4: Theories of Comparative Politics: Political Identity: Culture, Race, Ethnicity, and Gender

Reading:

Chapter 6: Political Identity: Culture, Race & Ethnicity & Gender
Identity, and the calculation of one’s identity, can have sweeping implications in society. Since
identity, once formed or identified, can section people into groups of 'sameness' and 'differentness,' conflict usually follows. As a consequence, the development and outcomes of
identity, in it of itself, shapes the world around us and the conflicts that arise.

Film:

Comparative Criminal Justice: Norway’s Prisons Documentary (English subtitles)

Click link above to access the film.

The deputy warden from the world's most humane maximum security prison, Halden Prison in Norway, goes on a mission to change one of the most notorious prisons in the world - Attica Correctional Facility.

Attribution

Chapter 6: Political Identity: Culture, Race & Ethnicity & Gender
Source: Julia Wendt, Ph.D. Introduction to Comparative Government and Politics, 1st Edition. Please visit https://introcp.com/ for latest PDF version
License: Creative Commons - Attribution - Non-Commercial (CC BY NC)

Comparative Criminal Justice: Norway’s Prisons Documentary
Source: Breaking the cycle via Svenska Yle tv
Contact information Swedish Yle svenska@yle.fi