ANTH 273 - Northern Ireland:Politics&Iden

Credits: 4

Examines historical and contemporary dimensions of identity and political conflict and accommodation in Northern Ireland today. Drawing on anthropology, history, political science, and sociology, explores ethnic, religious, class, and territorial forces that have made Northern Ireland a focus of world-wide attention. Course explores conflict and peace initiatives in terms of their effects on everyday life in urban and rural localities throughout Northern Ireland, ethnographic analyses, political devolution and economic change, integration in the European Union, and globalization. Sociocultural area course.