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

Note

Available as 166-360 at 3rd-year level.

Credit Points

16.7 2nd and 3rd year

Coordinator

Iva Deutchman & David Goodman

Prerequisites

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

Semester

2

Contact

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

Subject Description

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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