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</dc:description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Understanding contemporary society]]></title><dc:title><![CDATA[Understanding contemporary society]]></dc:title><link><![CDATA[http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/resources/resourcescms.aspx?hid=a3ece875-b854-2903-0032-4281fb211ccf]]></link><guid><![CDATA[http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/resources/resourcescms.aspx?hid=a3ece875-b854-2903-0032-4281fb211ccf]]></guid><description><![CDATA[This is a module framework. It can be viewed online or downloaded as a zip file.

This module introduces students to a range of approaches in social analysis. Through introductions to key concepts, theorists and research studies in the disciplines of sociology, cultural studies and social policy, students will be equipped with the skills necessary for more advanced study of contemporary society. 

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</description><dc:description><![CDATA[This is a module framework. It can be viewed online or downloaded as a zip file.

This module introduces students to a range of approaches in social analysis. Through introductions to key concepts, theorists and research studies in the disciplines of sociology, cultural studies and social policy, students will be equipped with the skills necessary for more advanced study of contemporary society. 

Two routes to reading this module's contents are offered. Those who prefer to read on screen can na]]>
</dc:description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Outsiders Inside and Insiders Outside: linking transnational and domestic public action [Audio]]]></title><dc:title><![CDATA[Outsiders Inside and Insiders Outside: linking transnational and domestic public action [Audio]]]></dc:title><link><![CDATA[http://www2.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/publicLecturesAndEvents/player.aspx?id=177]]></link><guid><![CDATA[http://www2.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/publicLecturesAndEvents/player.aspx?id=177]]></guid><description><![CDATA[Speaker(s): Professor Sidney Tarrow | Does globalisation and the idea of a global civil society provide an adequate framework for understanding contemporary domestic and international non-governmental public action? Sidney Tarrow teaches government and sociology at Cornell University. Jan Aart Scholte is centennial professor at LSE and professor at the University of Warwick.]]>
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</dc:description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Understanding Contemporary Religious Pluralism: China (with Liyong Dai)]]></title><dc:title><![CDATA[Understanding Contemporary Religious Pluralism: China (with Liyong Dai)]]></dc:title><link><![CDATA[http://deimos.apple.com/WebObjects/Core.woa/FeedRedirectedEnclosure/georgetown.edu.1676699801.01676699803.6375688185/enclosure.mp3]]></link><guid><![CDATA[http://deimos.apple.com/WebObjects/Core.woa/FeedRedirectedEnclosure/georgetown.edu.1676699801.01676699803.6375688185/enclosure.mp3]]></guid><description><![CDATA[In this talk, Georgetown's Liyong Dai examined the characteristics of types of religious activity, their interconnectedness in today's China, and the relevance of the typology for understanding religion in other modern, pluralist societies.]]>
</description><dc:description><![CDATA[In this talk, Georgetown's Liyong Dai examined the characteristics of types of religious activity, their interconnectedness in today's China, and the relevance of the typology for understanding religion in other modern, pluralist societies.]]>
</dc:description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Understanding Contemporary Religious Pluralism: China (with Liyong Dai)]]></title><dc:title><![CDATA[Understanding Contemporary Religious Pluralism: China (with Liyong Dai)]]></dc:title><link><![CDATA[http://deimos.apple.com/WebObjects/Core.woa/FeedRedirectedEnclosure/georgetown.edu.1676699801.01676699804.5487615933/enclosure.mp4]]></link><guid><![CDATA[http://deimos.apple.com/WebObjects/Core.woa/FeedRedirectedEnclosure/georgetown.edu.1676699801.01676699804.5487615933/enclosure.mp4]]></guid><description><![CDATA[In this talk, Georgetown's Liyong Dai examined the characteristics of types of religious activity, their interconnectedness in today's China, and the relevance of the typology for understanding religion in other modern, pluralist societies.]]>
</description><dc:description><![CDATA[In this talk, Georgetown's Liyong Dai examined the characteristics of types of religious activity, their interconnectedness in today's China, and the relevance of the typology for understanding religion in other modern, pluralist societies.]]>
</dc:description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Understanding Contemporary Art]]></title><dc:title><![CDATA[Understanding Contemporary Art]]></dc:title><link><![CDATA[http://ecampus.keris.or.kr/cyber/cyber_contents_ex.jsp?year=&id=77]]></link><guid><![CDATA[http://ecampus.keris.or.kr/cyber/cyber_contents_ex.jsp?year=&id=77]]></guid><description><![CDATA[Introduces the concepts and characteristics of contemporary art, artists and their works. Through this course, one can understand contemporary art and enjoy various arts and culture activities]]>
</description><dc:description><![CDATA[Introduces the concepts and characteristics of contemporary art, artists and their works. Through this course, one can understand contemporary art and enjoy various arts and culture activities]]>
</dc:description></item><item><title><![CDATA[17.523 Ethnicity and Race in World Politics (MIT)]]></title><dc:title><![CDATA[17.523 Ethnicity and Race in World Politics (MIT)]]></dc:title><link><![CDATA[http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/political-science/17-523-ethnicity-and-race-in-world-politics-fall-2005]]></link><guid><![CDATA[http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/political-science/17-523-ethnicity-and-race-in-world-politics-fall-2005]]></guid><description><![CDATA[Discerning the ethnic and racial dimensions of politics is considered by some indispensable to understanding contemporary world politics. This course seeks to answer fundamental questions about racial and ethnic politics. To begin, what are the bases of ethnic and racial identities? What accounts for political mobilization based upon such identities? What are the political claims and goals of such mobilization and is conflict between groups and/or with government forces inevitable? How do ethnic]]>
</description><dc:description><![CDATA[Discerning the ethnic and racial dimensions of politics is considered by some indispensable to understanding contemporary world politics. This course seeks to answer fundamental questions about racial and ethnic politics. To begin, what are the bases of ethnic and racial identities? What accounts for political mobilization based upon such identities? What are the political claims and goals of such mobilization and is conflict between groups and/or with government forces inevitable? How do ethnic]]>
</dc:description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Understanding contemporary society]]></title><dc:title><![CDATA[Understanding contemporary society]]></dc:title><link><![CDATA[http://open.jorum.ac.uk:80/xmlui/handle/123456789/2575]]></link><guid><![CDATA[http://open.jorum.ac.uk:80/xmlui/handle/123456789/2575]]></guid><description><![CDATA[This is a module framework. It can be viewed online or downloaded as a zip file. This module introduces students to a range of approaches in social analysis. Through introductions to key concepts, theorists and research studies in the disciplines of sociology, cultural studies and social policy, students will be equipped with the skills necessary for more advanced study of contemporary society. Two routes to reading this module's contents are offered. Those who prefer to read on screen can navig]]>
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</description><dc:description><![CDATA[This is a module framework. It can be viewed online or downloaded as a zip file. This module introduces students to a range of approaches in social analysis. Through introductions to key concepts, theorists and research studies in the disciplines of sociology, cultural studies and social policy, students will be equipped with the skills necessary for more advanced study of contemporary society. Two routes to reading this module's contents are offered. Those who prefer to read on screen can navig]]>
</dc:description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Acknowledgements]]></title><dc:title><![CDATA[Acknowledgements]]></dc:title><link><![CDATA[http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/mod/oucontent/view.php?id=399028&section=__acknowledgements]]></link><guid><![CDATA[http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/mod/oucontent/view.php?id=399028&section=__acknowledgements]]></guid><description><![CDATA[<p>This chapter is taken from Living Political Ideas (eds) Geoff Andrews and Micheal Saward published in association with Edinburgh University Press (2005) as part of a series of books which forms part of the course DD203 Power, Dissent, Equality: Understanding Contemporary Politics.</p>
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</description><dc:description><![CDATA[<p>This chapter is taken from Living Political Ideas (eds) Geoff Andrews and Micheal Saward published in association with Edinburgh University Press (2005) as part of a series of books which forms part of the course DD203 Power, Dissent, Equality: Understanding Contemporary Politics.</p>
<p>Except for third party materials and otherwise stated (see <a class="oucontent-hyperlink" href="http://www.open.ac.uk/conditions">terms and conditions</a>), this content is made available under a <a class="ou]]>
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</description><dc:description><![CDATA[Does globalisation and the idea of a global civil society provide an adequate framework for understanding contemporary domestic and international non-governmental public action? Sidney Tarrow teaches government and sociology at Cornell University. Jan Aart Scholte is centennial professor at LSE and professor at the University of Warwick.]]>
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This module introduces students to a range of approaches in social analysis. Through introductions to key concepts, theorists and research studies in the disciplines of sociology, cultural studies and social policy, students will be equipped with the skills necessary for more advanced study of contemporary society. 

Two routes to reading this module's contents are offered. Those who prefer to read on screen can na]]>
</description><dc:description><![CDATA[This is a module framework. It can be viewed online or downloaded as a zip file.

This module introduces students to a range of approaches in social analysis. Through introductions to key concepts, theorists and research studies in the disciplines of sociology, cultural studies and social policy, students will be equipped with the skills necessary for more advanced study of contemporary society. 

Two routes to reading this module's contents are offered. Those who prefer to read on screen can na]]>
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