Kurs
Current Issues in Human Rights and Democracy
Course description
The course consists of one or two blocks where students will deepen their grasp of different theoretical perspectives and methodological approaches through intensive studies of one or two current issues or contexts of relevance to human rights and democracy. The course is taught through seminars, intensive reading and writing assignments where students bring together different theoretical tools in analyzing relevant primary sources for the given themes. The themes at hand are usually tied to one or two current research projects at the School of Human Rights and Democracy.
Learning Outcomes
On completion of the course, the student shall be able to
Knowledge and understanding
- skillfully summarize the state of research on current issues of relevance to human rights and democracy,
- integrate and contrast different academic perspectives on current issues of relevance to human rights and democracy,
- display an in-depth grasp of the possibilities and limitations of interdisciplinary research within the field of study,
- provide an overview of the most important academic forums, including journals and book series, where the scholarly conversation on the current issues takes place
Competence and skills
- plan, execute, as well as orally present and defend an academic essay on current issues of relevance to human rights and democracy, showing an awareness of the different conventions of style and reasoning within different academic disciplines,
- account and argue for one’s assessment of complex phenomena—orally as well as in writing;
Judgement and approach
- reflect critically and independently on central theories and concepts within the field of inquiry;
- analyze and assess information using scientific criteria.
Reservation för revidering av litteraturen.
Increasing Polarization and the Decline of Democracy – Consequences for Human Rights
Applebaum, Anne (2024), Autocracy Inc. The Dictators Who Want to Run the
World. Penguin Books Ltd, ISBN 9780241627891, 240s
Levitsky, Steven & Daniel Ziblatt (2019), How Democracies Die. What History
Reveals About Our Future. Penguin Books Ltd, ISBN 9780241381359, 320s
Žižek, Slavoj (2023), Too Late to Awaken. What Lies Ahead When There is No
Future. Penguin Books Ltd, ISBN 9780241651759, 192s
Articles for seminars etc. 200s
The Making of Refugees. On Borders, Rights and Rightlessness
Bohmer, Carol & Shuman, Amy, 2018. Political Asylum Deceptions. The Culture of Suspicion.
Springer International Publishing, Cham. (170 s)
Costello, Cathryn, Foster, Michelle & McAdam, Jane (red.) (2021). The Oxford Handbook of
International Refugee Law. Oxford: Oxford University Press. (appr. 150 s)
Nyers, Peter (2006). Rethinking Refugees: Beyond States of Emergency. New York:
Routledge (131 p.)
Saunders, Natasha (2018). International Political Theory and the Refugee Problem. Routledge.
Alternatively, Saunder’s dissertation:
https://research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk/handle/10023/7994 (183 p.)
Tazzioli, Martina (2020). The Making of Migration: the Biopolitics of Mobility at Europe’s
Borders. London: SAGE (158 p.)
Additional articles et al. (max 200 p.)
Kurslitteraturen reviderades senast 6 november 2024.
Schemat finns tillgängligt senast en månad innan kursen startar. Vi rekommenderar inte att du skriver ut schemat eftersom vissa ändringar kan ske.
Betyg
A = Framstående, B = Mycket bra, C = Bra, D = Tillfredsställande, E = Tillräcklig, Fx = Otillräcklig, komplettering möjlig, F = OtillräckligExaminationsformer
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The applicant must have a Bachelor’s degree in human rights studies or another related
field in social or political science, law or the humanities. Students with undergraduate
degrees in the natural sciences, engineering or medicine may also be admitted subject to
their ability to demonstrate a proficiency in human rights, for instance through professional
or voluntary work or activity.
In addition, advanced level studies in human rights studies of 30 credits or the equivalent.
If English is not the applicant’s native language, his or her language proficiency is to be
demonstrated by e.g. IELTS test, TOEFL test, Cambridge/Oxford test, a Bachelor’s degree
from a study programme taught entirely in English, or a passing grade in English 6/English B from
Swedish upper secondary school.
- För fullgjord kurs krävs minst 80% närvaro vid föreläsningar och 100% närvaro vid seminarier/gruppövningar och andra tillfällen för redovisning. Frånvaro därutöver kan kompenseras genom kompletteringsuppgift (-er) om kursansvarig lärare bedömer det möjligt. Vid frånvaro om 50 % eller mer betraktas kursen som avbruten, även om examinationsuppgifter har genomförts.
- Om student har ett beslut från EHS om särskilt pedagogiskt stöd på grund av funktionsnedsättning, skall examinator vid behov anpassa examinationen och genomföra examinationen på ett alternativt sätt.
- Student har möjlighet att tentera kurs enligt ursprunglig kursplan inom två år efter kurstillfället. Om särskilda skäl föreligger kan sådan omtentamen ske även senare. Normalt ges inte undervisning enligt äldre kursplan. Möjligheten till dispens ska avgöras av rektor eller prefekt.
Fastställd av Kollegiet i Mänskliga rättigheter vid Enskilda Högskolan Stockholm den 3 februari 2021.