University of San Francisco

Sociology 333

Summer 2002

Instructor: Dr. Michael Webber MW 9:00am-12:10pm
University Center 504, x2648 CO 323
webberm@usfca.edu
Office Hours: MW 12:30-2:00

COURSE DESCRIPTION
Questions of citizenship and nationhood are among the core aspects of modern societies that remain the most unsettled and contested. They have moved to the center of public discourse following a number of major contemporary political developments including the collapse of the Soviet Union and the establishment of new states in Eastern Europe and Central Asia; the emergence of ethnic and national conflicts in various regions of the world; democratization in parts of Latin America and Africa; and global migrations to the advanced capitalist states. Such developments challenge our understanding of identity, culture, rights, and political and social conflict.

This course explores such questions as: How are citizen and nation to be defined? Who belongs by formal citizenship to the state? Which people are, or should be, citizens? To what extent does citizenship depend on nationality? Is the nation necessarily co-extensive with the state? Will citizenship be an individual or a group right? How is the principle of nationality to be reconciled with democratic citizenship? While addressing conceptual and theoretical issues, the course attempts to provide answers to these questions through a detailed consideration of various case studies that illustrate different facets of citizenship and nationality.

COURSE OBJECTIVES
By the end of the course, students will have an understanding of different theoretical explanations of nationalism and citizenship and be able to apply them to different social settings. They should also be able to analyze the ways that nationalism interacts with other sociological processes (e.g., language, religion, gender, class, state, and globalization).

COURSE READINGS
There will be four required books for this class, all available at the USF Bookstore.

Castles, Stephen and Alastair Davidson. 2000. Citizenship and Migration: Globalization and the Politics of Belonging. (New York: Routledge)
Deegan, Heather. 2001. The Politics of the New South Africa: Apartheid and After (New York: Longman)
Ignatieff, Michael. 1995. Blood and Belonging: Journeys into the New Nationalism. (New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux).
McCrone, David. 1998. The Sociology of Nationalism. (New York: Routledge)

There may be some additional readings for particular sections of the course placed on the course webpage. Please note that recommended readings are only included for students interested in pursuing a particular topic in more depth. There is no expectation that students will read these items during the course.

COURSE ASSIGNMENTS
All students are expected to keep up with the readings and to attend classes. Class discussion and participation is encouraged and the reading should be completed before it is discussed in class. There are three major writing assignments and detailed instructions on the assignments will be given out in the first week;

1. Newspaper Exercise: Students will track in the New York Times (available in the library or on newsstands) articles or editorials that report or comment on events bearing some relation to nationalist politics, culture or society. They will then chose an unfolding story and work with the clippings or photocopied articles to produce a short paper (5 pages) that analyzes the news story selected.
2. Reading Responses: Students will write a series of four short reading responses (1-2 pages) during the course. Each reading response should briefly summarize the key arguments in the reading in a page or less and then offer a response to that reading.
3. Research paper: (10-12 pages) examining in some depth some aspect of the sociology of nationalism and citizenship. This may include materials from the newspaper exercise and reading responses.

Final grades will be based upon the following formula: Class attendance and participation, 15%; Newspaper exercise, 25%; Reading responses, 25%; Research paper, 35%.

MAY 20: INTRODUCTION TO NATIONALISM AND CITIZENSHIP

MAY 22: CONCEPTS, DEFINITIONS, AND PERSPECTIVES

Required Reading;
McCrone, David. 1998. The Sociology of Nationalism. (New York: Routledge), pp.1-43; 85-101.

Recommended Reading;
Smith, Anthony D. 1983. Theories of Nationalism (2nd Edition, New York: Holmes and Meier)
Guibernau, M. and J. Hutchinson (eds). 2001. Understanding Nationalism (London: Polity Press)
Yuval-Davis, Nira. 1997. Gender and Nation (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage)
Balakrishnan, G. (ed). 1996. Mapping the Nation (London: Verso)

MAY 27: MEMORIAL DAY - NO CLASS

MAY 29: COLONIAL AND POST-COLONIAL NATIONALISM: ALGERIA

Required Reading;
Stora, Benjamin. 2001. Algeria, 1830-2000: A Short History (Ithaca: Cornell University Press), webpage.
VIDEO: The Battle of Algiers

Recommended Reading;
Horne, Alistair. 1987. A Savage War Of Peace: Algeria, 1954-1962 Rev.ed. New York, N.Y.: Penguin Books.
MacMaster, Neil. 1997. Colonial Migrants And Racism: Algerians In France, 1900-62. (New York: St. Martin's Press)
Connelly, Matthew J. 2002. A Diplomatic Revolution: Algeria's Fight For Independence And The Origins Of The Post-Cold War Era. (Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press)

JUNE 3: CIVIC VS. ETHNIC NATIONALISM: YUGOSLAVIA

Required Reading;
McCrone, David. 1998. The Sociology of Nationalism. (New York: Routledge), pp.149-168.
Ignatieff, Michael. 1993. Blood and Belonging: Journeys into the New Nationalism (New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux), pp.19-56.
VIDEO: The Road to Nowhere

Recommended Reading;
Samary, Catherine. 1995. Yugoslavia Dismembered (New York: Monthly Review Press
Glenny, Mischa. 1993. The Fall of Yugoslavia (New York: Penguin)
Denitch, Bogdan. 1994. Ethnic Nationalism: The Tragic Death of Yugoslavia (Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press)
Tismaneanu, Vladimir (ed). 1999. The Revolutions of 1989: Rewriting Histories. (London: Routledge).

JUNE 5: RELIGIOUS NATIONALISM: NORTHERN IRELAND

Required Reading;
McCrone, David. 1998. The Sociology of Nationalism. (New York: Routledge), pp.44-63.
Ignatieff, Michael. 1993. Blood and Belonging: Journeys into the New Nationalism (New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux), PP.213-249.
VIDEO: Mirror, Mirror

Recommended Reading;
Dodge, William. 1992. Boundaries of Identity (New York: Lester Publishing)
MacDonald, M. 1986. Children of Wrath: Political Violence in Northern Ireland (Cambridge: Polity Press)
Whyte, J. 1990. Interpreting Northern Ireland (Oxford: Oxford University Press)

JUNE 10: LINGUISTIC NATIONALISM: QUEBEC

Required Reading;
McCrone, David. 1998. The Sociology of Nationalism. (New York: Routledge), pp.125-148.
Ignatieff, Michael. 1993. Blood and Belonging: Journeys into the New Nationalism (New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux), pp.143-177.
VIDEO: Reconquering the Conquest

Recommended Reading;
Dodge, William. 1992. Boundaries of Identity (New York: Lester Publishing)
Milne, D. 1989. The Canadian Constitution: From Patriation to Meech Lake (Toronto: Lorimer)
Young, Robert A. 1999. The Struggle For Quebec. (Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press)

JUNE 12: CITIZENSHIP IN THE GLOBAL AGE

Required Reading;
Castles, Stephen and Alastair Davidson. 2000. Citizenship and Migration: Globalization and the Politics of Belonging. (New York: Routledge), pp. 1-51

Recommended Reading;
Faulks, Keith. 2000. Citizenship (London: Routledge)
Shafir, Gershon (ed). 1998. The Citizenship Debates: A Reader. (Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press)
Carter, April. 2001. The Political Theory of Global Citizenship (London: Routledge)

JUNE 17: ETHNIC NATIONALISM AND CITIZENSHIP IN THE NEW GERMANY

Required Reading;
Ignatieff, Michael. 1993. Blood and Belonging: Journeys into the New Nationalism (New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux), pp.57-102.
Castles, Stephen and Alastair Davidson. 2000. Citizenship and Migration: Globalization and the Politics of Belonging. (New York: Routledge), pp. 84-128
VIDEO: A Nation Returns

Recommended Reading;
Hughes, Michael. 1988. Nationalism and Society: Germany, 1800-1945 (London: Edward Arnold)
Pulzer, Peter. 1988. The Rise of Political Anti-Semitism in Germany and Austria (Cambridge,MA: Harvard University Press)

JUNE 19: CITIZENSHIP AND HUMAN RIGHTS: THE GRANDMOTHERS OF THE PLAZA DE MAYO IN ARGENTINA

Required Reading;
Ardetti, Rita. 1999. Struggling For Life: The Grandmothers of the Playa De Mayo and the Disappeared Grandchildren of Argentina (Berkeley, CA: University of California Press), (webpage)
VIDEO: Las Madres: The Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo

Recommended Reading;
Brysk, Alyson. 1994. The Politics of Human Rights in Argentina: Protest, Change and Democratization (Stanford: Stanford University Press)
Bouvard, Marguerite Guzman. 1994. Revolutionizing Motherhood: The Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo (Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources).
Roniger, Luis and Mario Sznajder. 1999. The Legacy Of Human-Rights Violations In The Southern Cone: Argentina, Chile, And Uruguay (New York: Oxford University Press)

JUNE 24: NATIONALISM AND CITIZENSHIP UNDER APARTHEID SOUTH AFRICA

Required Reading;
Deegan, Heather. 2001. The Politics of the New South Africa: Apartheid and After (New York: Longman), pp.3-82.

Recommended Reading;
Price, Robert. 1991. The Apartheid State in Crisis, (New York: Oxford University Press).
Thompson, Leonard. 2000. A History of South Africa Third Edition. (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press).
Glaser, Daryl. 2001. Politics and Society in South Africa (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications)
Waldmeir, Patti. 1997. The Anatomy of a Miracle: The End of Apartheid and the Birth of a New South Africa. (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press)

JUNE 26: TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION IN SOUTH AFRICA

Required Reading;
Deegan, Heather. 2001. The Politics of the New South Africa: Apartheid and After (New York: Longman), pp.85-164 (read pp.136-183 in particular)
VIDEO: Long Night's Journey into Day

Recommended Reading;
Krog, Antjie. 2000. Country of My Skull: Guilt, Sorrow, and the Limits of Forgiveness in the New South Africa (New York: Three Rivers Press)
Rotberg, Robert I. and Dennis Thompson. 2000. Truth v. Justice: The Morality of Truth Commissions (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press).
Meredith, Martin. 1999. Coming To Terms: South Africa's Search for Truth (New York: Public Affairs)