Lecture materials

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Unit 1: Introduction & terminology

Unit 2: Liberal theory of Minority Rights, Myth on Neutrality of the State and Ethnocultural Justice - Selma Muhic

Unit 3: Terminology – cont. (ethnicity, race, identity, multiculturalism, racism, discrimination)

Homework on Nacirema

Unit 4: Multiculturalism, identity and politics,

Presentation by Julia Scheffler on Rex

Unit 5: State response to minority groups requirements. Impact of Liberalism Communitarianism Debate – Selma

Unit 6: Definitions and forms of discrimination; institutional racism

Unit 7: Policies twds minorities in former Ex Yu - Selma Muhic

Unit 7 Required readings:

text by Varadi, Tibor (2001), in Kymlicka, Will, Opalski, Magda (eds.) Can Liberal Pluralism be Exported?, Oxford: Oxford University Press in pdf here

MRG brochure is available in pdf here

Unit 8: Legislative framework

Presentation by Marek Mikus on Benhabib

Unit 9: Equal opportunity policy /positive action in law and policy

Definition

Law ppt

From Law to Practice

Case study 1 - Access to public services

Case study 2 - Access to employment

Case study 3 - Education

Written homework

ICARE Article on EO in France

additional text on FCNM ( cf. ppt Unit 8)

Unit 10: The Roma Road (video cum discussion)

		article on the film by Jan Čulík , Czech version is available here

		some press coverage in UK

                             	and again Jan Čulík

Unit 11:  	The Roma (ppt)

	handout in doc

	Activity: Diamond Ranking

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