Multiculturalism and inetrcultural communication

Course and seminar lecturer room 401

The course has 5 credits
Toma Burean
burean@fspac.ro
My office is at FSPAC near Topaz Hotel the second floor room 207

Curs1 Introduction 26.02-4.03

Course 2 5.03-11.03
Defining multiculturalism
Eds. Veronica Benet-Martinez and Ying-Yi Hong. 2014. The Oxford Handbook of
Multicultural Identity. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Chapter 2 pp.11- 34
Seminar reading:
Hirschman, Charles. 1983. America’s Melting Pot Reconsidered. Annual Review of
Sociology. Volume 9: 397-423.
[https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev.so.09.080183.002145?journalCode
=soc]

Course 3 12.03-18.03
Multicultural societies
Eds. Veronica Benet-Martinez and Ying-Yi Hong. 2014. The Oxford Handbook of
Multicultural Identity. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Chapter 5 pp. 97-117

Course 4 19.03-25.03
The social psychology of multiculturalism: Identity and intergroup relations
Eds. Veronica Benet-Martinez and Ying-Yi Hong. 2014. The Oxford Handbook of
Multicultural Identity. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Chapter 6 pp. 118-134.

Course 5 26.03-1.04
Prejudice: causes and consequences
De citit la seminar
Aronson, Elliot, Wilson, Timothy D., Akert, Robin M.2013. “Prejudice: Causes and Cures”
chapter 13 361-393.
Seminar: Sartori, Giovanni ce facem cu strainii. 2007. Editura Humanitas. pp. 13-25

Course 6 2.04-8.04
Consumerism and multiculturalism
Eds. Veronica Benet-Martinez and Ying-Yi Hong. 2014. The Oxford Handbook of
Multicultural Identity. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Chapter 20 pp. 438-457

9.04-15.04 Easter Break

16.04-22.04 I am away with Erasmus

23.04-29.04
Course 7 Globalisation and its discontents
Seminar
Eds. Veronica Benet-Martinez and Ying-Yi Hong. 2014. The Oxford Handbook of
Multicultural Identity. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Chapter 9 pp. 181-199

Course 8 30.04-6.05
Political Culture and Democracy
Seminar:
Hague and Harrop. 2006. Chapter 6. Political Culture. 89-93

Course 9 7.05-13.05
Modernization and Post modernization
Hague and Harrop. 2006. Chapter 6 pages 93-104

Course 10 14.05-20.05
Religion and democratic values.
Pippa Norris and Ronald Inglehart. 2011. Sacred and Secular. Chapter 4 The Puzzle of
Secularization in the United States and Western Europe. Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press pages 83-95

Course 11 21.05-27.05
Culture and Economic Prosperity
Inglehart and Welzel. 2005. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Modernization,
Cultural Change, and Democracy A revised theory of Modernization 24-34

Monday May 28 is a free day

Course 12 29.05-3.06
Criticism of multiculturalism
Joppke Christian. 2017. Is multiculturalism dead. Chapter 2.
https://books.google.ro/books?hl=en&lr=&id=5ZPbDQAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PT3&dq=mul
ticulturalism+is+dead&ots=rbfnG1brI2&sig=iqLn5AhPqhYOOiB2hpXcaQDQV-
A&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=multiculturalism%20is%20dead&f=false

Course 13 4.06-10.06
Democratic institutions and values
Inglehart and Welzel. 2005. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Modernization,
Cultural Change, and Democracy Chapter 8 The Causal Link between Democratic Values
and Democratic Institutions 173-186

Evaluation
You will have to make a presentation on a topic related to the course themes.
Attendance and active participation
During seminars we will organize deliberative forums on freedom of speech, immigration
and inequality.
4p

Written exam 6p
Course participation is highly recommended as some topics for the exam will be covered by
the courses. If you miss class please let me know in advance by sending me an email at
burean@fspac.ro
You cannot miss more than three times. Should you miss you will fail the course. For those
of you that have a job please let me know in advance so that we can work out a schedule that
works for all of us.

House Rules
Listen to others. Respect each other. Use kind words. Finish the work on time. Treat people
the way you would like to be treated. Be polite. Be on time. Always work hard and read
everything. Try your best. Smile!