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This seminar uses the example of 'Fortress Europe?' to investigate the relationship between globalization, europeanization and democracy. Whereas some scholars assert that globalization and europeanization allow for democratic decision-making in transnational and intergovernmental processes, others assert that globalization harms democracy by freeing the life chances and life conditions of citizens from democratic decision-making. The course will begin with an overview of the debate about globalization and the character of contemporary democracy. As the course title implies, we will try to move beyond a general concept of globalization to look more specifically at the effects of internationalization and Europeanization on democratic decision-making within a specific area-- migration, asylum and citizenship policy--and to discuss the development of a ‘democratic deficit.’ Here, the course does not limit itself to the theoretical discussion of multi-level and international democracy and institutions of government and governance, but examines the ability of contemporary democracies to cope with the problems ensuing from internationalization and Europeanization, using the example of migration. This course may be taken as a PhD or Masters' theory seminar or, for students that began in WS 2012-2013, as the second half of their project seminar. |
| Literatur |
· Dahl, Robert A, A Democratic Dilemma: System Effectiveness versus Citizen Participation, Political Science Quarterly, (1994), 109, 1: 23-34. · Della Porta, Donatella, Globalizations and Democracy, Democratization, (2005), 12, 5: 668–685. · Zürn, Michael, Regieren jenseits des Nationalstaates: Globalisierung und Denationalisierung als Chance, (Frankfurt a.M.: Suhrkamp: 1998), ch2, ch.8 · Finnemore, Martha, and Kathryn Sikkink, International Norm Dynamics and Political Change, International Organization, (1998), 52, 4: 887-917. · Keck, Margaret E., and Kathryn Sikkink, Transnational advocacy networks in international and regional politics, International Social Science Journal, (1999), 51, 159: 89-101. · Soysal, Yasemin N., Limits of Citizenship: Migrants and Postnational Membership in Europe, (Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1994). · Howard, Marc Morjé, Variation in Dual Citizenship Policies in the Countries of the EU, International Migration Review, (2005), 39, 3: 697-720. · Howard, Marc Morjé, The Impact of the Far Right on Citizenship Policy in Europe: Explaining Continuity and Change, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, (2010), 36, 5: 735–751. |
