Postgraduate Course: Ideology and Political Practice in the Modern Middle East (IMES11003)
Course Outline
| School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| 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 |
The outline below offers an indication of course content, which is liable to vary year on year.
Week 2: Introduction to the region and to the study of the region
Week 3: The post-colonial states, their political structure, and their economies
Week 4: Arab nationalism and related ideologies
Week 5: Political Islam (I) ¿ Self-proclaimed Islamic states
Week 6: Political Islam (II) ¿ Islamist movements
Week 7: Authoritarianism (I) ¿ Defensive liberalisation
Week 8: Authoritarianism (II) ¿ The coercive apparatus before and beyond the Arab Spring
Week 9: Politics from below
Week 10: Gender politics
Week 11: Identity politics
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Contextualise and explain the main ideological and political developments in the Middle East since WWII, making reference to specific case studies where necessary.
- Analyse key topics in Middle Eastern politics with the use of appropriate theoretical/conceptual tools and empirical support.
- Critically evaluate and contrast scholarly and other writings on relevant topics, including their approach, methodology and sources.
- Identify and assess contributions made by various disciplines to scholarship, both past and more recent, on Middle Eastern politics.
- Apply the above for independent research related to the topics and themes of this course.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | IaPP |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Elvire Corboz
Tel:
Email: elvire.corboz@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Monique Brough
Tel: (0131 6)50 3618
Email: Monique.Brough@ed.ac.uk |
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