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Remaking the New Europe

22 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 7 January 2008
End Date: Sunday, 10 February 2008
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 13 January 2008
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 27 January 2008

Description

Europe is environmentally diverse, with a complex history, and long duration and high intensity of human occupancy. It is of special importance to New Zealand, due to strong and persistent cultural linkages, and the continuing but transforming economic and political ties. The first half of the course is an overview of Europe's environmental diversity and complicated history as expressed in highly uneven development, contrasting landscapes, and a tradition of conflict now countered by such institutions as the EU. The second part focuses on European integration since 1945 (in both its European and global contexts) through such themes as migration, investment, international relations and tourism.

Europe is environmentally diverse, with a complex history, and long duration and high intensity of human occupancy.  It is of special importance to New Zealand, due to strong and persistent cultural linkages, and the continuing but transforming economic and political ties.  The first half of the course is an overview of Europe’s environmental diversity and complicated history as expressed in highly uneven development, contrasting landscapes, and a tradition of conflict now countered by such institutions as the EU.  The second part focuses on European integration since 1945 (in both its European and global contexts) through such themes as migration, investment, international relations and tourism.

Prerequisites

Any 36 points of 100 level GEOG, or
any 108 points approved by HOD.

Restrictions

GEOG203, EURO223

Equivalent Courses

Course Coordinator

Peter Perry

Lecturer

Prof Alan Williams (London Metropolitan University)

Dr Peter Perry can be contacted either via the geography department or rmpjperry@f2s.com (until 11 December).

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Assessment TBA 100%

Textbooks / Resources

Required Texts

Ostergren, Robert Clifford. , Rice, John G; The Europeans : a geography of people, culture, and environment ; Guilford Press, 2004.

Recommended Reading

Hudson, Ray , Williams, Allan M; Divided Europe : society and territory ; SAGE Publication, 1999.

Pinder, David; The new Europe : economy, society, and environment ; Wiley, 1998.

Unwin, P. T. H; A European geography ; Longman, 1998.

Williams, Allan M; The European Community : the contradictions of integration ; 2nd ed; Blackwell, 1994.

The Europeans:  a geography of people, culture and environment is Essential Reading for Dr Perry's section. The other texts are for Prof. Williams section and are Recommended reading

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $832.00

International fee $3,593.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see School of Earth and Environment .

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