Integration and Challenges of Modern Society

This course covers the main topics concerning societal integration and societal trends in modern society. What are the basic disadvantages of a highly modern integrated society? What is political development and the role of the work? In this course the students are invited to reflect on these and other questions related to these topics.

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Knowledge

The student has knowledge of

• basic questions related to integration
• questions and problems concerning modernity
• questions concerning state, bureaucracy, and nation building
• the meaning of work in the New Capitalism

Skills

The student is able to

• reflect on the relationship between political development and the state
• reflect on what constitutes racism
• analyze empirical knowledge and discuss questions related to the development of national building
• consider the central arguments for and against societal integration
• consider the views on the role of work in New Capitalism

General competence

The student will be able to:

• critically discuss and reflect on ethical consequences of major theories on integration and modernity
• convey knowledge connected to major topics on integration and challenges in modern society

The subject is organized into lectures, and discussions.

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The examination consists of a 5 hours written school exam. This can be written in English or Norwegian.

Bilingual dictionary (English-Norwegian or English-foreign language)

Graded scale A-F.

The exam will be assessed by an evaluation committee consisting of both an internal and an external examiner.

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