Course Outline and Readings

1. Demography in Europe and an Ageing Population

· Linda Haintrais Demography in Europe

· We Need More Babies http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,785317,00.html

· Penn (2000). British population and Society in 2025: Some Conjectures

· Bernard and Phillips (2000). The Challenge of Ageing in Tomorrows Britain

2. Immigration in Europe

· Bade (2004). Legal and Illegal Immigration into Europe: Experiences and Challenges.

· Emmer (2004). Europe and the Immigration Debate

· Hainmueller and Hiscox (2007) Educated Preferences: Explaining Attitudes Toward Immigration in Europe

3. Integration Policies and Strategies

· The Many Faces of Europe http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1590190,00.html

· Jennings (2000). Citizenship, Republicanism and Multiculturalism in Contemporary France

4. The Clash of Civilisations?

· Huntington, (1993). The Clash of Civilizations.

· Fox (2002). Ethnic Minorities and the Clash of Civilisations: A Qualitative Analysis of Huntingtons Thesis.

5. Islam in Europe

· Islamization in Western Europe: Political Consequences and Historical Parrallels

· Freedman (2007). Women, Islam and Rights in Europe: Beyond a Universalist/Culturalist Dichotomy

· Warner and Wenner (2006). Religion and the Political Organisation of Muslims in Europe.

· Policy Exchange (2007) Living Apart Together

· NCCRI (2007). The Muslim Community in Ireland www.nccri.ie/pdf/ChallengingMyths-Muslims.pdf

6. Religion in Europe

· Katzenstein and Byrnes (2006). Transnational Religion in an Expanding Europe.

· Hard (2006). Negotiating Europe: The Politics of Religion and the Prospects for Turkish Accession

7. Nationalism in Europe

· Varshney (2003). Nationalism, Ethnic Conflict and Rationality.

· Gingrich (2006). Neo-nationalism and the Reconfiguration of Europe.

· McCrone and Kiely (2000) Nationalism and Citizenship

8. Racism

· Garners (2004). Racism in the Irish Experience. (available in the library)

· A Brief History of the Roma http://www.geocities.com/~patrin/history.htm

· The Douring: A look at the Roma Holocaust http://romove.radio.cz/en/article/20320

9. Cultural Awareness

Handouts will be given in class