Year 2011-12

Citizenship and diversity

 

Qualification: Degree in Political Science and Administration
Year: 3rd
Term: 3rd
Number of ECTS credits: 4 credits
Hours of student dedication: 100 hours
Teaching language: Catalan
Teachers: Blanca Garcés-Mascareñas and Ricard Zapata-Barrero

  

1. Introduction to the course

 

This course aims at analysing the main challenges that the concept of citizen raises in contexts of diversity. In the first part we will introduce the different theoretical approximations to the concept - traditionally linked to nationality and the state.  We will also provide a historical and comparative perspective which will allow us understand how they related specific political, social and cultural contexts.

 

In the second part of the course we will analyse how the limits of citizenship are defined when it is confronted with different forms of diversity.  On the one hand, we will consider how an increase in migration control has resulted in the construction of different legal status with differentiated rights. On the other hand, we will examine how the concept of citizenship has been redefined in contexts of pluri-national, ethno-cultural and religious diversity.

 

 

2. Competences to be achieved

 

·         Generic:

-          Critical and self-critical capacity (G9)

-          Interpersonal ability (G11)

-          Multicultural and diversity appreciation (G14)

-          Ethic compromise (G16)

·         Specific:

-          Recognise citizen behaviour and democratic values (E6)

-          Recognise contemporary political theories (E8)

-          Recognise the historical dimension of political and social processes (E9)

 

 

3. Contents

  

-        Processes of change and dynamics of diversity

-        Theoretical and analytic framework of diversity theories

-        Basic foundations of political accommodation of diversity.

-        Actual debates about the management of diversity.

 

 

4. Assessment                       

 

This course will combine continuous evaluation and final evaluation. The continuous evaluation will take into account students' essays, readings, active participation in class and oral group presentations. For the final evaluation students are required to produce an article of their own making where they demonstrate that they have acquired the basic knowledge of the course. The article will account for 60% of the final mark. The mark for the continuous assessment (the remaining 40%) will only be taken into account in the final course mark if it is a pass.

 

  

5. Bibliography and other resources

  

5.1. Basic Bibliography

Bendix, R. (1974) Estado nacional y ciudadanía. Buenos Aires: Amorrortu.

Bloemraad, I. A. Korteweg, and G. Yurdakul (2008) "Citizenship and Immigration: Multiculturalism, Assimilation, and Challenges to the Nation-State", Annual Review of Sociology, 34: 153-79.

Bosniak, L. (2003) "Citizenship" A P. Kane and M. Tushnet (eds.) Oxford Handbook of Legal Studies. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Isin, E.F. and B.S. Turner (2002) Handbook of Citizenship Studies. London: Sage Publications.

Kymlicka, W. (1996) Ciudadanía multicultural: una teoría liberal de los derechos de las minorías. Barcelona: Paidós.

Kymlicka, W. (2003) La política vernácula: nacionalismo, multiculturalismo y ciudadanía. Barcelona: Paidós Ibérica.

Marshall, T.H. (1998) Ciutadanía y clase social. Madrid. Alianza Editorial.

Naïr, S. (2010) La Europa mestiza: inmigración, ciudadanía, codesarrollo. Barcelona: Galazia Gutenberg.

Parekh, B. (2005) Repensando el multiculturalismo. Madrid: Istmo.

Sadiq, K. (2008) Paper Citizens. How illegal Immigrants Acquire Citizenship in Developing Countries. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Torpey, J. (2000) The Invention of the Passport: Surveillance, Citizenship and the State. New York: Cambridge University Press.

Zapata-Barrero, R. (2001) Ciudadanía, democracia y pluralismo cultural: hacia un nuevo contrato social. Barcelona: Anthropos.

Zapata-Barrero, R. (2009) Citizenship policies in the age of diversity. Europe at the crossroads. Barcelona: CIDOB.

 

 

5.2. Other resources

 

-        Readings

-        News articles

-        Exercises distributed in seminar sessions

 

 

6. Methodology

 

-        Classroom based activities: Lectures. Seminars. Compulsory Tutorials.

-        Presentation of own article. Tutorials.

-        Non-classroom based activities: preparation of own article. Reading portfolio.

-        Voluntary activities.

 

7. Programme of activities

  

Week		Ses	Type	Contents of the session	Work of the student during the week
					Learning activity		Hrs in class	Hrs out of class
					In class	Outside class
Iª		1	T	Presentation of the course: challenges of citizenship in different societies	Follow up unit 1	Preparation of compulsory readings	2	4
IIª		2	T	Different theoretical approximations to the concept	Follow up unit 2	Preparation of compulsory readings	2	4
IIIª		3	T	Citizenship from a historical and comparative perspective	Follow up unit 3	Preparation of compulsory readings	2	4
IVª		4	T	Boundaries of citizenship	Follow up unit 4	Preparation of compulsory readings and doing exercise 1	2	8
Vª		5	T	Citizenship in plurinational States	Follow up unit 5	Preparation of compulsory readings and doing exercise 2	2	8
		6	S	Seminar on the reading	Discussion of actual facts taking into account the readings		2
VIª		7	T	Citizenship in multicultural societies	Follow up unit 6	Preparation of compulsory readings and doing exercise 3	2	8
		8	S	Seminar on the reading	Discussion of actual taking into account the readings		2
VIIª		9	T	Immigration and minority nations	Follow up unit 7	Preparation of compulsory readings and defining final essay	2	8
		10	S	Seminar on the reading	Discussion of actual facts taking into account the readings		2
Dedication hours: Subtotal:								64
XIª  XIIª	Dedication of hours for preparing the final evaluation							36
TOTAL HOURS FOR THE SUBJECT								100

Week: week number;  Ses: number of session; Type: type of session, T (lecture), S (seminar)