# POLISCI 437: Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict | UW–Madison

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## Dataset

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## course

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### semester

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### course id

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### course number

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### subjects

* POLISCI

### title

NATIONALISM AND ETHNIC CONFLICT

### description

Nationalist conflict and ethnic contestation remain major components of global politics. Drawing on cases from around the world, this course explores why this is the case. In the process, we will address a number of crucial questions: What are nations and ethnic groups? Where do they come from? Why do they pick particular territories? How do they define who can be part of the group? Why are they so successful in mobilizing people to kill and be killed? In the course of answering these questions, the course investigates the interactions between nations and states, religion and nationalism, globalization, citizenship and minority rights, and the causes and solutions for national and ethnic conflict.

### requirements text

Sophomore standing and (POLI SCI 120or182) or (POLI SCI 106 or 186 prior to fall 2017)

### credit offering ids

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### llm summary

POLISCI 437 explores the causes and dynamics of nationalist conflict and ethnic contestation in global politics.

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* Nation-state interactions
* Religion and nationalism
* Globalization, citizenship, and minority rights
* Causes and solutions for national and ethnic conflict

### llm skills

* Analysis of the causes and interactions of nationalist conflict and ethnic contestation.
* Understanding the origins and definitions of nations and ethnic groups.
* Examining the mechanisms of political mobilization and violence.

### llm assumed background

* Foundational knowledge in comparative politics, including analysis of political institutions and power dynamics.

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* nationalism ethnic conflict comparative politics
* ethnic contestation global politics
* nation state identity mobilization

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* POLI SCI 106 and POLI SCI 186 are not found in the current snapshot.
* The phrase 'prior to fall 2017' suggests these courses may be discontinued or replaced.
* POLI SCI 120 and POLI SCI 182 are linked courses with credit exclusions between them.

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