Basic eligibility. Exception from demands on Swedish will be granted if the course is given in English.

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1 1 av 8 Syllabus Printed: Demokrati, mänskliga rättigheter och gender: globala perspektiv i utbildning 7.5 credits Course Code: 6PE121 Established: 3 November 2011 Established by: Umeå School of Education Syllabus valid from: 2010, week 35 Responsible Department: Department of Education SCB Subject: Education Main Field of Study and progress level: No Main Field of Study: first cycle, in-depth level of the course cannot be classified (GXX) Grading System: VG Pass with distinction, G Pass, U Fail Level of Education: Basic level Requirements Basic eligibility. Exception from demands on Swedish will be granted if the course is given in English. Decisions and Guidelines The course was approved by the Faculty of Arts, Umeå universitet and the syllabus is valid from Learning Outcomes Upon completion of the course students should be able to: - account for and discuss contemporary challenges to democracy - describe and analyse problems and potentiality in the area of international human rights discourse - identify and critically discuss contemporary issues in relation to citizenship and gender Contents The course focuses on three main areas: democracy, human rights, and gender. Foundational issues for democracy are highlighted and problematized. Human rights are studied historically, politically and from the point of view of law, all from international and national perspectives. Contemporary theoretical issues within the field of gender and citizenship are studied. For the three main areas the study is guided by educational issues and global perspectives are looked upon. In addition an area for in-depth-study is chosen and more extensively studied. Instruction The forms of study are lectures, seminars and workshops. Examination To pass the course it is required that all compulsory parts are passed. The course results are defined by the examinator s

2 2 av 8 overall assessment of the student s learning outcomes. The course work is examined at the ordinary examination or re-examined at a later occasion during the same semester. An opportunity to re-examine the course work is normally given in the following semester provided the student has requested it. After that a student with a fail is advised to participate in the next ordinary examination. Re-examinations based on the same curriculum are guaranteed within the two years of the first registration on the course. A student has the right to change examiner for a course based on a written request to the head of department after two fails on the same course or a part of the course. Credit for the course is decided by by the Faculty of Arts. The form for applying of course credit Course Literature Reading list valid from: 2011, week 4

3 3 av 8 Another cosmopolitanism[elektronisk resurs]c Seyla Benhabib ; with commentaries by Jeremy Waldron, Bonnie Honig, Will Kymlicka ; edited and introduced by Robert Post. Benhabib, Seyla.; Waldron, Jeremy.; Honig, Bonnie.; Kymlicka, Will.; Post, Robert Oxford ;a New York : Oxford University Press, xii, 206 p. LIBRIS-ID: URL: Dahl, Robert A. On democracy [New ed.] : New Haven ;a London : Yale University Press, s. ISBN: (pbk) LIBRIS-ID: Donnelly, Jack Universal human rights in theory and practice 2. ed. : Ithaca, N.Y. ;a London : Cornell U.P., s. ISBN: (inb.) LIBRIS-ID: Pogge, Thomas Politics as usual : what lies behind the pro-poor rhetoric Cambridge : Polity, p. ISBN: LIBRIS-ID: Young, Iris Marion Inclusion and democracy Oxford : Oxford University Press, x, 304 p. ISBN: (hbk) LIBRIS-ID: Young, Iris Marion Intersecting voices : dilemmas of gender, political philosophy, and policy Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, s. ISBN: (cl : alk. paper) LIBRIS-ID: Davies, Penny China and the end of poverty in Africa : towards mutual benefit? Sundbyberg : Diakonia, s. ISBN: LIBRIS-ID: Peerenboom, Randall P. China modernizes : threat to the West or model for the rest? Oxford : Oxford University Press, p. ISBN: (hbk.) LIBRIS-ID:

4 4 av 8 Taylor, Ian China's new role in Africa Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, x, 227 s. ISBN: (pbk. : alk. paper) LIBRIS-ID: Wolf, Naomi The end of America : letter of warning to a young patriot White River Junction, Vt. : Chelsea Green Publishing, s. ISBN: (hft.) LIBRIS-ID: Farer, Tom J. Confronting global terrorism and American neo-conservatism : the framework of a liberal grand strategy Oxford [UK] ;a New York : Oxford University Press, x, 257 s. ISBN: (pbk. : alk. paper) LIBRIS-ID: Furedi, Frank Invitation to terror : the expanding empire of the unknown London : Continuum, xxxvi, 204 p. ISBN: (hbk.) LIBRIS-ID: Mayer, Jane Dark side : the inside story of how the war on terror turned into a war on American ideals New York : Doubleday, cop s., [8] pl.-s. ISBN: LIBRIS-ID: URL: Stiglitz, Joseph E.; Bilmes, Linda The three trillion dollar war : the true cost of the Iraq Conflict New York : W.W. Norton, c xxiii, 311 s. ISBN: (hardcover) LIBRIS-ID: Zakaria, Fareed. The post-american world London : Allen Lane, p. ISBN: (hbk.) LIBRIS-ID: Parekh, Bhikhu C A new politics of identity : political principles for an interdependent world Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, s. ISBN: (hbk.) LIBRIS-ID: Biesta, Gert. Beyond learning : democratic education for a human future Boulder : Paradigm Publishers, s.

5 5 av 8 ISBN: (hardcover) LIBRIS-ID: URL: Changing notions of citizenship education in contemporary nation-states Roth, Klas; Burbules, Nicholas C. Rotterdam : Sense Publishers, cop v, 150 p. ISBN: LIBRIS-ID: Decentering the center : philosophy for a multicultural, postcolonial, and feminist world Narayan, Uma; Harding, Sandra G. Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana Univ. Press, cop xvi, 330 s. ISBN: (inb.) LIBRIS-ID: Indigenous knowledge and the integration of knowledge systems : towards a philosophy of articulation Odora Hoppers, Catherine A. Claremont, South Africa : New Africa Books, s. ISBN: LIBRIS-ID: McGhee, Derek The end of multiculturalism? : terrorism, integration and human rights Maidenhead : Open University Press, x, 198 s. ISBN: (pbk.) LIBRIS-ID: Young, Iris Marion Inclusion and democracy Oxford : Oxford University Press, x, 304 p. ISBN: (hbk) LIBRIS-ID: Nussbaum, Martha Craven Capabilities as fundamental entitlements : Sen and social justice LIBRIS-ID:

6 6 av 8 Nussbaum, Martha Craven Sex and social justice [New ed.] : New York : Oxford University Press, ix, [3], 476 s. ISBN: (pbk. : alk. paper) LIBRIS-ID: Pogge, Thomas W Can the Capability Approach Be Justified? : p 69 access at /globaljustice 2003 Sen, Amartya K. Identity and violence : the illusion of destiny 1. ed.. : New York : W. W. Norton & Co., p. ISBN: (inb.) LIBRIS-ID: URL: History making and present day politics : the meaning of collective memory in South Africa Stolten, Hans Erik J. Uppsala : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, s. ISBN: LIBRIS-ID: URL: After communism : perspectives on democracy Kelley, Donald R. Fayetteville : University of Arkansas Press, s. ISBN: (hft.) LIBRIS-ID: Ambrosio, Thomas Authoritarian backlash : Russian resistance to democratization in the former Soviet Union Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub. Company, p. ISBN: (alk. paper) LIBRIS-ID: Fitzpatrick, Sheila Tear off the masks! : identity and imposture in twentieth-century Russia Princeton, [N.J.] : Princeton University Press, cop s. ISBN: X LIBRIS-ID: Past for the eyes : East European representations of communism in cinema and museums after 1989 Sarkisova, Oksana; Apor, Péter Budapest ;a New York : Central European University Press, xix, 416 p. ISBN: (cloth) LIBRIS-ID: URL: Davies, Bronwyn; Bansel, Peter Neo-liberalism and Education in International Journal af Qualitative Studies in Education, 20:3

7 7 av p Davies, Bronwyn; Sue, Saltmarsch Gender economies: literacy and the gendered production of neo-liberal subjectivities in Gender and Education, 19: p 1-20 Harvey, David A brief history of neoliberalism Oxford : Oxford University Press, s. ISBN: LIBRIS-ID: Hyslop-Margison, Emery J.; Sears, Alan M. Neo-liberalism, globalization and human capital learning : reclaiming education for democratic citizenship Dordrecht : Springer, xv, 164 s. ISBN: (inb.) LIBRIS-ID: Johansson, Jonna Learning to be(come) a good European : a critical analysis of the official European Union discourse on European identity and higher education 1. uppl. : Linköping : Department of Management and Engineering, s. ISBN: LIBRIS-ID: URL: The global assault on teaching, teachers, and their unions : stories for resistance Compton, Mary F.; Weiner, Lois New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, cop xiii, 281 s. ISBN: X (alk. paper) LIBRIS-ID: URL: Mutua Savages victims and saviors: The metaphor of human rights, in Harvard International Law Journal, Winter 2001 : /articles.asp p Bell, Daniel Beyond liberal democracy : political thinking for an East Asian context Princeton, [N.J.] : Princeton University Press, xii, 379 s. ISBN: X (pbk. : alk. paper) LIBRIS-ID: URL: Engle Merry, Sally Human rights and gender violence : translating international law into local justice Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, ix, 269s. ISBN: (pbk) LIBRIS-ID:

8 8 av 8 Gearty, Conor Can human rights survive? : [the Hamlyn lectures 2005] Cambridge : Cambridge Univ. Press, xvi, 174 s. ISBN: (inb.) LIBRIS-ID: Kennedy, David The dark sides of virtue : reassessing international humanitarianism Mayhew, Doug Princeton, N.J. ;a Oxford : Princeton University Press, xxix, 368 s. ISBN: (inb.) LIBRIS-ID: