THE ETHNICITY, MULTICULTURALISM AND GLOBALIZATION

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1 Doctoral research seminar: THE ETHNICITY, MULTICULTURALIM AND GLOBALIZATION Prepared by Assoc. Prof. dr. Vladislav B. otirovic Mykolas Romeris University, Faculty of Politics and Management, Political cience Department General info: Academic level: Ph.D. candidate Number of places available: 15 Prerequisites: M.A. degree in humanitarian or social sciences Language of instruction: English Local (MRU) credits: 4 ECT credits: 6 Tuition fee: 200 Registration fee: 20 Banko pavadinimas: wedbank AB Banko adresas: Konstitucijos pr. 20A, Vilnius ąskaitos turėtojas: Mykolo Romerio universitetas ąskaitos nr. IBAN formatu: LT WIFT kodas: HABALT22 Renginio pavadinimas Žymėjimas mokėjimo paskirties skiltyje Ethinicity, Multiculturalism and Globalization DR 1 (Accommodation fee (the cost per participant per day)): 20 (Meals (the cost per participant per day)): 7 Teaching methodology: lectures, discussion, seminars, consultations, documentary (video) material presentation Duration: 2 weeks: from April 4 th to April 15 th, 2011 Work load: 30 academic hrs. of lecturing, 30 academic hrs. of seminars and 120 academic hrs. of self-work Place: Mykolas Romeris University, Vilnius, Lithuania, webpage: Copartner: European Mediterranean University, Portorož, lovenia, webpage: Evaluation: class attendance and active participation in discussions (30%), seminar presentation (30%) and written essay on chosen topic (40%) Assessment: 10-point scale Lecturer and seminar leader: Assoc. Prof. dr. Vladislav B. otirovic, Mykolas Romeris University, Faculty of Politics and Management, Political cience Department; vsotirovic@mruni.eu; webpage: 1

2 Contact person: Mrs. Živilė tarkevičiūtė, Mykolas Romeris University, International Relations Office, phone: (8-5) yllabus: Goal: to provide knowledge on the main concepts, namely, ethnic identity, national grouping, multicultural civic society and globalization. The seminar will also teach methods analyzing contemporary global development and train necessary skills to understand, investigate and critically evaluate complexities of and interconnections among ethnic identity (name of group, symbols, cultural artifacts and cultural heritage), phenomenon of multiculturalism in plural national, linguistic and religious societies, and aspects of globalization. Annotation: this seminar examines historical, structural and global processes and critically assesses meanings of democracy, freedoms and civil society, multiethnicity and multiculturalism and problems of their practical application. Critique of the old and common heroic myth that only unitary ethnolinguistic state can save the nation will help students to understand and examine how myths can produce constant obstacle to the establishment and maintenance of pluralistic democratic world. Discussions on the right to national identity and the right of minorities to participate in the decision-making institutions will enable to research and identify the complex problems of managing public affairs in conformity with the constitution and the laws. The seminar will suggest rethinking the traditional understanding of nation state and civil society and introduce globalization as challenge and historical novelty in contemporary world. Main themes No. Theme Lecturers (L) 1. Understanding ethnicity, race and nation L 2. Concepts of a multicultural society, civil society and L citizenship 3. The idea of globalization and national/multinational states 4. Ethnocentrism and foreign policy for the global age L 5. Territorial autonomy/federalism: Permanent solution or step toward secession 6. Globalization and the new security agenda L 7. Globalization, democracy and civil society: The democratic and authoritarian face of globalization 8. elf-determination, toleration and multiculturalism in the global perspective 9. The nature of relationship between globalization and localism ( Act locally, think globally ) eminars () 1. Understanding ethnicity, race and nation ummary: Definition of the people, the nation and the state; historical, natural, economic or ethnic principles of border creation; patriarchal theory of state; elements of modern state; objective criteria in definition of people, nation and state; theory of ethnic difference; subjective criteria in definition of people, nation and state; theory of ethnic indifference; nationality principle; citizenship principle; German Romanticist ideology; language and nation. Reading: Gellner E., Nations and Nationalism, Paris, 1989; Miller D., On Nationality, Oxford, 1995; mith Anthony, The Ethnic Origins of Nations, Oxford,

3 Contact hrs: 8 elf work hrs: Concepts of a multicultural society, civil society and citizenship ummary: Main factors of inter/intra-ethnic conflicts; understanding nationalism; multicultural society as multiculturalism = equality or multiculturalism = affirmation of the right to be different; differences between uniculturalism and multiculturalism; plural and multicultural societies; civic society versus ethnic society; policy of citizenship and international standards; minority education in multiethnic society; two concepts of plural society/multicultural coexistence: model of racial or ethnic domination and exploitation and model of equal cohabitation; differences in citizenship policy between civic and ethnic states; concept of civic culture. Reading: Hislope Robert, Can evolutionary theory explain nationalist violence?, Nations and Nationalism, AEN, October 1998, vol. 4; Guibernau Montserrat, Rex John (eds.), The Ethnicity: Nationalism, Multiculturalism and Migration. Reader, Polity Press, Cornwall, 1997; Horton J. (ed.), Liberalism, Multiculturalism and Toleration, London, elf work hrs: The idea of globalization and national/multinational states ummary: Theoretical approaches to globalisation; Globalisation as a form of integration of the world; historical example of global interconnections of the world; nature of turbo-globalisation ; globalisation and technological and information revolution; creation of the global market and the role of the national states in the world economy; the rise of more powerful transnational and supranational economic forces and political institutions; does globalisation mean a gradual expansion of economic welfare, or a deepening gap between the worlds?; does globalisation lead to the annihilation of national states and cultures and a clash of civilizations, or to mutual benefit? Reading: Immanuel Wallerstein, The Modern World-ystem, New York, 1974; Wilson M. Th., Donnan H. (eds.), Border Identities. Nation and tate at International Frontiers, Cambridge, 1998; Bianchini., Dogo M. (eds.), The Balkans. National Identities in a Historical Perspective, Ravenna, elf work hrs: Ethnocentrism and foreign policy for the global age ummary: Centrism and pluralism in political perspective; Ethnocentrism and nationalism; Eurocentrism and globalisation; national self-determination and international foreign policy; collective security and Americanisation of the globe; international criminal court and ethnocentric objections; the capacity of international law to advance ethnic or nationality rights claims; selfdetermination versus pre-determination of ethnic minorities in power-sharing systems. Reading: Chalk P., Non-military ecurity and Global Order, Basingstoke, 2000; Thornberry Patrick, International Law and the Rights of Minorities, Dordrecht, 1991; Walzer Michael, What It Means To Be American, New York, Contact hrs: 7 3

4 5. Territorial autonomy/federalism: Permanent solution or step toward secession ummary: Minority rights and territorial autonomy; federalism as a solution for minority question?; multiethnic communities and federal experience; case studies of witzerland and ex-yugoslavia; regional security and federal concept of resolving minority question; territorial secession as a product of federal inner organization of the state; case study of Albanian nationalism and Kosovo s secession from erbia; international law and concept of minority self-determination concerning possibility of territorial secession. Reading: Glazer Nathan, Ethnic Dilemmas: , Cambridge, Mass., 1983; Buchanan Allen, ecession: The Morality of Political Divorce, Boulder, 1991; Howse Robert and Knop Karen, Federalism, ecession, and the Limits of Ethnic Accommodation, New Europe Law Review, 1/2, 1993, pp Globalization and the new security agenda ummary: Defining security; security and securitization; military threats to security from states and non-state actors; the rise of political non-state violence; economic and environmental threats to security; achieving global economic security; the globalization and health security; the international p0olitical agenda and global security; a new world order or disorder? Reading: Peter Hough, Understanding Global ecurity, London-New York: Routledge, 2004; Clark I., The Post Cold War Order. The poils of Reace, Oxford, 2001; Prins G., The Heart of War. On Power, Conflict and Obligation in the Twenty-first Century, London-New York, Globalization, democracy and civil society: The democratic and authoritarian face of globalization ummary: igns of a new model of worldwide (global) authoritarian rule; new types of military intervention, including those of preventive and more humane nature; the absence of counter-balance and balance in international relations; the shift from a multi-polar towards a uni-polar world; main components of globalisation with democratic face of civil society order; possibilities for establishing of cosmopolitian democracy and global civic society; the cosmopolitian democracy and global civic society as protectors of local/individual characteristics. Reading: Hutchinson J., mith D. A. (eds.), Nationalism, Oxford, New York, 1994; Deacon B., Hulse M. and tubbs P., Global ocial Policy. International Organizations and the Future of Welfare, London, 1997; Kehane R., Power and Governance in a Partially Globalized World, London-New York, Contact hrs: 8 8. elf-determination, toleration and multiculturalism in the global perspective ummary: The right to self-determination according to international law and standards; concept of toleration in European history; connections between democracy, multiculturalism, civic society and the policy of toleration; how to create tolerant multiethnic, multilingual and multireligious society; 4

5 the roles of public and private domains in creation of multicultural tolerant society; minority rights and self-determination. Reading: Young Crawford (ed.), The Rising Tide of Cultural Pluralism, Madison, 1993; igler Jay, Minority Rights: A Comparative Analysis, Westport, 1983; Kymlicka W., The Rights of Minority Cultures, Oxford, The nature of relationship between globalization and localism ( Act locally, think globally ) ummary: Two axes of modernity: the interconnection between emancipatory politics and life politics and the interconnection between the local and the global; the main scientific approaches on relations between globalism and localism; complementation, interrelation and interdependence between global and local; the nature of the relationship between globalism and localism; reasons for local opposition towards globalisation. Reading: Anthony Giddens, The Consequences of Modernity, Cambridge, 1990; Waters M., Globalization, London and New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2000; Zimmer., Jarrett M., Killoran J., The Key to Understanding Global tudies (second edition: revised and updated), Albany, CA, Lake Ronkonkoma, NY, Contact hrs: 7 Provisional reading list (to be updated): 1. Guibernau M., Rex J. (eds.), The Ethnicity. Nationalism, Multiculturalism and Migration, Malden, Hutchinson J., mith D. A. (eds.), Nationalism, Oxford, New York, Wilson M. Th., Donnan H. (eds.), Border Identities. Nation and tate at International Frontiers, Cambridge, Bianchini., Dogo M. (eds.), The Balkans. National Identities in a Historical Perspective, Ravenna, Kymlicka W., The Rights of Minority Cultures, Oxford, Fried Ch. (ed.), Minorities: Community and Identity, Berlin, Horton J. (ed.), Liberalism, Multiculturalism and Toleration, London, Waters M., Globalization, London and New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, Zimmer., Jarrett M., Killoran J., The Key to Understanding Global tudies (second edition: revised and updated), Albany, CA, Lake Ronkonkoma, NY,