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Who are Europeans?

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Overview

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What is Europe and what defines a European? This free course, Who are Europeans?, looks at the development of identities within Europe and the European Union. You will assess the mechanisms through which a new identity commitment is being formed and the limitations of and oppositions to this process. Can a genuine European identity ever be created in an expanding multicultural European Union?

Syllabus

  • Introduction
  • Learning outcomes
  • 1. Overview
  • 1. Overview
  • 1 1 Who are Europeans?
  • 1.2 Measuring European identity
  • 1.2.1 The role of the Eurobarometer
  • 1.2.2 Summary
  • 1.3 Being in Europe, being European
  • 1.3.1 Europe and the EU
  • 1.3.2 Summary
  • 1.4 The role of European elites in the unification of Europe
  • 1.4.1 Historical background
  • 1.4.2 Unification and the EU
  • 1.4.3 Summary
  • 1.5 European identity
  • 1.5.1 A true community of Europeans?
  • 1.5.2 Summary
  • 1.6High culture and education in the making of Europe
  • 1.6.1 High culture
  • 1.6.2 Education
  • 1.6.3 Summary
  • 1.7 Toward a European civil society?
  • 1.7.1 European citizenship
  • 1.7.2 Summary
  • 1.8 The future of the EU
  • 1.8.1 What happens next?
  • 1.8.2 Summary
  • 1.9 Conclusion
  • References
  • Acknowledgements

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