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| Semester | fall semester 2019 |
| Course frequency | Once only |
| Lecturers | Moritz Feichtinger (moritz.feichtinger@unibas.ch, Assessor) |
| Content | The socialist economic and societal model was and is attractive for many developing countries. Despite the enormous humanitarian consequences, the economic rise of the Soviet Union since 1917 and of the People's Republic of China since 1949 has been observed and admired worldwide. Since imperialism and capitalism often went hand in hand in the exploitation of the colonies, various liberation movements of the global South were interested in the socialist alternative and tried to implement it after the independence of their countries. The seminar will take a closer look at some of the experiments with socialist economics and social politics in countries of the so-called "Third World" in Asia, Africa and Latin America. The seminar will examine the shaping implementation of socialist ideas, the specific conditions in post-colonial societies, and international exchange processes. Particular attention is paid to the interpretation of such socialist experiments in the global discourse on "development". The students gain insight into ongoing debates on global history, postcolonialism and development policy. |
| Bibliography | - Marc Becker, Twentieth-century Latin American revolutions. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield, 2017. - Jeffrey James Byrne, Mecca of revolution: Algeria, decolonization, and the Third World Order. New York: Oxford University Press, 2016. - Daniel Chávez, Nicaragua and the politics of utopia. Development and culture in the modern state. Nashville, Tenn. : Vanderbilt University Press, 2014. - David W. P. Elliott. Changing Worlds: Vietnam's Transition from Cold War to Globalization. New York: Oxford University Press, 2012. - James Ferguson, The anti-politics machine. "Development", depoliticization, and bureaucratic power in Lesotho. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press, 1994. - Wendy James (ed.), Remapping Ethiopia. Socialism & after, Oxford: James Currey, 2002. - Edmond J. Keller and Donald Rothchild (ed), Afro-marxist regimes, Boulder (Colo.), London : Lynne Rienner Publ., 1987. - Aldo Marchesi, Latin America's radical left. Rebellion and Cold War in the global 1960s. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2018. - Vijay Prashad, The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World. New York: New Press, 2007. - Roger Southall, Liberation movements in power. Oxford: James Currey, 2013. - Bernard Waites, Rethinking post-colonial history. South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa since independence. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. |
| Admission requirements | Für Masterstudierende und fortgeschrittene Bachelorstudierende der Geschichte mit abgeschlossener Grundstufe (Nachweis von drei Proseminaren und den drei obligatorischen Proseminararbeiten). Bei Überbelegung kann die Teilnehmerzahl beschränkt werden. In diesem Fall werden Studierende der Geschichte bevorzugt zugelassen. |
| Language of instruction | German |
| Use of digital media | No specific media used |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
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No dates available. Please contact the lecturer.
| Modules |
Modul: Analysefelder: Ideen - Diskurse - Wissen (Master's degree program: European History (Start of studies before 01.08.2018)) Modul: Areas: Afrika (Master's degree program: European History in Global Perspective) Modul: Areas: aussereuropäisch (Master's degree program: European History (Start of studies before 01.08.2018)) Modul: Aufbau Neuere / Neueste Geschichte (Bachelor's degree subject: History) Modul: Epochen der europäischen Geschichte: Neuere / Neueste Geschichte (Master's degree program: European History (Start of studies before 01.08.2018)) Modul: Epochen der europäischen Geschichte: Neuere / Neueste Geschichte (Master's degree program: European History in Global Perspective) Modul: Fields: Governance and Politics (Master's degree program: African Studies) Modul: Fields: Knowledge Production and Transfer (Master's degree program: African Studies) Modul: Forschung und Praxis (Master's degree subject: East European History) Modul: Neuere / Neueste Geschichte (Master's degree subject: History) Modul: Profil: Geschichte Afrikas (Master's degree program: European History (Start of studies before 01.08.2018)) Modul: Profil: Moderne (Master's degree program: European History (Start of studies before 01.08.2018)) Module: Projects and Processes of Urbanization (Master's degree program: Critical Urbanisms) Vertiefungsmodul Global Europe: Staatlichkeit, Entwicklung und Globalisierung (Master's Studies: European Global Studies) |
| Assessment format | continuous assessment |
| Assessment details | Aktive Teilnahme. |
| Assessment registration/deregistration | Reg.: course registration; dereg.: not required |
| Repeat examination | no repeat examination |
| Scale | Pass / Fail |
| Repeated registration | no repetition |
| Responsible faculty | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch |
| Offered by | Departement Geschichte |