ISSUES IN EURO - MED POLITICS

Course Description

This course aims to develop theoretical and empirical background of the students about the political, cultural, and economic and security affairs of the countries which are members of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership. Thus and so the project of Euro-Mediterranean Partnership will be analyzed within the framework of both traditional and critical theories by referring to the three constitutive phases (security and political cooperation, economic cooperation and cultural dialogue) as well as by assessing certain case studies. The relations between the EU and the Euro Med States will also be highlighted and analyzed during the course sessions. In this course, also studying the importance of Euro-Med states in EU future projection and how they adopt the core principles of EU.

ISSUES IN EURO - MED POLITICS

Evaluation Tools (Active Term)

No evaluation items have been defined.

Course outcomes

1. 01 To clarify substantial background knowledge on the EU-Mediterranean Partnership Partnership
2. 02 To distinguish the ways in which mainstream views on political order at local, national, regional and international levels interrelate with each other;
3. 03 To appraise the interrelationship between the political, security, socio-economic, and cultural “Partnership”;
4. 04 Ability to differentiate the distinction between governmental, media and scholarly discourse on the Mediterranean area.
5. 05 To evaluate and develop an interdisciplinary and critical view of global issues
6. 06 To chartacterize moral and ethical understanding in the field of work in the EU-Med Partnership.
7. 07 To develop and acquire specialist skills related to the EU-Mediterranean Partnership
8. 08 To hypothesize the politics, cultures and societies of the Mediterranean
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Course Syllabus

Reference Books & Course Materials

1. 01 S. C. Calleya. 2005. Evaluating Euro-Mediterranean Relations. N Y: Routledge. ISBN 0415-34792-0. (Main Textbook)
2. 02 ARTICLES PUT ON MOODLE
3. 03 "Routledge Handbook of Mediterranean Politics, Richard Gillespie and Frederic Volpi (eds) ISBN E-BOOK 9781315696577 pub: 2017-08-14 Chapter 1 (on Moodle)"

Learning Outcomes

1. L01 To distinguish between EuroMed and similar projects SOLO 4
2. L02 Categotize various processes and actors concerning the EU-Mediterranean partnership. SOLO 4
3. L03 To understand the ways in which mainstream views on political order at local, national, regional and international levels interrelate with each other SOLO 3
4. L04 Criticize the harmony between EU's values and practices. SOLO 5
5. L05 To understand the politics, cultures and societies of the Mediterranean SOLO 3

Program Outcomes

1. P01 1. Having the ability to understand and discuss international relations discipline by using an interdisciplinary methodology to merge the knowledge coming from sociology, economics, psychology, political sciences well as diplomatic history.
2. P02 2. Having an adequate knowledge of the history and the epochs of international system and being able to identify historical evolution of the contemporary world politics.
3. P03 3. Recognizing local, regional and international actors functioning within the international system.
4. P04 4. Understanding the legal framework of the current international system
5. P05 5. Ability to identify the relations between the key actors of the international system – the states – from a theoretical as well as multi-dimensional scientific and academic methods.
6. P06 6. Ability to analyse the roles and positions of the non-state actors – international organizations in particular – within the current world system.
7. P07 7. Ability to recognize political, socio-economic and cultural structures embedded in international relations.
8. P08 8. Exploring the roots of conflicts among the actors and produce solutions at local, regional and international levels with an analytical focus.
9. P09 9. Being able to understand the politics and the functioning of political institutions in theory and practice.
10. P10 10. Understanding the historical emergence of various political cultures and gaining ability to assess them comparatively.
11. P11 11. Prepare international relations graduates; having a vast knowledge, academic formation and skills to work in public offices, civil society organizations, international institutions and companies at local and global levels.
12. P12 12. To have moral and ethical understanding in the field of work.

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