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 ====== DVST 6901: Civil society and wellbeing ====== ====== DVST 6901: Civil society and wellbeing ======
  
-===== Semester 1, 2024, =====+===== Semester 1, 2024 =====
  
 This class is a seminar on the topic of citizenship, and particularly the ways in which groups of people use politics to advance the goal of social change. It differs substantially from its description in the Handbook. It will not directly address questions of wellbeing, health, or happiness, and will not be limited to examining social movements or nongovernmental organizations. The question of citizenship and civil society has historically been debated in the context of political theories of democracy, that is, normative theories of what kind of politics should a society have in order to be just. Many of the liberal theories of democratic citizenship have become especially influential, especially among institutions engaged in development, empowerment, and social reform. Yet at the same time they seem to be rapidly losing credibility and legitimacy, and many argue that we now are moving into a postdemocratic era. Why did liberalism fail? Is it worth saving? Is there a better way for people to hold the state accountable? In this class we draw upon empirical research into how different groups of people around the world have entered into politics to critique and reexamine these dominant liberal conceptions of the citizen and democracy. This class is a seminar on the topic of citizenship, and particularly the ways in which groups of people use politics to advance the goal of social change. It differs substantially from its description in the Handbook. It will not directly address questions of wellbeing, health, or happiness, and will not be limited to examining social movements or nongovernmental organizations. The question of citizenship and civil society has historically been debated in the context of political theories of democracy, that is, normative theories of what kind of politics should a society have in order to be just. Many of the liberal theories of democratic citizenship have become especially influential, especially among institutions engaged in development, empowerment, and social reform. Yet at the same time they seem to be rapidly losing credibility and legitimacy, and many argue that we now are moving into a postdemocratic era. Why did liberalism fail? Is it worth saving? Is there a better way for people to hold the state accountable? In this class we draw upon empirical research into how different groups of people around the world have entered into politics to critique and reexamine these dominant liberal conceptions of the citizen and democracy.
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 **Coordinator:** Ryan Schram **Coordinator:** Ryan Schram
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   * **First essay: Human emancipation in “actually existing democracies”** (due Apr. 13 at 11:59 p.m., worth 30%, length 1500)   * **First essay: Human emancipation in “actually existing democracies”** (due Apr. 13 at 11:59 p.m., worth 30%, length 1500)
-  * **Second essay** (due May. 25 at 11:59 p.m., worth 40%, length 2000) +  * **Second essay** (due May 25 at 11:59 p.m., worth 40%, length 2000) 
-  * **Weekly writing assignments** (due , worth 20%, length 150 ea.) +  * **Weekly writing assignments** (due weekly, worth 20%, length 150 ea.) 
-  * **Contributions to an online knowledge base** (due , worth 10%, length 700) +  * **Contributions to an online knowledge base** (due weekly, worth 10%, length 700) 
-  * **Week 2 writing assignment dropbox** (due Feb. 27 at 11:59 p.m., worth %, length ) + 
-  * **Week 3 writing assignment dropbox** (due Mar. 05 at 11:59 p.m., worth %, length ) +
-  * **Week 4 writing assignment dropbox** (due Mar. 12 at 11:59 p.m., worth %, length ) +
-  * **Week 5 writing assignment dropbox** (due Mar. 19 at 11:59 p.m., worth %, length ) +
-  * **Week 6 writing assignment dropbox** (due Mar. 26 at 11:59 p.m., worth %, length ) +
-  * **Week 7 writing assignment dropbox** (due Apr. 09 at 11:59 p.m., worth %, length ) +
-  * **Week 8 writing assignment dropbox** (due Apr. 16 at 11:59 p.m., worth %, length ) +
-  * **Week 9 writing assignment dropbox** (due Apr. 23 at 11:59 p.m., worth %, length ) +
-  * **Week 10 writing assignment dropbox** (due Apr. 30 at 11:59 p.m., worth %, length ) +
-  * **Week 11 writing assignment dropbox** (due May. 07 at 11:59 p.m., worth %, length ) +
-  * **Week 12 writing assignment dropbox** (due May. 14 at 11:59 p.m., worth %, length ) +
-  * **Week 13 writing assignment dropbox** (due May. 21 at 11:59 p.m., worth %, length )+
  
 ===== Weekly plan of topics and readings ===== ===== Weekly plan of topics and readings =====
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 | **2** | **February 28** | **What does emancipation mean?** | Marx ([1843] 1978) | |\\ | **2** | **February 28** | **What does emancipation mean?** | Marx ([1843] 1978) | |\\
 | **3** | **March 06** | **The cultural roots of Western liberal politics** | Habermas ([1962] 1992); Fraser (1992); Ryan (1992) | Peiss (1991); Warner (2002) |\\ | **3** | **March 06** | **The cultural roots of Western liberal politics** | Habermas ([1962] 1992); Fraser (1992); Ryan (1992) | Peiss (1991); Warner (2002) |\\
-| **4** | **March 13** | **Subaltern counterpublics** | Yeh (2012); Leonardo (2012) | Bonilla and Rosa (2015) |\\ +| **4** | **March 13** | **[[4|Subaltern counterpublics]]** | Yeh (2012); Leonardo (2012) | Bonilla and Rosa (2015) |\\ 
-| **5** | **March 20** | **The dialectic of civility and community** | Elyachar (2010) | |\\+| **5** | **March 20** | **[[5|Counterpublic discourse and political knowledge]]** | See [[5|this page]] or the Canvas wiki agenda page | |\\
 | **6** | **March 27** | **Colonial subjects and national citizens** | Ekeh (1975); Mamdani (2001) | Cohn (1987) |\\ | **6** | **March 27** | **Colonial subjects and national citizens** | Ekeh (1975); Mamdani (2001) | Cohn (1987) |\\
 | **B** | **April 03** | **Mandatory school closure in recognition of Judeo-Christian festivals** | | |\\ | **B** | **April 03** | **Mandatory school closure in recognition of Judeo-Christian festivals** | | |\\
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 | **9** | **April 24** | **Getting settled** | Cattelino (2006); Speer (2017) | Goldberg-Hiller (2019) |\\ | **9** | **April 24** | **Getting settled** | Cattelino (2006); Speer (2017) | Goldberg-Hiller (2019) |\\
 | **10** | **May 01** | **About them, but not without them** | Francis et al. (2023); Salinger et al. (2024) | |\\ | **10** | **May 01** | **About them, but not without them** | Francis et al. (2023); Salinger et al. (2024) | |\\
-| **11** | **May 08** | **New kinds of sovereignty, alternatives to citizenship** | Goodyear-Ka‘ōpua and Kuwada (2018); Goodyear-Ka‘ōpua (2017) | Davis (2021) |\\ +| **11** | **May 08** | **Due for repair** | Luke and Heynen (2020); Scott (2021) | Beyers (2013); Draus et al. (2019); Gilbert and Williams (2020); Small and Minner (2024) |\\ 
-| **12** | **May 15** | **Due for repair** | Luke and Heynen (2020); Scott (2021) | Beyers (2013); Draus et al. (2019); Gilbert and Williams (2020); Small and Minner (2024) |\\+| **12** | **May 15** | **New kinds of sovereignty, alternatives to citizenship** | Goodyear-Ka‘ōpua and Kuwada (2018); Goodyear-Ka‘ōpua (2017) | Davis (2021) |\\
 | **13** | **May 22** | **Making a home at the end of the world: Futures for progress** | Honig (2013); Honig (2015) | |\\ | **13** | **May 22** | **Making a home at the end of the world: Futures for progress** | Honig (2013); Honig (2015) | |\\
 | **14** | **May 29** | **Reading week** | | |\\ | **14** | **May 29** | **Reading week** | | |\\
 | **15** | **June 05** | **Final exams period** | | | | **15** | **June 05** | **Final exams period** | | |
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