Bibliographic database 

Listed below you will find suggested literature on current topics taught within the Euroculture MA course programme.

Cultural Identity & Social and Cultural Aspects of European Integration

  • Cederman, Lars-Erik (2000), Constructing Europe's Identity. The External Dimension, L. Rienner Publishers.
  • Davies, N. (1998), Europe: A History. Perennial.
  • Delanty, G. (1995), Inventing Europe: Idea, Identity, Reality. New York, St Martin's Press.
  • Delanty, Gerard (1995), "The Limits and Possibilities of a European Identity", in: Philosophy & Social Criticism 21, no. 4, pp. 15-36.
  • Hall, Stuart (1997), Representation. Cultural Representations and Signifying Practices. London, Sage Publications.
  • Hofstede, Geert (1991), "Levels of Culture", in Geert Hofstede, Cultures and Organizations. Software of the Mind Hammersmith, London, HarperCollins, pp.3-22.
  • Jenkins, B., Sofos, S.A. (1996), Nation and Identity in Contemporary Europe. Routledge.
  • MacDonald, S. (1993), Inside European Identities: Ethnography in Western Europe. (Ethnicity and Identity), Berg Publishers.
  • Schlesinger, Philip (1994), "Europeanness: A New Cultural Battlefield?", in : John Hutchinson & Anthony D. Smith (eds.), Nationalism. Oxford-New York, Oxford University Press, pp. 316-325.
  • Segers, Rien T. (1997), "Inventing a Future for Literary Studies: Research and Teaching on Cultural Identity", in: Journal of Literary Studies/Tydskrif vir Literatuurwetenskap 13 (1997), nr.3/4, pp. 263-283.
  • Smith, A.D. (1993), National Identity (Ethnonationalism in Comparative Perspective). University of Nevada Press.
  • Therborn, G. (1995), European Modernity and Beyond: The Trajectory of European Societies, 1945-2000. SAGE Publications.
  • Trausch, Gilbert (1999), "Consciousness of European identity after 1945", in: Thomas Jansen, Reflections on European identity (Brussels, Working paper European Commission, Forward Studies Unit) 21-27. (http://europa.eu.int/comm/cdp/working-paper/european_identity_en.pdf).
  • Wintle, Michael (1996), "Cultural Identity in Europe: Shared Experience", in: Michael Wintle (ed.), Culture and Identity in Europe. Perceptions of Divergence and Unity in Past and Present. pp.9-32.

European History, Culture Heritage and Memory

  • Anderson, B. (1983), Imagined Communities. London, Verso.
  • Bellier, I., Wilson, T. (2000), An Anthropology of the European Union. Oxford - New York, Berg.
  • Brett, D. (1996), The Construction of Heritage. Cork, Cork University Press.
  • Goddard, V.A., Llobera J.R., Shore C. (ed.) (1994), The Anthropology of Europe. Identity and Boundaries in Conflict. Oxford, Berg.
  • Morin, Edgar (1987), Penser l´Europe. Paris, Gallimard.
  • Rietbergen, Peter (1998), Europe. A cultural history. London - New York, Routledge.
  • Shore, C. (2000), Building Europe. London - New York, Routledge Intercultural Education as a Tool for Conflict Prevention.

Culture, Literature, Language and Ideology

  • Arizpe, Lourdes [dir.] (2000), World culture report 2000 Cultural diversity, conflict and pluralism.
  • Balfe, J., Wyszomirski, M.J. (1985), Art, Ideology, and Politics. Praeger Publishers.
  • Braselmann, Petra (2004), "Language Policies in East and West. National Language Policies as a Response to the Pressures of Globalization". In: A. Gardt and B. Hüppauf, Globalization and the future of German. Berlin, Mouton de Gruyter, pp. 99-119.
  • Charter for Regional or Minority Languages (Council of Europe 1992) http://www.coe.fr/legaltxt/148e.htm.
  • Clyne, M. (ed) (1992), Pluricentric Languages: Differing Norms in Different Nations. Berlin - New York.
  • Coulmas, Florian (ed) (1991), A Language Policy for the European Community. Prospects and Quandaries. Berlin - New York, Mouton de Gruyter.
  • Crystal, D. (2000), Language Death. Cambridge.
  • Edelman, M. (1996), From Art to Politics: How Artistic Creations Shape Political Conceptions. University of Chicago Press.
  • Inglis, F. (1975), Ideology and Imagination. Cambridge University Press.
  • Gardt, Andreas and Bernd Hüppauf (eds.) (2004), Globalization and the Future of German. Berlin - New York, Mouton de Gruyter.
  • Haarmann, H. (1993), Die Sprachenwelt Europas. Geschichte und Zukunft der Sprachnationen zwischen Atlantik und Ural. Frankfurt - New York.
  • Stenweis, A.E. (1993), Art, Ideology, and Economics in Nazi Germany: The Reich Chambers of Music, Theatre, and the Visual Arts. University of California Press.
  • Swaan, Abram de (2001), Words of the World. The Global Language System. Cambridge, Polity Press (Ch. 1-3, 8).
  • Thomas, G. (1991), Linguistic Purism. London - New York.
  • Wierzbicka, Anna (1997), "Introduction" in: Anna Wierzbicka, Understanding Cultures Through Their Key Words. English, Russian, Polish, German and Japanese. New York, Oxford University Press, pp. 1-31.

History and Theory of European Integration

  • Chryssochoou, D.N. (2001), Theorizing European Integration (SAGE Politics Texts series). SAGE Publications.
  • Dinan, D. (2004), Europe Recast: A History of European Union. Lynne Rienner Publishers.
  • Risse, Th. (2004), "Social Constructivism and European Integration", in: A. Wiener and Th. Diez (eds.), European Integration Theory. Oxford, pp. 159-176.
  • Stubb, A., Nelsen, B., F. (2003), The European Union: Readings on the Theory and Practice of European Integration. Lynne Reinner Publishers.
  • Wiener, A., Diez, T. (eds) (2004), European Integration Theory. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

EU Institutions & European Law

  • Arnull, A., Wincott, D. (2004), Accountability and Legitimacy in the European Union (Oxford Studies in European Law). Oxford University Press.
  • Christiansen, Joergensen & Wiener (2003), The Social Construction of Europe. London, Sage
  • Craig, P. and De Burca, G. EU Law: Text, Cases, and Materials. Oxford University Press.
  • Giordan, H. (ed.) (1992), Les minorités en Europe. Droit linguistiques et droits de l'homme. Paris.
  • Kurzer, P. (2001), “Market Integration and the Mobility of People: Europeanization of Values and Beliefs”, in: S. Weber (ed.), Globalization and the European Political Economy. pp. 29-64.
  • Linde Paniagua, E. y Mellado Prado, P. (2003), Iniciación al derecho de la Unión Europea.
  • Zweifel, T.D. (2003), Democratic Deficit: Institutions and Regulation in the European Union, Switzerland and the United States. Lexington Books.

Religion

  • Davie, G. (2000), Religion in Modern Europe. A Memory Mutates. Oxford.
  • Savage, Thimoty (2004), "Europe and Islam: Crescent waxing, cultures clashing", The Washington Quarterly 27, 2004, pp. 25-50.
  • Wilson, B. (1999), Christianity.  London, Routledge.

Regions in Europe

  • Andersson, Bo and Scade, Richard E (eds.) (1996), Cultura baltica. Uppsala
  • Maciejewski, Witold (ed) (2002), The Baltic Sea Region. Cultures, Politics, Societies. Uppsala, Baltic University Press.
  • Robins, Kevin (1996), "Interrupting Identities. Turkey/Europe". In: Hall, Stuart and Paul du Gay. 1996, pp. 61-87.

Globalization and the position of Europe in the world

  • Bugge, Peter (2000), "Asia and the Idea of Europe - Europe and its Others"  http://www.hum.au.dk/cek/kontur/docs/kontur_02/pdf_filer/pb_asia.pdf
  • Held, David and MacGrew, Anthony D. (2000), "The Great Globalization Debate; an Introduction" in: Held, D. and Mac Grew A.D., The Global Transformations Reader: an Introduction to the Globalization Debate. Cambridge, Polity Press, pp. 1-45.
  • McGrew, Anthony (2002), "Between Two worlds: Europe in a globalizing era", in: Government and Opposition. An international journal of comparative politics 37 (2002) 3, pp. 343- 358.
  • Habermas, J. (2003)," Toward a Cosmopolitan Europe". in: Journal of Democracy. 14 (2003) 4, pp. 86-100.
  • Huntington, Samuel P. (1997), "A World of Civilizations" and "The Future of Civilizations" in: Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order. New York, Touchstone, pp.19-80 and 301-322.
  • Maull, Hanns W. (2005), " Europe and the new balance of global order", in: International Affairs. 81 (2005) 4, pp. 775-799.
  • Rich, Paul B. (1998), "Racial ideas and the impact of imperialism in Europe", in: The European legacy. 3 (1998)1, pp. 31-44.
  • Smith, Anthony D. (2000), 'Towards a Global Culture?', in: Held, D. and Mac Grew A.D., The Global Transformations Reader: an Introduction to the Globalization Debate. Cambridge, Polity Press, pp.239-247.

Toleration, Conflicts, Conflict Prevention

  • Gruber, R., E.(2004), Virtually Jewish. Reinventing Jewish Culture in Europe. Berkeley, University of California Press.
  • Walzer, M. (1997), On Toleration, New Haven and London. Yale University Press.
  • Kymlicka, W. (1995), Multicultural Citizenship. A Liberal Theory of Minority Rights. pp. 1-195.
  • Jasinska-Kania, A. (1999), "The Impact of Education on Racism in Poland". in: Education and Racism. A Cross-National Inventory of Positive Effects of Education on Ethnic Tolerance. Ed. By Louk Hagendoorn and Shervin Nekuee, Ashgate, Aldershot, 75-92.
  • Schellenberg, J.A. (1996), Conflict Resolution. Theory, Research, and Practice. State University of New York Press.