QUESTIONS FOR HYUN, POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY DAY TWO
ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTION
1. Discuss significant theoretical contributions in political sociology in regard to
citizenship and citizenship movements. Have citizenship issues become more important
than class or religion in understanding the relationship between state and social
movements?
CHOOSE TWO OF THE FOLLOWING THREE QUESTIONS
2. Discuss how religion has entered discourses on nationhood and citizenship in the
Muslim world.
3. Discuss state policy toward non-Muslim minorities and the development of citizenship
movements among such minorities in contemporary Egypt. Compare the contemporary
period to pre-colonial or colonial state rule over non-Muslims.
4. How do you expect the Arab Spring to affect the situation of non-Muslim minorities in
Egypt? What are the different scenarios and which social and political forces may have a
bearing on the future of these minorities?