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 Academic Year:
| 2015/6 |
| Owning Department/School:
| Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies |
| Credits:
| 6 |
| Level:
| Honours (FHEQ level 6) |
| Period: |
Semester 2 |
| Assessment Summary:
| CW 33%, ES 67% |
| Assessment Detail: |
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| Supplementary Assessment: |
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations) |
| Requisites: | |
| Description:
| Aims: The unit examines the changing nature of borders and identities in post-Cold War Europe. It explores how the process of European integration has been accompanied by an increase in mobility and transnational identities and continuing attempts to broaden and deepen the EU, but also, paradoxically, by fragmentation, the assertion/construction of sub-national identities, both regional and ethnic, and the rise of political parties which challenge to the EU project. Learning Outcomes: By the end of the unit students should be able to: * demonstrate understanding of major developments in European politics since the collapse of communism, with special focus on trends towards greater integration and, simultaneously, fragmentation, regionalism and ethnic conflict; * understand the resurgence of radical politics in Europe in the 21st century and assess its implications for European integration; * identify possible strategies for managing challenges to European integration and evaluate the prospects for continued integration in the medium term; * attempt an informed definition of 'Europe' in the context of global political developments since the end of the Cold War. Skills: Skills in critical analysis, conceptual thinking, precision in the use of written and spoken language, exercise of independent judgement, reasoned argument and the planning/conduct/reporting of non-quantitative research are developed and assessed in this unit. Content: Immediate consequences of 1989; the resurgence of particularism; forces for integration; resurgence of the radical right-wing and left-wing parties. |
| Programme availability: |
PL30295 is Optional on the following programmes:Department of Economics
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