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Donnelly, Jack. International Human Rights. 2nd ed. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1997. ISBN: 9780813399690.

Gurr, Ted, and Barbara Harff. Ethnic Conflict in World Politics. 2nd ed. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1994. ISBN: 9780813316963.

Okin, Susan Moller. Is Multiculturalism Bad for Women? Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1999. ISBN: 9780691004327.

Wilson, William Julius. When Work Disappears: The World of the New Urban Poor. New York, NY: Vintage Books, 1997. ISBN: 9780679724179.

Course readings.

Lec #	Topics	READINGS
1	Introduction: Objectives and Requirements of the Course
2-3	Rethinking Ethnicity and Race	Shreeve, James. "Terms of Estrangement." Discover 15, no. 11 (November 1994). Gould, Stephen Jay. "The Geometer of Race." Discover 15, no. 11 (November 1994): 64-69. Pierport, Claudia Roth. "The Measure of America." The New Yorker Magazine, March 8, 2004, 48-63. Gans, Herbert. "Symbolic Ethnicity: the future of Ethnic Groups and Cultures in America." In Theories of Ethnicity: A Classical Reader. Edited by Werner Sollars. New York, NY: New York University Press, 1996, pp. 425-459. ISBN: 9780814780350.
4	Ethnic and Racial Identities in Comparative Perspective	Horowitz, Donald. "A Family Resemblance." In Ethnic Groups in Conflict. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1985, chapter 2, pp. 55-92. ISBN: 9780520053854. Kim, Claire Jean. "The Racial Triangulation of Asian Americans." Politics and Society 27, no. 1 (March 1999): 105-138.
5-7	What are the Political Dimensions of Ethnicity and Race?	Gurr, Ted, and Barbara Harff. Ethnic Conflict in World Politics. 2nd ed. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1994, chapters 1-2. ISBN: 9780813316963. ———. Ethnic Conflict in World Politics. 2nd ed. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1994, chapters 3-4. ISBN: 9780813316963. Kinzer, Stephen. "Country Without Heroes." The New York Review of Books, July 19, 2001, 31-33. Rosen, Nir. "Are they Iraqis, ultimately, or are they Kurds?" The New York Times Magazine, February 20, 2005. "Iraq's Constitutional Process: Shaping a Vision for the Country's Future." United States Institute of Peace, USIP Special Report No. 132, February 2005.
8	A Framework for Analysis of Ethnopolitical Mobilization	Gurr, Ted, and Barbara Harff. Ethnic Conflict in World Politics. 2nd ed. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1994, chapter 5. ISBN: 9780813316963.
9-10	The Sources of Discontent: The Intersections of Race and Class	Wilson, William Julius. When Work Disappears: The World of the Urban Poor. New York, NY: Vintage Books, 1997, introduction, and chapters 1-3. ISBN: 9780679724179. ———. When Work Disappears: The World of the Urban Poor. New York, NY: Vintage Books, 1997, chapters 4-5. ISBN: 9780679724179.
11-12	Government Responses to Ethnopolitical Demands and Group Disadvantage	Gurr, Ted, and Barbara Harff. Ethnic Conflict in World Politics. 2nd ed. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1994, chapter 6. ISBN: 9780813316963. Wilson, William Julius. When Work Disappears: The World of the Urban Poor. New York, NY: Vintage Books, 1997, introduction, and chapters 6-8. ISBN: 9780679724179. Tough, Paul. "The Harlem Project." The New York Times Magazine, June 20, 2004.
13	International Dimensions of National Ethnopolitical Conflicts	Gurr, Ted, and Barbara Harff. Ethnic Conflict in World Politics. 2nd ed. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1994, chapter 7. ISBN: 9780813316963.
14-15	The Emergence of International Human Rights	Donnelly, Jack. International Human Rights. 2nd ed. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1997, chapters 1-2. ISBN: 9780813399690. ———. International Human Rights. 2nd ed. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1997, chapter 4. ISBN: 9780813399690. Landesman, Peter. "The Light at the end of the Chunnel." The New York Times Magazine, April 14, 2002, 36-72.
16-18	Are Human Rights Universal?: Women's Rights versus Cultural Practices	Okin, Susan Moller. Is Multiculturalism Bad for Women? Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1999, introduction and part 1. ISBN: 9780691004327. Bowen, John R. "Muslims and Citizens." Boston Review, February/March 2004, 31-35. Caldwell, Christopher. "Daughter of the Enlightenment." The New York Times Magazine, April 3, 2005 Okin, Susan Moller. Is Multiculturalism Bad for Women? Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1999, part 1, pp. 27-78. ISBN: 9780691004327. ———. Is Multiculturalism Bad for Women? Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1999, part 2, and part 3, pp. 79-114. ISBN: 9780691004327.
19	Human Rights and Foreign Policy: Should Outsiders Assist the Ethnic/Racial Groups of Another Country?	Gurr, Ted, and Barbara Harff. Ethnic Conflict in World Politics. 2nd ed. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1994, chapter 8. ISBN: 9780813316963. Donnelly, Jack. International Human Rights. 2nd ed. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1997, chapter 5. ISBN: 9780813399690.
20-23	International Humanitarian Intervention: Bosnia vs. Darfur, Sudan and Rwanda	Gurr, Ted, and Barbara Harff. Ethnic Conflict in World Politics. 2nd ed. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1994, chapter 9. ISBN: 9780813316963. Donnelly, Jack. International Human Rights. 2nd ed. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1997, chapter 7. ISBN: 9780813399690. Power, Samantha. "Dying in Darfur." The New Yorker Magazine, 30 August 2004, 56-74. Barker, Greg. "Ghosts of Rwanda." PBS Frontline, 2004. Cobban, Helena. "The Legacies of Collective Violence." Boston Review, April/May 2002, 4-15. "Rwanda, Remembered." The Economist 30, no. 11 (March 27, 2004.) Helena, Cobban. "Rwanda Today: The International Criminal Tribunal and the Prospects for Peace and Reconciliation." Frontline. (Ghosts of Rwanda Web page.)
24	Ethnic Minority Rights, Human Rights, and Sovereignty	Donnelly, Jack. International Human Rights. 2nd ed. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1997, chapter 8. ISBN: 9780813399690. Schemo, Diana Jean. "The Last Tribal Battle." The New York Times Magazine, October 31, 1999, 70-77.
25-26	Review Class - Lessons Learned and Looking Forward