Syllabus/achievement requirements

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1. The concept of national culture (Plamen Akaliyski)

*Hofstede, G., et al. (2010). Cultures and Organizations: Software of the Mind, Third Edition, McGraw-Hill Education. Part 1, pp 3-449 (46 pages)

@ Schwartz, S. (2014). Rethinking the Concept and Measurement of Societal Culture in Light of Empirical Findings, Journal of Cross Cultural Psychology 45(1): 5-13 (9 pages)

Recommended readings:

@Minkov, M. and G. Hofstede (2014). "Clustering of 316 European Regions on Measures of Values: Do Europe's Countries Have National Cultures?" Cross-Cultural Rese arch 48(2): 144-176. (33 pages)

*Minkov, M. (2013). Cross-cultural analysis: The science and art of comparing the world's modern societies and their cultures Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications Ltd, Ch. 1, pp 9-18 (10 pages)

55 pages

2. Frameworks for analyzing culture: dimensions, comparisons and validation (Plamen Akaliyski)

@Maleki, A. and M. de Jong (2014). "A Proposal for Clustering the Dimensions of National Culture." Cross-Cultural Research 48(2): 107-143. (36 pages)

@Schwartz, S. (2006). "A Theory of Cultural Value Orientations: Explication and Applications." Comparative Sociology 5(2-3). (47 pages)

Recommended reading:

“@Minkov, M (2018). A revision of Hofstede’s model of national culture: old evidence and new data from 56 countries. Cross Cultural & Strategic Management 25 (2), 231-256 (25 pages)

83 pages

3. Globalization and its cultural consequence (Plamen Akaliyski)

@Bonikowski, B. (2010). "Cross-national interaction and cultural similarity: A relational analysis." International Journal of Comparative Sociology 51(5): 315-348. (34 pages)

@Guillen, M. F. (2001). "Is globalization civilizing, destructive or feeble? A critique of five key debates in the social science literature." Annual Review of Sociology 27: 235-260. (25 pages)

@Holton, R. (2000). "Globalization's cultural consequences." Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 570: 140-152. (12 pages)

@ Akaliyski, P. (2018). United in diversity? The convergence of cultural values among EU member states and candidates. European Journal of Political Research. ISSN 0304-4130. doi: 10.1111/1475-6765.12285 (24 pages)

95 pages

4. Historical legacies and cultural differences: a clash of civilizations? (Plamen Akaliyski)

@Huntington, S. P. (1993). "The clash of civilizations." Foreign Affairs 72(3): 22-49. (27 pages)

@Akaliyski, P. (2017). Sources of Societal Value Similarities across Europe: Evidence from Dyadic Models. Comparative Sociology. ISSN 1569-1322. 16(4), s 447- 470. (24 pages)

 @Brubaker, R. (2017). Between nationalism and civlizationism: the European populist movement in comparative perspective. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 40:8, 1191-1226 (35 pages)

@Chirot, D. (2001). "A Clash of Civilizations or of Paradigms? Theorizing Progress and Social Change." International Sociology 16(3): 341-360. (20 pages)

Recommended reading:

@Norris, P. and R. Inglehart (2002). "Islamic culture and democracy: Testing the 'clash of civilizations' thesis." Comparative Sociology 1(3-4): 235-263. (28 pages)

106 pages

5. Modernization, societal value change and democracy: a universal pathway of human development? (Plamen Akaliyski)

@Inglehart, R., & Baker, W. E. (2000). Modernization, cultural change, and the persistence of traditional values. American Sociological Review, 65(1), 19-51. doi: 10.2307/2657288 (34 pages)

@Welzel, C., Inglehart, R., Klingemann, H-D. (2003). "The theory of human development: A cross-cultural analysis." European Journal of Political Research 42: 341-379. (39 pages)

@Bomhoff, E. and Gu, M. M. L. (2012) East Asia Remains Different: A Comment on the Index of “Self-Expression Values,” by Inglehart and Welzel. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology 43(3) 373 –383 (10 pages)

Recommended readings:

@Thompson, M. R. (2001) Whatever Happened to "Asian Values"? Journal of Democracy, Volume 12, Number 4, pp. 154-165 (11 pages)

@Welzel, C. (2011). The Asian Values Thesis Revisited: Evidence from the World Values Surveys. Japanese Journal of Political Science 12(1), 1–31 (31 pages)

83 pages

6. Cultural backlash and the rise of authoritarian populism (Plamen Akaliyski)

@Foa, R.S. & Mounk, Y. (2016). The Danger of Deconsolidation: The Democratic Disconnect. Journal of Democracy 27 (3), 5-17 (12 pages)

@Inglehart, R. F. (2016). "How much should we worry?" Journal of Democracy 27(3): 18-23. (7 pages)

* Ingelehart, R. F. (2018). Cultural evolution: People’s motivations are changing and reshaping the world. Chapter 9: The silent revolution in reverse and Chapter 10: The coming of Artificial intelligence society, pp. 173-217 (44 pages)

63 pages

7. When cultures cross: globalization, international migration and acculturation (Plamen Akaliyski)

@Berry, J. W. (2008). "Globalisation and acculturation." International Journal of Intercultural Relations 32(4): 328-336. (9 pages)

@Belot, M. and S. Ederveen (2012). "Cultural barriers in migration between OECD countries." Journal of Population Economics 25(3): 1077-1105. (29 pages)

@Leong, C. H. and C. Ward (2006). "Cultural values and attitudes toward immigrants and multiculturalism: The case of the Eurobarometer survey on racism and xenophobia." International Journal of Intercultural Relations 30(6): 799-810. (12 pages)

@Gungor, D., et al. (2012). "Religiosity, values, and acculturation: A study of Turkish, Turkish-Belgian, and Belgian adolescents." International Journal of Behavioral Development 36(5): 367-373. (7 pages)

@Morris, M. W., et al. (2015). Polycultural Psychology. Annual Review of Psychology, Vol 66. S. T. Fiske. Palo Alto, Annual Reviews. 66: 631-659. (29 pages)

Recommended reading:

@Schwartz, S. J., et al. (2010). "Rethinking the Concept of Acculturation Implications for Theory and Research." American Psychologist 65(4): 237-251. (15 pages)

@Norris, P. and R. F. Inglehart (2012). "Muslim Integration into Western Cultures: Between Origins and Destinations." Political Studies 60(2): 228-251. (24 pages)

110 pages

8. What is cultural racism? (Laura Führer)

@Gullestad, M. (2004). Blind slaves of our prejudices: Debating "culture" and "race" in Norway. Ethnos, 69(2), 177–203.

@Steve Garner & Saher Selod. (2015). The Racialization of Muslims: Empirical Studies of Islamophobia. Critical Sociology, 41(1), 9–19.

*Ballard, R. (2002). Race, Ethnicity and Culture. In M. Holborn (Ed.), New Directions in Sociology. Ormskirk: Causeway. pp. 1-27

@Wren, K. (2001). Cultural racism: something rotten in the state of Denmark? Social & Cultural Geography, 2(2), 141–162. (22 pages)

@Svendsen, S. H. B. (2014). Learning racism in the absence of “race.” European Journal of Women’s Studies, 21(1), 9–24. (16 pages)

101 pages

9: Term papers 

workshop

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10: Immigration and the populist radical right (Anniken Hagelund)

@Rydgren, Jens (2007) "The sociology of the Radical Right" Annu. Rev. Sociol. 2007. 33:241–62 (21 pages)

* Hochschild, Arlie Russel (2016) “Chapter 9. The Deep Story”, Strangers in Their Own Land. Anger and Mourning on the American Right. A Journey to the Heart of Our Political Divide. New York & London: The New Press. P. 135-151. (16 pages)

@ Muis, Jasper & Tim Immerzeel (2017) “Causes and consequences of the rise of populist radical right parties and movements in Europe” Current Sociology 1-22 (22 pages)

@Brubaker, Rogers (2017) Why Populism? Theory & Society 46(5):357-385 (28 pages)

87 pages

Total pages: 850

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