Socio-political analysis of the Arab World

ldvlp2641  2019-2020  Louvain-la-Neuve

Socio-political analysis of the Arab World
Note from June 29, 2020
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
5 credits
30.0 h
Q1
Teacher(s)
Legrand Vincent;
Language
French
Main themes
The course offers an overview of the history? sociology and politics of the Arab World. It gives the students some keys to understand the current issues, conflicts and challenges. The inter-arab and Arab international relations are a central issues which is also addressed
Aims

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

1 Usually this introductory course is offered to students who are not acquainted with the Arab World.
 

The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
Bibliography
  • Après chaque séance de cours, le support PowerPoint utilisé par l'enseignant est mis à disposition des étudiants en ligne sur Moodle.
KHADER Bichara, Le monde arabe expliqué à l'Europe : Histoire, imaginaire, culture, politique, économie, géopolitique, Paris / Louvain-la-Neuve, L'Harmattan / CERMAC / Academia-Bruylant, 2009.
Teaching materials
  • Après chaque séance de cours, le support PowerPoint utilisé par l'enseignant est mis à disposition des étudiants en ligne sur Moodle.
Faculty or entity
PSAD


Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)

Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Aims
Master [120] in Public Administration

Master [120] in European Studies

Master [120] in History

Master [120] in Population and Development Studies

Master [120] in Political Sciences: General

Master [120] in Ancient Languages and Literatures: Oriental Studies

Master [120] in Sociology

Master [60] in History

Master [60] in Political Sciences: General

Master [120] in Political Sciences: International Relations

Master [60] in Ancient Languages and Literatures : Oriental Studies