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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Arts : Political Science

166-260/360 Contemporary American Society and Culture: Whose Country? Whose Culture?

Credit Points:

16.7 2nd and 3rd year

Coordinator:

Iva Deutchman & David Goodman

Prerequisite/s:

Normally 25 points of first year Politics; student with only 12.5 points in Politics may apply to the 2nd/3rd-year coordinator.

Timetable:

Semester 1

Contact:

Two 1-hour lectures and one 1-hour tutorial per week for one semester

Content:

The subject will examine American society and culture since the 1960s, focusing particularly on race, gender, class, the recent debates around political correctness and multiculturalism and the theme of small government in American political debate. The subject aims to give students some critical and contextual understanding of current debates about the present and future of US society and cultures.

Assessment:

Written work totalling 5000 words.
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