Fall/Winter Timetable
POL2429H1F L0101
Undergraduate Course Code: POL429H1F L0101
Democracy and Ethnic Conflict
Themes
In this course, we assess critically some of the major theories of nationalism and ethnic conflict. We discuss the particular challenges that nationalist movements and ethnic tensions create for democracy. We also discuss various institutional forms to manage ethnic diversity and reduce the potential for conflict. Topics include: the origins of nationalism; nationalism and democratization; sources of ethnic conflict; the institutional management of ethnic conflict; democratic institutions and ethnic diversity; multination states and democracy.
Texts
Course reader
Format and Requirements
Class presentations (20%), participation (25%), critical review (20%), and long essay (35%).
November 14, 2023
Congratulations to Madalyn Hay, a recipient of a 2023-2024 Connaught PhDs for Public Impact Fellowship. Madalyn, one of our doctoral students, holds a BAH in Contemporary Studies and Classics from the...
August 24, 2023
Congratulations to alumna Meaghan Williams, a recipient of the 2022-23 Governor General’s Gold Medal for Academic Excellence, the highest academic honour available to graduate students in Canada. Awarded annually by the Office of the...
June 14, 2021
Great news from the Canadian Political Science Association, which held its annual awards ceremony (online) over the weekend of June 12 & 13: Professor Stefan Rencken’s book "Private Governance and Public...
April 22, 2021
Congratulations to two political science alumni now teaching at U of T who have both won Superior Teaching Awards! Igor Shoikhedbrod and Khalid Ahmed will be celebrated on May 5th at...
August 6, 2020
Q&A with 2020 Vanier Scholar Yojana Miraya Oscco Congratulations to PhD student Yojana Miraya Oscco who has won a prestigious Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship (SSHRC). Launched in 2008, the program enables...
April 30, 2020
Congratulations to our graduate student Kevin Edmonds who has won New College's June Larkin Award for Pedagogical Development. A PhD candidate specializing in Caribbean political economy, histories of alternative/illicit development, foreign intervention and...