Postgraduate Course: Ideology and Political Practice in the Modern Middle East (IMES11003)
Course Outline
| School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | Since the age of European colonial rule in the Middle East came to an end around the Second World War, nominally independent nation-states in the Middle East have tried to negotiate the opportunities and challenges of the Cold War, regional conflict and co-operation, underdevelopment, and more recently, globalisation. This course takes up the study of this rich politics through addressing a number of key issues: state-building, pan-Arabism, Islamic revivalism, informal politics, popular protests, and the dialectic relationship between liberalisation and authoritarianism. |
| Course description |
Week 2 a. Introduction
b. The Middle East: definition and approaches
Week 3 The establishment of the post-colonial state
Week 4 Radical Challenges
a. Arab Nationalism
b. Socialism & Communism
Week 5 Political Islam
Week 6 Beyond legitimacy: coercion, cult of personality, and corruption
Week 7 Presentation of Essay Topics
Week 8 Defensive liberalisation: political and economic reforms
Week 9 Protests and revolutions in the post-Cold War era
Week 10 Pre-political bonds: Ethnies, sects and tribes
Week 11 The subalterns: women, workers and the unemployed
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2017/18, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: 20 |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Seminar/Tutorial Hours 19,
Feedback/Feedforward Hours 1,
Formative Assessment Hours 1,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
175 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
75 %,
Practical Exam
25 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Class presentation and participation (25%)
1,500 word minor assignment (25%)
2,500 word final assignment (50%) |
| Feedback |
Group presentations - Oral comments from lecturer and from fellow students. Written comments on Learn.
1 essay of 2500 words - Peer group discussion within class. Detailed written feedback from the essay marker.
1 short paper of 1500 words - Detailed written feedback from the essay marker. |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Identify the main trends and issues in post-1945 Middle East politics.
- Critically evaluate methods and approaches used in this field by historians and political scientists.
- Contextualise current developments in the region with regard to their historical context, and to analyse them through the appropriate conceptual tools.
- Conduct systematic research in secondary and primary sources, and to explain the successive steps of that research.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | IaPP |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Thomas Pierret
Tel: (0131 6)50 4148
Email: Thomas.Pierret@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Alisa Wilkinson
Tel: (0131 6)50 4465
Email: Alisa.Wilkinson@ed.ac.uk |
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