Is Europe a Society?

HS/BA European Studies (Makrosoziologie/BA ES)
Summer term 2006, Monday 5-7pm
building 05, room 118
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Description
Is Europe a society or does it consist of different societies? Europe is a social entity that has challenged the social sciences in many ways. While the classical sociological vocabulary increasingly turns out to be of limited use, the field of European studies is still little integrated. In this course, we will review a number of approaches from a variety of disciplines that deal with the Europeanization of society. Our main question will be whether there is a such a thing as a European culture, a European public sphere and a European people.

Course plan
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The reading assignments can be downloaded as pdf documents from this web page; for copyright reasons these copies are password protected. I will communicate the password in the seminar.

Émile Durkheim (1960): "Sociology and Its Scientific Field." In: Kurt H. Wolff (ed.), Emile Durkheim, 1858-1917. A Collection of Essays, with Translations and a Bibliography. Columbus: Ohio State University Press, pp. 354-375.

Gerard Delanty, Chris Rumford (2005): Rethinking Europe. Social Theory and the implications of Europeanization. London, New York: Routledge, pp. 1-27.

Gerard Delanty, Chris Rumford (2005): Rethinking Europe. Social Theory and the implications of Europeanization. London, New York: Routledge, pp. 28-49: , pp. 50-68:

Risse, Thomas (2002): "Nationalism and Collective Identities: Europe versus the Nation-State?" In: Paul Heywood, Erik Jones and Martin Rhodes (eds.), Developments in West European Politics 2. Basingstoke: Palgrave, pp. 77-93.

Gerard Delanty, Chris Rumford (2005): Rethinking Europe. Social Theory and the implications of Europeanization. London, New York: Routledge, pp. 87-105.

Shore, Cris. (2000): Building Europe. The cultural politics of European integration. London: Routledge, pp. 15-39.

Gerard Delanty, Chris Rumford (2005): Rethinking Europe. Social Theory and the implications of Europeanization. London, New York: Routledge, pp. 120-135: , pp.136-167:

Gerard Delanty, Chris Rumford (2005): Rethinking Europe. Social Theory and the implications of Europeanization. London, New York: Routledge, pp. 168-183.

Kaelble, Hartmut (2002): "The Historical Rise of a European Public Sphere?" Journal of European Integration History 8(2): 9-22.

Klaus Eder, Hans-Jörg Trenz (2003): "The Making of a Public Space: The Case of Justice and Home Affairs." In: Beate Kohler-Koch (ed.), Linking EU and National Governance. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 111-134.

Diez, Thomas (2001): "Europe as a Discursive Battleground. Discourse Analysis and European Integration Studies." Cooperation and Conflict 36(1): 5-38.

Beate Kohler-Koch (2003): "Interdependent European Governance." In: Beate Kohler-Koch (ed.), Linking EU and National Governance. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 10-23.

Arthur Benz (2003): "Compounded Representation in EU Multi-Level Governance." In: Beate Kohler-Koch (ed.), Linking EU and National Governance. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 82-110.

Meyer, Christoph Olaf (1999): "Political Legitimacy and the Invisibility of Politics: Exploring the European Union's Communication Deficit." Journal of Common Market Studies 37: 617-639.

Majone, Giandomenico (1998): "Europe's 'Democracy Deficit': the Question of Standards." European Law Journal 1(1): 5-28.

Grimm, Dieter (1997): "Does Europe Need a Constitution?" In: Peter Gowan, Perry Anderson (eds.), The Question of Europe. London, New York: Verso, pp. 239-258.

Habermas, Jürgen (1997): "Remarks on Dieter Grimm's 'Does Europe Need a Constitution?'" In: Peter Gowan, Perry Anderson (eds.), The Question of Europe. London, New York: Verso, pp. 259-264.

J.H.H. Weiler (1997): "Does Europe Need a Constitution? Reflections on Demos, Telos, Ethos and the Maastricht Decision." In: Peter Gowan, Perry Anderson (eds.), The Question of Europe. London, New York: Verso, pp. 265-294.

David Dunkerley, Lesley Hodgson, Stanis?aw Konopacki, Tony Spybey, Andrew Thompson (2002): Changing Europe. Identities, nations and citizens. London, New York: Routledge, pp. 157-169.

Gill, Stephen (2001): "Constitutionalising Capital: EMU and Disciplinary Neoliberalism." In: Andreas Bieler and Adam D. Morton (eds.), Social Forces in the Making of the New Europe: the Restructuring of European Social Relations in the Global Political Economy. Basingstoke: Palgrave, pp. 47-69.