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This course will involve critical study of a number of significant demographic, cultural and social changes in contemporary France, focusing on the ways in which the French political system has been called upon to respond to phenomena such as mass migration, regionalism, feminism and changing perceptions of the family from the 1970s onwards.
| Study Type | Undergraduate | Level | 4 |
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| Term | Second Term | Credit Points | 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | None. | Sustained Study | No |
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This course is designed to provide students with a better understanding of the political and philosophical challenges of reconciling equality and the recognition of cultural difference within French political culture. The initial part of the course deals with the theoretical and philosophical debates about the challenge posed by cultural difference in France, placing them in their historical context. The rest of the course will focus more heavily on specific case studies and challenges that have arisen over the last thirty years. Difference will be conceptualised in its broadest sense, and will include issues relating to migration, regionalism, gender, and sexual orientation. In addition, students will extend their understanding of the subject by means of independent research, setting the topics treated in their wider context and synthesizing material from a range of sources.
This course will be available in 2018/19 and in alternate sessions thereafter.
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
There are no assessments for this course.
The assignments receive a CGS mark which the Departmental Handbook links to specific marking criteria, and written or verbal feedback in the form of tutors' comments is also given. Additional informal feedback on performance and tutorial participation is offered in tutorials. Tutors have office hours at which further feedback may be sought.
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