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Academic Writing I. Szabolcs Pogonyi 2
Anthropological Approaches to Ethnicity, Racism and Nationalism – with special reference to Roms and Romany peoples Michael Stewart 2
Border Studies Marco Antonsich
CAW Academic Writing 0
Citizenship and Immigration

Citizenship has long been a key entry in the sociological lexicon. In liberal post-World War II sociology, “citizenship” was the answer to the Marxist scenario of polarizing class conflict, which was losing credibility in the context of rising affluence and maturing welfare states. T.H.Marshall, in his famous lectures on Citizenship and Social Class (1950), canonized the liberal view of citizenship as device of societal integration, whereby equal civil, political, and social rights become successively expanded to previously excluded groups, especially workers.
Hardly had the ink been dry than Marshall’s liberal scenario of internally inclusive citizenship became shattered by the great migrations of the postwar period. Immigration suddenly showed citizenship in a different, less liberal light, as mechanism of closure and external exclusion that sharply demarcates the world’s nation-state societies from one another. Rogers Brubaker, in his now classic comparison Citizenship and

Christian Joppke 2
Citizenship in Contemporary Political Theory Szabolcs Pogonyi 2
Classics of Nationalism Studies
András László Pap
Szabolcs Pogonyi
 0
International Norms and their Application: Border Disputes, Self-determination and Minority Protection Maria M. Kovacs 4
Introduction to the Study of Nationalism, Minorities and Ethnicity Szabolcs Pogonyi
Legal and Institutional Approaches to Minority Protection I.

4 Credits (8 ECTS) will be registered once Legal and Institutional Approaches to Minority Protection II. is completed in the winter term.

For 2yr MA program: Legal and Institutional Approaches to Minority Protection I-II is a mandatory course that can be completed in either first or second year of the program. Ethnicity and the State. Sociological Approaches to Race and Ethnicity is a mandatory course for students not taking Legal and Institutional Approaches. in the first year of their studies.

 András László Pap 0
Legal and Institutional Approaches to Minority Protection II András László Pap 4
Nationalism and National Feeling: the Sociological and Social-psychological Approach Andras Kovacs 4
Nationalism and Political Theory Anton Pelinka 4
Nationalism and the Media Karin Liebhart 2
Nationalism in Southeastern Europe Florian Bieber 2
Political Science Approaches: Theory and Methodology with Special Focus on Nationalism Studies

The aim of this course is twofold. First, to give an introduction to political science by examining modern political ideologies. Second, to familiarize students with key concepts in normative political theory, and to emphasize the importance of thinking theoretically about politics.

The study of political ideologies will help students to critically assess party programs and analyze political party systems. The normative introduction will also provide the theoretical framework and tools for political discourse analysis and empirical political research.

The course will examine different interpretations and systematic typologies of ideological frameworks, and offer a detailed overview of the major political ideologies of modern times, situated within the context of their historical development. The analysis of political currents of thought will focus on key normative concepts, such as rights, obligations, freedom, liberty, justice, equality, authority, democracy,

Szabolcs Pogonyi 2
Research Projects and Study Trips

The special short fieldtrips aims to provide professional experiences in a variety of minority research issues, and give unique opportunities to see relevant research institutes and archives in Budapest. During the individual visits, we get an insight into the current work there, meet professionals and experts, and will learn about the institutions and the ongoing work there. The main focuses of the talks are policy issues, best practices, methodological questions, research experiences, data management, and data archiving. During the semester we are planning to visit six different institutions.

 Antal Örkény 2
Sociology Approaches: Empirical Research on Problems of Nationalism and Minorities

This course will examine the ways in which the modern European identities and regional cultures are formed and inter-communicated in the Eastern part of the European continent. The course work is based on a fresh survey data, a cross cultural comparative project carried out between 2009 and 2011 titled “Interplay of European, National and Regional Identities: nations between states along the new eastern borders of the European Union” (ENRI EAST) and financed by an EU grant.
While the definition of ‘nation’ is certainly problematic, this project use the term to refer to group identities that imply a strong claim for a sovereign state. Our empirical research focuses on the nations and states on both sides of the new Eastern border of the EU (“divided nations”). This includes the following states: Poland, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine, Belorussia, Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia, Slovakia, and Germany, as well as their corresponding national groups living on either side of the borders (i.

Antal Örkény 2
Thesis Seminar I.
Maria M. Kovacs
Andras Kovacs
Szabolcs Pogonyi
 1
Thesis Workshop

The workshop is devoted to the presentation and discussion the work in progress of the students related to their theses. Students present the final outlines of their theses, their literature reviews, and their draft chapters.
Evaluation is based in 100% on the written work (final form of thesis proposal, outline, literature review, draft chapters) submitted by the students.
Rogers Brubaker
Maria M. Kovacs
 2