Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)
Study Course Description
Populism, the Welfare State and the Media
Course Code
DN_150
Branch of Science
Media and communications
ECTS
3.00
Target Audience
Information and Communication Science; Management Science; Political Science; Public Health; Social Welfare and Social Work; Sociology
LQF
Level 8
Study Type And Form
Full-Time
Study Course Implementer
Course Supervisor
Xavier Landes
Structure Unit Manager
Dace Bandere
Structural Unit
Department of Doctoral Studies
Contacts
Dzirciema Street 16, dn@rsu.lv, +371 67409120
About Study Course
Objective
The course will focus on the rise of populism in liberal democracies. The course will discuss the decline of the welfare state in terms of protection of citizens against bad luck, as well as the role that modern media (including social media) have been playing. The objective is to offer students the key for understanding the contemporary political context and the media influence.
Preliminary Knowledge
Communication and culture theories.
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
1.On completion of the course, students will understand and know the paradigms of welfare and populism.
Skills
1.On completion of the course, students will be able to select methods relevant to their research and present results of scientific activity to the academic sector and public.
Competences
1.On completion of the course, students independently analyse and evaluate the media content, interpreting it within the framework of the learned paradigms, put forward the research questions, plan and manage scientific projects on presentation of welfare and populism in media.
Assessment
Individual work
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1.
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Reading the literature, presentation of reports during seminars.
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Examination
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% from total grade
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1.
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Presentation of 2 reports during seminars: 25% each; discussion on compulsory readings: 50%.
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Study Course Theme Plan
FULL-TIME
Part 1
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Welfare state and populism, decline of welfarism and rise of far-right movement.
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Social cohesion and welfarist middle-class societies.
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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The eroding effect of media on social cohesion.
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Lecture
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Modality
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Contemporary populisms: Europe and USA.
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Class/Seminar
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Contemporary populisms: Europe and USA.
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Lecture
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Modality
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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The role of media in surging populism.
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Media responsibilities in the age of political uncertainty.
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Media responsibilities in the age of political uncertainty.
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
3.00
Contact hours:
16 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Test
Bibliography
Required Reading
1.
Cramer, Katherine J.J. (2016), The Politics of Resentment, University of Chicago Press.
2.
Eatwell, Roger and Matthew Goodwin (2018), National Populism, Pelican.
3.
Garland, David (2016), The Welfare State, Oxford University Press.
4.
Hochschild, Arlie Russell (2016), Strangers in their Own Land, The New Press.
5.
Larsen, Christian Albrekt (2013), The Rise and Fall of Social Cohesion, Oxford University Press.
6.
Moffitt, Benjamin (2016), The Global Rise of Populism, Stanford University Press.
7.
Mudde, Cas and Cristobal Rovira Kaltwasser (2017), Populism, Oxford University Press.
8.
Müller, Jan-Werner (2016), What is Populism? University of Pennsylvania.
9.
Ward, Stephen J.A. (2018), Ethical Journalism in a Populist Age, Rowman & Littlefield.