoun and G. Derluguian (eds) Business as Usual: The Roots of the Global Financial Meltdown. New York: New York University Press pp (19 pages) Helmut Anheier, Mary Kaldor and Marlies Glasius The Global Society Yearbook: Lessons and Insights In Global Civil Society 2012: Ten Years of Critical Reflection edited by Mary Kaldor, Henrietta L. Moore and Sabine Selchow. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan Lecture 2: Ideology Tidspunkt 18/ kl. 10:45-12:45 Underviser Sune Haugbølle ( suneha@ruc.dk ) After the Cold War, some social scientists predicted the end of ideology. As the case of Islamism has shown, ideological clashes and contentions continue to shape world affairs. This class gives a brief introduction to theories of ideology from Marx to today. It discusses ways to categorize and work with ideologies in contemporary social analysis. Freeden, Michael: Confronting the Chimaera of a Post-Ideological Age. Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy 8 (2) Nasr, Vali: Lessons from the Muslim World. Daedalus 132 (3), special issue on Secularism & Religion, Lecture 3: Culture and Identity Politics Tidspunkt 25/ kl. 10:45-12:45 Underviser Sune Haugbølle ( suneha@ruc.dk ) Political culture is necessary to understand the attitudes, beliefs and sentiments which give order and meaning to political processes in states and civil society. This class gives students tools to analyse political culture around the world as well as transnational politics based on religious, national and cultural identity. Wedeen, Lisa: Conceptualizing Culture: Possibilities for Political Science. American Political Science Review 96 (4) Lecture 4: The role of the new social and digital media for social organizing, social movements and democracy Tidspunkt 04/ kl. 10:45-12:45 Sted klynge (25) Underviser Ole Bruun ( obruun@ruc.dk ) This lecture will introduce the new global trend of political participation and organizing as being increasingly digitalized. The new social media and the internet in general now play considerable roles in citizen activism and political uprisings in authoritarian regimes from East Asia to the Middle East. Even in Western democratic societies, social movements and political participation are increasing digitalized: it may be discussed to what extent vital political institutions are being reconfigured and new arenas are opened by the new media, or if we should just see the them as intertwined with lived realities.

4 Moore, Henrietta L. and Sabine Selchow (2012). Global Civil Society and the Internet 2012: Time to Update Our Perspective in: Kaldor, Mary, Henrietta L. Moore and Sabine Selchow (eds). Global Civil Society 2012: Ten Years of Crictial Reflection. Palgrave Clay Shirky (2011), The political power of social media. Foreign affairs, 90(1): Bernard Dreano, The Arab Awakening: The Crisis of Dictatorship and Civil Society. : Kaldor, Mary, Henrietta L. Moore and Sabine Selchow (eds). Global Civil Society 2012: Ten Years of Crictial Reflection. Palgrave Lecture 5: Civil economies and globalized religious markets Tidspunkt 11/ kl. 10:45-12:45 Sted klynge (25) Underviser Johan Fischer ( johanf@ruc.dk ) The global trend in recent years has been to see that a thriving business in religious goods, that is, food, clothing, paraphernalia and services such as banking and certification has emerged. This lecture discusses the role of civil economies and society in globalized forms of mass production, regulation and consumption. The lecture builds on empirical studies of religious markets in Southeast Asia and Europe. Murray, Robin The Global Civil Society and The Rise of the Civil Economy. In Global Civil Society 2012: Ten Years of Critical Reflection edited by Mary Kaldor, Henrietta L. Moore and Sabine Selchow, Pp Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. Fischer, Johan Branding halal: A photographic essay on global Muslim markets. Anthropology Today 28(4): Fischer, Johan Religion, science and markets: Modern halal production, trade and consumption. EMBO reports 9(9): Fischer, Johan The Halal Frontier: Muslim Consumers in a Globalized Market. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. Chapter 1: p Halal%20Frontier% _02_ch01.pdf Lecture 6: Global and environmental justice: the role of civil societies Tidspunkt 18/ kl. 10:45-12:45 Underviser Ole Bruun ( obruun@ruc.dk ) This lecture examines the challenges that present environmental regimes and climate change present to global and environmental justice, as well as the role of civil societies in meeting these challenges. Obviously, global production and consumption patterns are increasingly unsustainable and giving rise to climate change, while at the same time the emerging third world economies demand an increasing share of global consumption. What is the role of national and global civil societies in defining new sustainable models and what are their rooms of manoeuvre in democratic versus authoritarian societies? Giddens, Anthony (2008), The politics of climate change. Chapter 1: Climate change, risk and danger, Cambridge, Polity Press. pp Gardiner, S. M. & Hartzell-Nichols, L. (2012) Ethics and Global Climate Change. Nature Education Knowledge 3(10):5-10 Hannah Reid, et. al., Southern voices on climate policy choices: Analysis of and lessons learned from civil society advocacy on climate change. London: IIED 2012, pp Lecture 7: The Rise of the Asian Middle Class Tidspunkt 25/ kl. 10:45-12:45

5 Underviser Johan Fischer ( johanf@ruc.dk ) The middle class occupies a mythical place in the advent of development and modernity. The last two decades or so has witnessed a massive expansion of the middle class in developing countries. This lecture argues that we need to unpack this class transformation in particular spatial and temporal contexts and shows how these transformations have global effects. Nowhere is this more evident than in developing Asia. The lecture explores a number of dimensions of middle-classness : religious revivalism, political activism, consumer culture, the mass media and state-market nexuses. Comparing developments in the Middle East and Southeast Asia, it is argued that the emergence, consolidation and future of the middle class follows different logics. The Arab Awakening: The Crisis of Dictatorship and Civil Society; Bernard Dreano In Global Civil Society 2012: Ten Years of Critical Reflection edited by Mary Kaldor, Henrietta L. Moore and Sabine Selchow, Pp Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. Fischer, Johan We shift the channel when Mahathir appears : The political internet and censorship in Malaysia. Akademika 75(1): Fischer, Johan Boycott or Buycott? Malay middle-class consumption post-9/11. Ethnos 72(1): Lecture 8: Globalization, Citizenship and Diversity Tidspunkt 01/ kl. 10:45-12:45 This lecture includes two different aspects of the relationship between citizenship and diversity. First, the lecture gives a presentation of Nancy Fraser s integrated theory of justice which has been developed by combining recognition and redistribution. This theory is based on a critique of the rising dominance of the politics of recognition which at least to some extent miss to explain the growing inequality and unequal distribution of resources in the world. N. Fraser has later on also integrated the political dimension in her more recent work. This theoretical conceptualization between recognition, redistribution and representation can be used in explaining diversity and inequality by gender and ethnicity. The second aspect of the lecture will be a discussion of the relationship between social cohesion, diversity and ethnicity in defining the citizenship in a globalised world. Nancy Fraser (2005) Re-framing justice in a Globalizing World In Terry Lowell (ed) (Mis)Recognition, Social Inequality and Social Justice, Routledge 2007, pp (20 papes) Kearns A. and R. Forrest (2000) Social cohesion and multilevel urban governance. Urban Studies Vol. 37, pp (23 pages) Virginia Sapiro (2006) Gender, Social Capital, and Politics In O Neill and Gidengil (eds) Gender and Social Capital. Routledge 2006, pp (33 pages) Michael Edwards (2009) Civil Society Chapter 3 Lecture 9: Globalization, Migration and Social Cohesion Tidspunkt 08/ kl. 10:45-12:45 This lecture gives an overview of the literature on social capital, social cohesion and ethnic diversity. The relationship between globalization, migration and its impact on social network and social cohesion will be discussed based on two approaches: the structural approach on classes taken by Standing in The Precariat and the relational approach taken by Putnam in the literature on social capital

6 Meghnad Desai with Fiona Holland and Mary Kaldor The Movement of Labour and Global Civil Society in Global Civil Society Yearbook 2005/6 (25 pages) Gay Standing (2010) The Precariat: The new Dangerous class London: Bloomsbury Academic, Chapter 1 and 4 (50 pages) Putnam, Robert D. (2007) E Pluribus Unum: Diversity and Community in the Twenty-first Century The 2006 Johan Skytte Prize Lecture, Scandinavian Political Studies 30 (2), [ j x. Portes, A. and E. Vickstrom. (2011). Diversity, Social Capital, and Cohesion. Annual Review of Sociology, Vol 37: pp Lecture 10: Globalization, Civil Society and Participatory democracy Tidspunkt 15/ kl. 10:45-12:45 The development, present state and possible weakening of civil society and active participation have been intensively discussed in the recent decades. The concepts have developed from slogans used in opposition to totalitarian regimes in East-Central Europe into catchwords in worried reflections on issues such as social fragmentation, political alienation, and deterioration of community life in Western societies. The organised civil society, citizenship and civic participation take different forms and institutional contexts depending on the welfare system. These differences and their structural background will be scrutinised in the lecture, including arguments about how this has an impact on how to cope with the impact of globalisation. Leonardo Avritzer & Boaventura de Sousa Santos (2003) Towards widening the democratic canon EUROCINE translated from Revista Critica de Ciéncias Socias Erik Olin Wright (2010) Envisioning Real Utopia Chapter 6 Real Utopia: Social empowerment and the State (41 pages) Michael Edwards (2009) Civil Society chapter 5 and 6 Ferenc Miszlivetz Lost in Transformation: The Crisis of democracy and Civil Society. In Global Civil Society 2012: Ten Years of Critical Reflection edited by Mary Kaldor, Henrietta L. Moore and Sabine Selchow, Pp Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan STADS stamdata Fagmodulskursus Belastning : 5 ECTS Aktivitetskode : U25476 Prøveform : Hjemmeopgave Bedømmelse : 7-trinsskala Censur : Intern censur

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