2013/2014 KAN-MLM_76 The Spanish crisis in its European Context
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The Spanish crisis in its European Context |
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Language | English |
Exam ECTS | 7.5 ECTS |
Type | Elective |
Level | Full Degree Master |
Duration | One Semester |
Course period | Autumn
Changes in course schedule may occur Friday 13.30-15.10, week 36-41, 43-46 |
Time Table | Please see course schedule at e-Campus |
Study board |
Study Board for MA in International Business
Communication
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Last updated on 14-11-2013 |
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The student must demonstrate
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Course prerequisites | |||||||||||||||||||||||
- General knowledge of recent Spanish
political and economical history.
- A good working knowledge of Spanish – particularly reading capability - is an asset but not a necessary prerequisite. |
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Course content and structure | |||||||||||||||||||||||
The principal focus of the course
will be on the Spanish crisis, but it is placed within the context
of the European crisis in order to discuss how the two crises are
connected. The course begins by tracing the contours of the most
important problems in the current economical, political and social
crisis that both Spain and Europe is going through these years.
After this introduction to the crisis, the course focuses on
Spain’s relationship to and integration into Europe examining
critically the famous Spanish Europeanism; from its status as
different and marginal in relation to the rest of Western Europe
via the successful process of integration to the uncertain panorama
of the present crisis both with respect to the future of the
European project and with respect to Spain’s commitment to it.The
reasons behind the crises are studied intensively, firstly in
relations to the international, finantial-economical crisis and its
effects on Europe, and secondly the Spanish crisis. The aim is to
distinguish to which extent the Spanish crisis can be said to be
caused by conjunctures – and therefore mainly of equal impact on
the European countries – and to which extent its causes
are determined by structural problems or constraints in order to
contribute to an explanation of why the crisis has struck harder in
Spain than in most of its neighbouring countries.
As the subject of the course is in continuous development, it will be needed to search for the most recent publications and data as basis of the discussions. The course therefore includes training in information retrieval capabilities and specific tasks of information retrieval will be distributed among the students according to their prior knowledge and afterwards they will present their findings to the rest of the class. |
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Teaching methods | |||||||||||||||||||||||
The course will consist of both classical introduction to certain themes by the teacher followed by discussion as well as presentations of their findings by the students after specific information-search tasks. This kind of collaborative teaching will also include presentations of Spanish texts by the students who know Spanish to the rest of class. If other students have particular capabilities, f.ex. in economics, the course will try to take advantage of those skills in a similar way. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Further Information | |||||||||||||||||||||||
The working language of the course will be English. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Expected literature | |||||||||||||||||||||||
The course will necessarily be based on the most recent works on the subject, mainly articles from newspapers and journals, which is why it is not possible to make a bibliography for the course at present. |
Last updated on
14-11-2013