MEAS8106 State and Society in the Arab World
| Offered By | Centre for Arab & Islamic Studies |
|---|---|
| Academic Career | Graduate Coursework |
| Course Subject | Middle Eastern & Central Asian Studies |
| Offered in | MEAS8106 will not be offered in 2009 |
| Unit Value | 6 units |
| Course Description |
This course is designed to cover a wide range of issues related to the formation and development of state and society in the Arab world. It will address state-society relationships across various historical settings (precolonial, colonial and postcolonial) as well as using a variety of explanatory models (institutional, structural, functional and, to a lesser extent, postmodernist). As well as exploring elements of continuity and change in state-society relations, the course will examine some of the key and often competing ideas about state and society in the Arab world and scrutinise, when possible, recent critical scholarship on the subject in social sciences. |
| Indicative Assessment |
One 4,000-5,000-word essay (60%), 3-hour final examination (40%) |
| Workload |
One two-hour seminar per week |
| Course Classification(s) | AdvancedAdvanced courses are designed for students having reached 'first degree' level of assumed knowledge, which provide a deep understanding of contemporary issues; or 'second degree' and higher levels of knowledge; or for transition to research training programs. |
| Areas of Interest | Arab and Islamic Studies |
| Preliminary Reading |
R Owen, State, Power and Politics in the Making of the Modern Middle East, London: Routledge, 1992. |
| Programs | Graduate Diploma in Middle Eastern and Central Asian Studies, Graduate Diploma in Middle Eastern and Central Asian Studies, and Master of Middle Eastern and Central Asian Studies |
| Academic Contact | Dr Kirill Nourzhanov |
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