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Amazon logo Donnelly, Jack. International Human Rights. 2nd ed. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1997. ISBN: 9780813399690.

Amazon logo Gurr, Ted, and Barbara Harff. Ethnic Conflict in World Politics. 2nd ed. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1994. ISBN: 9780813316963.

Amazon logo Okin, Susan Moller. Is Multiculturalism Bad for Women? Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1999. ISBN: 9780691004327.

Amazon logo Wilson, William Julius. When Work Disappears: The World of the New Urban Poor. New York, NY: Vintage Books, 1997. ISBN: 9780679724179.



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Lec #TopicsREADINGS
1Introduction: Objectives and Requirements of the Course
2-3Rethinking Ethnicity and RaceShreeve, James. "Terms of Estrangement." Discover 15, no. 11 (November 1994).

Gould, Stephen Jay. "The Geometer of Race." Discover 15, no. 11 (November 1994): 64-69.

Pierport, Claudia Roth. "The Measure of America." The New Yorker Magazine, March 8, 2004, 48-63.

Amazon logo Gans, Herbert. "Symbolic Ethnicity: the future of Ethnic Groups and Cultures in America." In Theories of Ethnicity: A Classical Reader. Edited by Werner Sollars. New York, NY: New York University Press, 1996, pp. 425-459. ISBN: 9780814780350.
4Ethnic and Racial Identities in Comparative PerspectiveAmazon logo Horowitz, Donald. "A Family Resemblance." In Ethnic Groups in Conflict. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1985, chapter 2, pp. 55-92. ISBN: 9780520053854.

Kim, Claire Jean. "The Racial Triangulation of Asian Americans." Politics and Society 27, no. 1 (March 1999): 105-138.
5-7What are the Political Dimensions of Ethnicity and Race?Amazon logo Gurr, Ted, and Barbara Harff. Ethnic Conflict in World Politics. 2nd ed. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1994, chapters 1-2. ISBN: 9780813316963.

Amazon logo ———. Ethnic Conflict in World Politics. 2nd ed. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1994, chapters 3-4. ISBN: 9780813316963.

Kinzer, Stephen. "Country Without Heroes." The New York Review of Books, July 19, 2001, 31-33.

Rosen, Nir. "Are they Iraqis, ultimately, or are they Kurds?" The New York Times Magazine, February 20, 2005.

"Iraq's Constitutional Process: Shaping a Vision for the Country's Future." United States Institute of Peace, USIP Special Report No. 132, February 2005.
8A Framework for Analysis of Ethnopolitical MobilizationAmazon logo Gurr, Ted, and Barbara Harff. Ethnic Conflict in World Politics. 2nd ed. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1994, chapter 5. ISBN: 9780813316963.
9-10The Sources of Discontent: The Intersections of Race and ClassAmazon logo Wilson, William Julius. When Work Disappears: The World of the Urban Poor. New York, NY: Vintage Books, 1997, introduction, and chapters 1-3. ISBN: 9780679724179.

Amazon logo ———. When Work Disappears: The World of the Urban Poor. New York, NY: Vintage Books, 1997, chapters 4-5. ISBN: 9780679724179.
11-12Government Responses to Ethnopolitical Demands and Group DisadvantageAmazon logo Gurr, Ted, and Barbara Harff. Ethnic Conflict in World Politics. 2nd ed. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1994, chapter 6. ISBN: 9780813316963.

Amazon logo Wilson, William Julius. When Work Disappears: The World of the Urban Poor. New York, NY: Vintage Books, 1997, introduction, and chapters 6-8. ISBN: 9780679724179.

Tough, Paul. "The Harlem Project." The New York Times Magazine, June 20, 2004.
13International Dimensions of National Ethnopolitical ConflictsAmazon logo Gurr, Ted, and Barbara Harff. Ethnic Conflict in World Politics. 2nd ed. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1994, chapter 7. ISBN: 9780813316963.
14-15The Emergence of International Human RightsAmazon logo Donnelly, Jack. International Human Rights. 2nd ed. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1997, chapters 1-2. ISBN: 9780813399690.

Amazon logo ———. International Human Rights. 2nd ed. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1997, chapter 4. ISBN: 9780813399690.

Landesman, Peter. "The Light at the end of the Chunnel." The New York Times Magazine, April 14, 2002, 36-72.
16-18Are Human Rights Universal?: Women's Rights versus Cultural PracticesAmazon logo Okin, Susan Moller. Is Multiculturalism Bad for Women? Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1999, introduction and part 1. ISBN: 9780691004327.

Bowen, John R. "Muslims and Citizens." Boston Review, February/March 2004, 31-35.

Caldwell, Christopher. "Daughter of the Enlightenment." The New York Times Magazine, April 3, 2005

Amazon logo Okin, Susan Moller. Is Multiculturalism Bad for Women? Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1999, part 1, pp. 27-78. ISBN: 9780691004327.

Amazon logo ———. Is Multiculturalism Bad for Women? Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1999, part 2, and part 3, pp. 79-114. ISBN: 9780691004327.
19Human Rights and Foreign Policy: Should Outsiders Assist the Ethnic/Racial Groups of Another Country?Amazon logo Gurr, Ted, and Barbara Harff. Ethnic Conflict in World Politics. 2nd ed. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1994, chapter 8. ISBN: 9780813316963.

Amazon logo Donnelly, Jack. International Human Rights. 2nd ed. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1997, chapter 5. ISBN: 9780813399690.
20-23International Humanitarian Intervention: Bosnia vs. Darfur, Sudan and RwandaAmazon logo Gurr, Ted, and Barbara Harff. Ethnic Conflict in World Politics. 2nd ed. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1994, chapter 9. ISBN: 9780813316963.

Amazon logo Donnelly, Jack. International Human Rights. 2nd ed. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1997, chapter 7. ISBN: 9780813399690.

Power, Samantha. "Dying in Darfur." The New Yorker Magazine, 30 August 2004, 56-74.

Barker, Greg. "Ghosts of Rwanda." PBS Frontline, 2004.

Cobban, Helena. "The Legacies of Collective Violence." Boston Review, April/May 2002, 4-15.

"Rwanda, Remembered." The Economist 30, no. 11 (March 27, 2004.)

Helena, Cobban. "Rwanda Today: The International Criminal Tribunal and the Prospects for Peace and Reconciliation." Frontline. (Ghosts of Rwanda Web page.)
24Ethnic Minority Rights, Human Rights, and SovereigntyAmazon logo Donnelly, Jack. International Human Rights. 2nd ed. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1997, chapter 8. ISBN: 9780813399690.

Schemo, Diana Jean. "The Last Tribal Battle." The New York Times Magazine, October 31, 1999, 70-77.
25-26Review Class - Lessons Learned and Looking Forward

 








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