Department of European Studies & Modern Languages, Unit Catalogue 2010/11 |
EU50607: Multilevel governance and multilayered citizenship in Europe |
 Credits:
| 6 |
| Level:
| Masters |
| Period: | This unit is available in... |
| Semester 1 |
| Assessment:
| CW 100% |
| Supplementary Assessment: | Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations) |
| Requisites:
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| Description:
| Aims: This unit aims to: * Identify and analyse the main currents in the academic and policy debate on multilevel governance and multilayered citizenship; * Study and assess the viability of different manifestations of multilevel governance and multilayered citizenship across Europe, with particular emphasis on the European Union; * Examine to what extent multilevel governance and multilayered citizenship have contributed to the erosion and/or renovation of 'traditional' notions of the nation-state as a viable unit and level of governance and reference point for citizenship; * Develop skills in comparative political analysis, in preparing briefing papers on case studies, and in conducting seminars. Learning Outcomes: Students who complete the unit successfully will be able to demonstrate that they: * Have acquired knowledge of the key concepts in the study, understanding, and analysis of multilevel governance and multilayered citizenship in Europe; * Are aware of major academic and policy debates about the nature of contemporary political processes related to multilevel governance and multilayered citizenship at different sub-national, national and supra-national levels; * Can apply this knowledge and awareness to a wide range of multilevel governance and multilayered citizenship-related issues and write sensibly and critically about them. Skills: The key skills the unit will hone and further develop are: * Advanced research skills in identifying, locating and exploiting a wide range of descriptive, evaluative and theoretical literature. * Intellectual skills of conceptual, original and independent thinking, critical analysis, synthesis and reasoned argument. * Skills of assessment and judgement in relation to the soundness of competing arguments and scenarios, including the reporting and assessing of qualitative and quantitative data. * Generic and transferable skills related to the oral and written presentation of ideas. * Skills of self-direction, self-evaluation and time management. Content: Multilevel Governance and Multilayered Citizenship Week 1 Lecture: Introduction Lecture : Trends in multi-level governance Week 2 Lecture: Nation-states, National Identity and Nationalism Lecture: Citizenship and the nation-state Week 3 Lecture: Europe: a national identity or multiple identities? Week 4 Lecture: Multi-layered citizenship - a post-national concept Week 5 Lecture: Regions, governance and citizenship Week 6 Lecture: Spain Seminar: Identity and citizenship Week 7 Lecture: Italy and France Week 8 Seminar: Case studies Lecture: Cross-border cooperation: post-nationalism in practice? Week 9 Lecture: The Individual Level and Identity Lecture: The Politics of Identity Week 10 Seminar: Multiculturalism and the Secular State The Future of Multilevel Governance and Multilayered Citizenship: Possibilities and Probabilities. |