Fall/Winter Timetable

POL443H1F L0101

Graduate Course Code: POL2322H1F L0101

Topics in Comparative Politics II

Democracy and Ethnic Conflict

Themes

This course is designed to provide specialized familiarization with a core set of concepts and readings on the politics of ethnicity. It is intended for students at the upper undergraduate and graduate levels who are interested in deepening their understanding of why ethnicity is an important cleavage in many societies, when it is mobilized, and how it is best managed in democratic contexts. The focus is mostly on democratization and how it impacts ethnic conflict.

PLEASE NOTE: POL443/POL2322H1F is dual delivery, online synchronous.

Prerequisites

2.0 credits in POL/ JPA/ JPF/ JPI/ JPR/ JPS/ JRA courses