British Studies II 340-AS1-3SBRS

- Students recognize important cultural, social and political phenomena in contemporary Britain K_W05, K_W07, K_W14
- Students are able to select independently and justify the choice of topics of interest in the field of contemporary British culture K_U07, K_U13, K_U01
- Students are able to present the results of their own work on a selected topic K_U07, K_U13, K_U01
- Students are able to comprehend an academic text on a range of topics covered during the course K_U05
-Students show interest in expanding their knowledge of British culture K_K02

assessment criteria: active participation (20 points), in-class presentation of a topic chosen by the student (20points), attendance (two unexcused absences permitted; half a grade will be deducted from your final score for each unexcused absence exceeding the limit of two)

1. Jacqueline Scott, Judith Treas, and Martin Richards (eds.), The Blackwell companion to the sociology of families. Blackwell Publishing.
2. Nicholas Abercrombie,Alan Warde,Rosemary Deem, 2000. Contemporary British society. Cambridge: Polity Press.
3. Nicholas Abercrombie,Alan Ward, 2000. Contemporary British society. The Reader. Cambridge: Polity Press.
4. Michael Higgins,Clarissa Smith,John Storey (eds.), 2010.Cambridge Companion to Modern British Culture. CUP.
Fox, Watching the English. The Hidden Rules of English Behaviour, Hodder 2004
5. Featherstone, S., Englishness. Twentieth-Century Popular Culture and the Forming of English Identity, Edinburgh 2009.
6. A. Whittaker, Speak the Culture. Britain, 2009
7. H. D. Clarke, M. Goodwin, and P. Whiteley. Brexit: WhyBritain Voted to Leave the European Union. Cambridge 2017.
8. Clancy, L. 2021. ‘The Corporate Power of the British Monarchy: Capital(ism), Wealth and Power in Contemporary Britain.’ The Sociological Review, 69:2, 330–347.
9. Jones, B., Norton, P. and Hertner, I.l (eds.). 2021. Politics UK, 10th ed., Abingdon, Oxon; Routledge.
10. Irene Morra, Britishness, Popular Music, and National Identity, Routledge 2014
11. Sarah Pickard, Politics, Protest and Young People, Political Participation and Dissent in 21st Century Britain, Palgrave Macmillan 2019

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