Citizenship and Identity in the European Union

The EU is a strange political animal — neither a state nor a normal international organization — and this elective asks whether anything resembling a shared "European" identity can actually hold it together, especially once you push on citizenship, democratic legitimacy, and the public sphere. You'll work through the integration theories and treaty framework, then stress-test them against the live fractures: the eurozone crisis, the refugee wave, Brexit, and rising Euroscepticism, with your grade riding on a presentation and consistent in-class engagement rather than exams. It pairs naturally with the department's EU-politics and integration courses, giving you the identity/legitimacy lens that those more institutional offerings tend to skip.