This course proposes to study transnationalism and citizenship at both the macro and micro level. In the age of globalization the question arises to which extent we still observe national citizenship models and to what extent we observe transnationalization of policies. Do we observe national particularities when it comes to the question of how cultural borders are drawn? Do we observe convergence or divergence of national models? Similar questions can be asked at the individual level: How strong are national identities? Do we observe different forms of identities across countries? Or might it be that transnational identities are on the rise?
In the first part of this course the classic theories and approaches in the fields of transnationalism and citizenship models as well as national and transnational identities will be discussed. In the second part we will discuss the interrelationship between these two levels. This will lead us to a broader discussion about causality in a macro-micro setting. Different ways to study the potential effects of institutional factors on individual attitudes and identities and their limitations will be explored. In the third part of this course participants will replicate some of the exiting studies and use the existing datasets in this field for their own analyses.
Students are required to regularly participate, to present some of the readings and to do some small replication or original analyses that they present in class. It is also possible to present qualitative case studies. At the institutional level datasets such as Migration Integration Policy Index, Multiculturalism Policy Index or the EUDO Citizenship Law Indicators will be used. For the individual level the relevant datasets are the European Social Survey and the International Social Survey Programme.
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