GG35020

Module Identifier	GG35020
Module Title	GEOGRAPHY OF THE STATE,NATIONALISM AND CULTURAL MINORITIES
Academic Year	2001/2002
Co-ordinator	Dr Rhys Jones
Semester	Intended For Use In Future Years
Next year offered	N/A
Next semester offered	N/A
Mutually Exclusive	DA35020
Course delivery	Lecture	18 sessions (combination of lecture and seminar)
Assessment	Exam	2 Hours	50%
	Essay	Late submissions subject to the departmental penalty of 5% points per day. Both elements to be completed to obtain a pass; mark based on the aggregate performance. Two essays to be submitted in weeks 6 and 11.	40%
	Seminar presentation		10%
	Resit assessment	If the student fails the module, there will be an opportunity to resit the examination (50%) and the two assessed essays (40%). For a condoned (medical grounds) non-completion of examination or coursework involves the completion of the missing component(s) for the full range of marks on dates set in the Supplementary Examination period. Resit due to aggregate failure or non-completion of part of the assessment requires re-examination of each component if marks of <35% in both were obtained, or re-examination or re-submission of the failed component (examination or assignment(s) to obtain a maximum mark of 35% for the module). The two essays re-submitted will be on different subjects to the first two submitted.

Module Aims
This module will provide students with a wide knowledge of concepts relating to the state, nationalism and cultural minorities. It will also encourage students to develop an understanding of regional and international patterns and processes which are occurring in all parts of the world. In addition, the module will develop the students' skills of analysis, comparison and criticism.

Module objectives / Learning outcomes
On completion of the module the student will be able to :-

discuss the different concepts which have been put forward to explain the nature of the state and nationalism

describe the close relationship between the modern state and nationalism

explain the nature of cultural minorities throughout the world, as well as discerning the similarities and differences between them

analyse reports and articles in the media and relate them to the main themes of the module.

Module Outline (Lecture Themes)
Introduction

Session 1: Introduction to module themes.

The state

Session 2: Theories of state formation.

Sessions 3-6: The modern state. Definitions of the modern state, specific case studies of modern states.

Nationalism

Sessions 7-8: Concepts of nationalism, both modern and historical.

Sessions 9-11: Examples of nationalism in historical and modern contexts.

Cultural minorities

Session 12: The concept of cultural minorities.

Sessions 13-17: Historical and modern instances of cultural minorities.

Session 18: Conclusion.

Reading Lists
Articles
Anderson, J.. (1996) 'The shifting stage of politics: new medieval and postmodern territorialites'. Society and Space 14, 133-53.
Taylor, P.J.. (1995) 'Beyond containers: internationality, interstateness, inter-territoriality'. Progress in Human Geography 19(1), 1-15.
Hall, S.. (1995) 'Cultural identity in question'; in S. Hall et al. (eds.), Modenity and its Futures. Polity Press, Cambridge.