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DV430 global civil society I (LT)
Half unit - 2008/9
DV430 is a core course for the Global Civil Society stream of MSc Global Politics. Optional for MSc Anthropology and Development, MSc Development Management, MSc Development Studies and MSc Gender, Development and Globalisation only and subject to numbers permitting.
core syllabus
This course will investigate global civil society from five different critical perspectives – war, civility, the media, space, and hegemony. Each of these perspectives will be approached both in theory and in real world practise. The course will alternate between three hour teacher led sessions and three hour student led sessions. Global Civil Society I and Global Civil Society II are complementary. Taking both is recommended but not obligatory.
content
This course engages with the concept and the socio-political phenomenon of global civil society from five different perspectives. Global civil society will be explored a) in the face of the changing nature of war, b) in the context of the normative debate about the idea of ‘civility’ especially in different cultural frameworks, c) in the context of the contemporary global media system, d) in regard to politics of space and e) against the backdrop of (Western) hegemony. Each perspective will be explored within a theoretical lecture and within a lecture that, based on empirical examples, shows how the theoretical underpinnings apply in a ‘global’ world. Students will discuss issues such as global civil society in Iraq, Afghanistan and Bosnia, celebrity activism, hegemony in the context of activism concerning sexual identity and climate change, as well as national and religious movements and streets, cities, the internet and global civil society activism. The novelty of this course is the provision of a solid theoretical and empirical basis that enables students to engage critically with this vital and increasingly popular, yet highly contested political concept. The readings will range from classical texts by Carl von Clausewitz, Immanuel Kant and Antonio Gramsci to contemporary thinkers like Jurgen Habermas and Michel Foucault as well as the broader literature on contemporary global issues. The use of primary sources (documents, Internet sources, interviews) will be encouraged.
teaching
The course will consist of 5 three hour lecture sessions in the MT and 5 three hour classes which will be student-led.
formative work
Two non-assessed essays during term and at least one presentation; one assessed essay which can be an extension of one of the two non-assessed ones.
assessment
The course will be assessed by one essay (3,000 - 5,000 words) (40%)l the assessed essay can be an extension of one of the two non-assessed ones and 1 exam (60%).
initial readings
Kaldor, Mary (2003). Global Civil Society: An Answer to War. Cambridge: Polity Press; Khaldûn, Ibn (1967). The Muqaddimah: An Introduction to History. London: Routledge; Elias, Norbert (1994). The Civilising Process. Oxford : Blackwell; Gramsci, Antonio (1971). Selections from the Prison Notebooks of Antonio Gramsci. Edited by Hoare, Quintin and Geoffrey Howell Smith, London: Lawrence and Wishart; Anheier, Helmut, Marlies Glasius and Mary Kaldor (2001-2007) Global Civil Society Yearbook series.
Students are encouraged to explore the Global Civil Society Yearbooks available here:
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related course in MT
DV429 Global Civil Society
Teachers
Professor Mary Kaldor
Sabine Selchow
Our other graduate courses
GV442 Globalisation and Democracy
GV4c2 Globalisation, Conflict and Post-Totalitarianism
Related links at the LSE
Graduate admission
Government Department
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