Бакалавриат
2026/2027
Этнокультурное разнообразие в глобальном контексте: политика и практика управления
Статус:
Курс по выбору (Международная программа «Международные отношения и глобальные исследования»)
Кто читает:
Факультет мировой экономики и мировой политики
Где читается:
Факультет мировой экономики и мировой политики
Когда читается:
2-й курс, 1, 2 модуль
Охват аудитории:
для своего кампуса
Язык:
английский
Кредиты:
3
Контактные часы:
40
Course Syllabus
Abstract
This course introduces students to public policy in the management of ethnic and linguistic diversity. The aim of the course is to provide students with knowledge about ethnic and language policy in multi-ethnic societies and states, using Russia and other global cases as examples. Within the course framework, students will study both ethnic and linguistic composition of Russia and the world and learn to analyze the foundational legislation in the field of ethnic policy. Students will examine the influence of ethnicity, language, and nationalism as factors in politics at the local, national, and global levels through analyzing public administration and from the perspective of modern GR practices employed by public diplomacy institutions and civil society. The course is interdisciplinary in nature and is based on theoretical approaches and methods from social anthropology, political science, and sociology.
Learning Objectives
- Comprehend the foundational theoretical paradigms for understanding ethnicity (primordialism, constructivism, instrumentalism, boundary-making) and critically evaluate their application in real-world policymaking
- Conduct a comprehensive analysis of ethnocultural diversity within different dimensions: linguistic, religious, indigenous
- Understand the international legal frameworks (European Charter for Regional/Minority Languages, international human rights law) and domestic governance mechanisms (federalism, autonomies, census-taking) used to manage diversity
- Acquire empirical knowledge of how ethnocultural diversity is governed in the Russian Federation, including its historical Soviet legacies, contemporary legislation, territorial divisions (republics, okrugs, oblasts), and the specific challenges faced by its indigenous and minority populations
Expected Learning Outcomes
- Define, compare, and critique the core sociological and anthropological concepts concerning ethnocultural diversity.
- Construct a well-reasoned, critically engaged oral argument that draws upon multiple theoretical approaches to analyze a specific issue in Russian ethnocultural governance.
- Identify and describe the administrative-territorial divisions of the Russian Federation and link them to specific ethnocultural populations and ways of governing the diversity
- Critically assess the ethical implications of the researcher's positionality in the field, justifying methodological choices
Course Contents
- Stating Ethnocultural Diversity–1. Ethnicity: Concept and Approaches to Study and Management
- Stating Ethnocultural Diversity–2. Language Policy: Theory and Practicies
- Linguistic Diversity: Language Contacts and Language Areas. Legal Regulation in the Language Policies
- Language Rights at the International Level and their Application in Russia
- Governing Ethnocultural Diversity across the Globe and in Russia. Legislation and Political Division of Russia
- Ethnicity, Religion and Economics
- Ethnocultural Diversity and beyond: Indigenous Peoples' Rights, Corporate Social Responsibility
- Revealing the Ethnocultural Diversity Issues: Research Methods and Principles
- Researcher and Policymaker’s Positions: Ethics in the Field of Ethnocultural Diversity
- Migrations and Super-diversity. Approaches to Study and Legislative Framework
Assessment Elements
- Seminar participationSeminar participation implies the seminar performance assessment, carried out according to a 3-point system: 0 – absence, 1 – presence with no performance, 2 – a modest performance, few comments on the topic, 3 – meaningful comments on the topic, deep performance. Presence during lectures is not to be assessed. The amount of scored points is converted to a ten-point system in order to make it an element of the interim assessment. Thus, the maximum of possible scored points for seminar performance is 30 (which is 10 for this assessment element). As an element of assessment, it is not rounded, but counted with hundredths as it is. For example, 16 points for class performance makes 16/30*10 = 5,3. This result is multiplied by the weight of the element (0,25).
- In-class workshopDesigning a Strategy in Governing Ethnocultural Diversity Students are divided into groups of 3-6 and work on provided cases during 30 minutes. Then they present their solutions and it is discussed within all participants of the class.
- In-class mid-term testThe test is designed to assess how well students have mastered the key concepts of the course, learned to recognize issues, and identify the risks associated with different decisions in the field of managing ethnocultural diversity. The test consists of 7 tasks and takes 80 minutes.
- Oral exam
Interim Assessment
- 2026/2027 2nd module0.25 * In-class mid-term test + 0.25 * Seminar participation + 0.2 * In-class workshop + 0.3 * Oral exam
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- "Жить в двух мирах" : переосмысляя транснационализм и транслокальность: сборник статей, , 2021
- 150 языков и политика 1917-2000 : социолингвистические проблемы СССР и постсоветского пространства, Алпатов, В. М., 2000
- Anderson, B. R. O. (2006). Imagined Communities : Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism. London: Verso. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1694834
- Brubaker, R. (DE-588)113664273, (DE-627)556780426, (DE-576)160448220, aut. (2004). Ethnicity without groups Rogers Brubaker.
- Language and symbolic power, Bourdieu, P., 2011
- Sonja Luehrmann. (2011). Secularism Soviet Style : Teaching Atheism and Religion in a Volga Republic. Indiana University Press.
- Spolsky, B. (2004). Language Policy. Cambridge University Press.
- Tales of the field : on writing ethnography, Van Maanen, J., 2011
- The interpretation of cultures : selected essays, Geertz, C., 1973
- Transnationalism, Vertovec, S., 2009
- Горы, язык и немного социальной магии : опыт критической социолингвистики, Бичурина, Н. М., 2021
- Советский паспорт : история - структура - практики, Байбурин, А. К., 2017
- Социолингвистика и социология языка. Хрестоматия, Вахтин, Н. Б., 2012
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Hanna Lempinen. (2019). Arctic Energy and Social Sustainability. Palgrave Pivot.
- Henry, L. A., Nysten-Haarala, S., Tulaeva, S., & Tysiachniouk, M. (2016). Corporate Social Responsibility and the Oil Industry in the Russian Arctic: Global Norms and Neo-Paternalism. Europe-Asia Studies, 68(8), 1340–1368. https://doi.org/10.1080/09668136.2016.1233523