Minorities in the EU 4003-204MNUE
The aim of this course is to present the most important problems deriving from ethnic minorities currently existing in Europe.
Content of lecture
National minorities – theoretical dimension (definitions, systems of protection of national minorities);
European states and national minorities;
Hungarian problems in Europe – Hungarian minorities in Slovakia, Romania and Serbia;
Russian minorities in Baltic states – Russians in Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania;
National minorities in Ukraine (Russians, Tatars, Poles)
National minorities in Poland and Polish minorities in Lithuania and Belarus;
Separatist movements in France – (Corsica, Bretagne)
National minorities in Germany
Albanian problem in Macedonia
Student's workload:
lecture - 15 h
preparation to the lecture - 15 h
preparation to the exam - 30 h
total - 60 h
Type of course
Prerequisites (description)
Learning outcomes
By the end of the course, students should be able to:
Within the sphere of knowledge:
• Have an in-depth understanding of the theory of national minorities;
• Know about the international systems of national minorities protections;
• Understand the processes of integration and their influences on the pacification of a conflict situation relating to national minorities;
Within the sphere of skills:
• Explain the reasons of international problems relating to national minorities;
• Define the methods of resolving problems of national minorities;
Within the sphere of social competence:
• Formulate their own opinions on situation of national minorities;
• Criticize political events relating to national minorities within Europe.
Assessment criteria
Writing exam
Bibliography
D.J. Galbreath, J. McEvoy, European integration and the geopolitics of national minorities, “Ethnopolitics”, Vol. 9/2010
E.Godlewska, M. Lesińska-Staszczuk ( red.), Mniejszości narodowe w państwach Unii Europejskiej, Lublin, 2013
B. Halczak, Mniejszości narodowe w Europie Środkowo-Wschodniej po upadku komunizmu, Uniwersytet Zielonogórski, Zielona Góra, 2006
G. Janusz, Ochrona praw mniejszości narodowych w Europie, UMCS, Lublin, 2011
M. Johns, The New Minorities of Europe: Social Cohesion in the European Union, Plymouth 2014
D. Lalak, Migracja, uchodźstwo, wielokulturowość : zderzenie kultur we współczesnym świecie, Warszawa, 2007
T. H. Malloy, National Minority Rights in Europe, Oxford, 2005
Ch. Pan and B. Pfeil, National Minorities In Europe, Purdue University Press, 2004
H. Szczerbiński (red.), Problemy narodowościowe w Europie I ich wpływ na stosunki miedzynarodowe na przełomie XX I XXI w., Warszawa, 2009
M. Waldenberg, Rozbicie Jugosławii. Od separacji Słowenii do wojny kosowskiej, Warszawa, 2003
H.Chałupczak, R.Zenderowski,W.Baluk, UMCS 2015 (red.), Polityka etniczna współczesnych państw Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej
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