Winter term 2004/05

Lectures, texts and miscellaneous documents

Unit 1:    Introduction & terminology (ethnicity, race, identity, multiculturalism, racism, discrimination) (Laura Laubeová)

Unit 2:    Theory base –  main paradigms in sociology, political philosophy, and political science (Lucie Cviklová)

                           Text of the lecture in Word

Unit 3:    Liberal theories of collective/minority rights and ethnocultural neutrality of the state, typology of minorities, and models of majority/minority dynamics  (Selma Muhic)

                            Text of the lecture in Word

Unit 4:    Multiculturalism, identity and politics (Laura Laubeová)

Unit 5:    Multiculturalism, identity and politics- cont. (Lucie Cviklová)

                      Text of lecture 5 in Word

Unit 6:    Definitions and forms of discrimination; institutional racism (Laura Laubeová)

                        notes on the directive

                        notes on institutional racism

                        Homework

Unit 7:    Equal opportunity policy and positive action (Míťa Castle-Kaněrová)

                        Lecture notes   &  ppt slides

                        ICARE Article on EO in France

Unit 8:    Case Study: The Roma/ Gypsies/ Travellers (Laura Laubeová) - Film Show: The Roma Road

Unit 9:    Case Study: The Roma – cont. :

                    Presentation on the European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC) Prague seminars 1.-3. Dec 04 

                    by Paul O’Keeffe, Vladislava Iordanova, Stasha Ziakova

                    article by Dr Lilla Farkas

                    article two by Dr Lilla Farkas