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 166-008 Managing Identity in Contemporary Europe

Note

Formerly available as 166-110. Students who have completed 166-110 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.

Credit Points

12.5

HECS Band

1

Coordinator

Leslie Holmes and Philomena Murray

Prerequisites

131-011 Reason and the State is strongly recommended and, along with this subject, forms the recommended pathway for entry to the major in European studies. See European studies.

Semester

1 (view timetable)

Contact

Two 1-hour lectures and a 1-hour tutorial a week

Subject Description

This subject forms an introduction to the major issues confronting Europe today. There will be consideration of the problems related to issues of identity and nationalism in general, and as these relate to selected countries of Europe, as well as the threat of racism and neo-fascism. The subject further explores who abuses power in European countries through examples of corruption. Students will also investigate whether European citizenship is a myth or reality in the context of the European Union. Students who successfully complete this subject should be able to demonstrate a knowledge of migration in Europe, a problem exacerbated by the refugees from Eastern Europe to Western Europe, and have an enriched knowledge of the place of the study of identity in terms of how Europe is conceptualised, from both within Europe and beyond.

Assessment

Written work totalling 4000 words.



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