Key words
Political and Socio-Economic History of Belgium
Objectives
Giving an insight into the functioning of the current political-societal system and developing the students' active and critical citizenship from an historical frame of reference 19th-21st century.
Topics
1. Theoretical frame of reference
2. Belgium
- The creation of the nation-state; political, industrial and cultural revolution
- The effects of the social movements, of World War I, of the economic depression in the 1930s, of World War II
- The consociational democracy
- The Welfare State, growing tensions between the Dutch-speaking and French-speaking communities
- Postindustrial society, European Union, federalized Belgium, new social movements....
Prerequisites
General knowledge
Final Objectives
Materials used
teacher's text
- other text- and/or casebook(s)
Study costs
15 euro
Study guidance
Tutorial system
Teaching Methods
lectures
Assessment
closed book - written examination
Lecturer(s)
Harry VAN VELTHOVEN
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