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Marx, Tocqueville, and American Idol (m41058)
Keywords: Marx, political culture, political economy, social theory, Tocqueville
Summary: This module introduces students to two foundational political theorists: Karl Marx and Alexis de Tocqueville. In addition to exposing students to short primary texts from each author and assessing students’ understanding of the material, the module asks students to critically apply those ideas to contemporary life through a pop culture lens.
Subject: Social Sciences
Language: English
Popularity: 38.61%
Revised: 2011-09-06
Revisions: New
Race and Inclusion in Brazil, South Africa, and the United States (m40975)
Keywords: Brazil, higher education, inequality, multiculturalism, race, social policy, South Africa, Unite States
Summary: This module provides a historical discussion of issues of race and inclusion in comparative perspective, looking at Brazil, South Africa, and the United States. The module also asks students to use social data to comparatively analyze the three cases. It then also focuses on affirmative action reforms in Brazilian higher education.
Subject: Social Sciences
Language: English
Popularity: 39.66%
Revised: 2011-08-31
Revisions: 2
Security Council Simulation: Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict (m41037)
Keywords: conflict resolution, Security Council, simulation, United Nations
Summary: This module provides context and guidelines for a Security Council simulation involving a conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, situated in the Caucasus Mountains. The simulation is meant to help students understand the United Nations Security Council, as well as offer a chance go practice and develop various other skills: critical thinking ... and collaboration.
Subject: Social Sciences
Language: English
Popularity: 56.05%
Revised: 2011-09-19
Revisions: 5
States and Failed States (m40443)
Keywords: comparative politics, data, failed states, international relations, states
Summary: This module provides a definition of the state and an exercise that asks students to look at the Failed States Index. The exercise tests students conceptual and critical thinking abilities, as well as their ability to use data to conduct their own analysis.
Subject: Social Sciences
Language: English
Popularity: 47.34%
Revised: 2011-08-30
Revisions: 3
The Welfare State (m40715)
Keywords: OECD, social policy, state, welfare state
Summary: This module provides a definition and overview of the concept "welfare state" and comparative data from the US and six other advanced industrial democracies. Turning to a focus on the Scandinavian model, the exercise asks students to listen to two short audio podcasts a about the Danish welfare state from ... own analysis.
Subject: Social Sciences
Language: English
Popularity: 47.41%
Revised: 2011-08-17
Revisions: New
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