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Seminar: 08-31-MAEP-M4-2 Polarization: A Multifaceted Phenomenon in the European Union - Details

Seminar: 08-31-MAEP-M4-2 Polarization: A Multifaceted Phenomenon in the European Union - Details

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Course name Seminar: 08-31-MAEP-M4-2 Polarization: A Multifaceted Phenomenon in the European Union
Subtitle
Course number 08-31-MAEP-M4-2
Semester SoSe 2025
Current number of participants 35
expected number of participants 40
Home institute Integrierte Europastudien
Courses type Seminar in category Teaching
First date Tuesday, 08.04.2025 08:00 - 10:00, Room: GW2 B1580
Type/Form
Englischsprachige Veranstaltung Ja
ECTS points 6

Rooms and times

GW2 B1580
Tuesday: 08:00 - 10:00, weekly (13x)
GW2 B2880
Tuesday, 24.06.2025 12:00 - 14:00

Module assignments

Comment/Description

This course serves as an opportunity for students to aquire conceptual, methodological, and empirical knowledge on the current phenomenon of polarization, its manifestations in Europe and its specificities in the context of the European Union. The course starts by offering an overview of diverse research approaches that enable us to identify and study different forms and types of polarization. We then reflect on polarization as a global phenomenon and on its interrelationships with Western liberal democracy, both in terms of societal processes and institutional variation in European political systems. We then zero in on how polarization has become relevant with a view to European Parliament elections and legislative activity as well as with regard to EU-member state relations. The assignments and learning methods are thereby always designed to equip students with the tools to further develop their analytical and critical thinking skills and their abilities to effectively communicate their reasoning (verbally and in writing) and to conduct their own research.

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