Předmět Contemporary Issues in US and UK Culture and Politics (AJ16172)

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Cíl

This course will examine current cultural and political controversies, primarily in the United States but also in the United Kingdom. Lectures and discussions will aim to contextualize present-day issues, locating them in the broader streams of history and cultural development that help explain how and why they arose, what is at stake in them, who the groups in contention are, and how the contrasting positions in current debates reflect and help construct different racial, cultural and political identities. Besides gaining an ability to follow and understand events in the English-speaking world with depth and insight, students will have the opportunity to become “issue experts” in one area of their choice.

Osnova

Details of the syllabus will be developed on the basis of final enrollment and on students' interests. The tentative week-by-week schedule below offers a rough idea, but specific topics for discussion each week will depend in part on events in the news, and on the topics students choose to present in reports in class. Students will also discuss and share information about news events in a group discussion forum on Facebook.For essential background, these assigned "core readings" have been posted online:> L. Sandy Maisel, American Political Parties and Elections: A Very Short Introduction> Anthony Wright, British Politics: A Very Short Introduction> Colin Woodard, "The Real U.S. Map"> David Hackett Fischer, Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America, excerpts> Jonathan Haidt, The Righteous Mind, chapter 7: "The Moral Foundations of Politics"There will also be various recommended readings, including these:> Peter S. Wenz, Beyond Red and Blue: How Twelve Political Philosophies Shape American Debates> Jonathan Haidt, "What the Tea Partiers Really Want"> Colin Woodard, "A Geography Lesson for the Tea Party"In addition to specified readings, students be following news from the U.S. and the U.K. regularly and avidly, using and supplementing the website and RSS feeds that the instructor provides for this purpose, and should read any news items that fellow students or the instructor post to the course's online forum.WEEKLY TOPICS:Week 1: Regions, states, and counties of the US and UKWeek 2: Government structures and policymaking proceduresWeek 3: Presidents, prime ministers, and party organizationsWeek 3: Political traditions; "red" vs. "blue"Week 4: Racial and ethnic issuesWeek 5: Class, mobility, and economic issuesWeek 6: Popular cultures and stereotypesWeeks 7-10: Further student reports on selected issues in the newsWeek 11: Exam review and conclusionWeek 12: Final exam: first sitting

Literatura

povinná literaturaAmerican political parties and electionsa very short introduction. Edited by Louis Sandy Maisel. New York: Oxford University Press, 2007. xvi, 175 p. ISBN 9780195301229. infoBooks: Wright, British Politics; Wenz, Beyond Red and Blue; Articles: Woodard, "The Real U.S. Map," Parts 1 -5

Požadavky

( AJ09999 Postupová zkouška || AJ01002 Anglický jazyk II ) && AJ07002 Úvod do studia kultury USA II

Garant

Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.

Vyučující

Jeffrey Alan Smith, M.A., Ph.D.