CONN 321 | Identity, Nationalism and Sovereignty in European Politics

What is the future of Europe? Current European politics are confronted by complex interplay between integration, migration, and nationalism, all of which provide differing concepts of "Europe" as a political entity. This course will begin by focusing on the development of modern European states and identities, and will then turn to a discussion of the motivations behind integration and the quest to develop European institutions and a single European political identity. From there the course will focus on the the impact of migration from inside and outside Europe, and the ways in which it has been both facilitated by integration and become an obstacle to it. The course will also look at detail into the rise of nationalist and xenophobic parties and movements and the impact they are having on domestic and regional politics.