Brandenburg in Europe - Einzelansicht

The Master seminar „Brandenburg in Europe” discusses how the German federal state of Brandenburg and its local entities are interwoven within Europe and the multilevel political and adminstrative system of the European Union. Thus, the seminar discusses the policy, politics and polity of multilevel governance of Brandenburg using theoretical literature, discussing empirical cases and exchanging with practitioners in excursions in Berlin and Brandenburg.

Dates:

• December 1, 2023, 2-4 pm, Room 3.06.S23: Seminar introduction
• February 1, 2024, 10 am-5 pm, Room 3.06.S19: Seminar at University of Potsdam
• February 2, 2024, 10 am-5 pm, Room 3.06.S23: Seminar at University of Potsdam
• February 8, 2024, 10 am-5 pm, Excursion
• February 9, 2024, 10 am-5 pm, Excursion

Born, Karl Martin/ Fichtner, Timo/ Krätke, Stefan (2006): Chancen der EU-Osterweiterung für Ostdeutschland. ARL.

Brandenburgische Gesellschaft für Kultur und Geschichte (2018): „wir erben. Europa in Brandenburg – Brandenburg in Europa“, Leipzig: Verlag Koehler & Amelang.

Armbruster, Heidi, Rollo, Craig, Meinhof, Ulrike H., Imagining Europe: everyday narratives in European border communities, Taylor and Francis Online.

Elbinger, Falk, Kuhlmann, Sabine, Bogumil, Joerg (2018): Territorial reforms in Europe: effects on administrative performance and democratic participation.

Europe Direct Brandenburg an der Havel/ Potsdam (2023): Europa und Brandenburg, Potsdam: Berlin-Brandenburgische Auslandsgesellschaft.

Forum EuropaBrandenburg (2019): Europakommunikation im Land Brandenburg. Positionspapier der Akteure der Zivilgesellschaft zur Landtagswahl 2019. Kurzfassung.

Glaeßner, Gert-Joachim (2007): Regime change and public administration in East Germany ‐ some findings from a research project in Brandenburg and Saxony, Taylor & Francis Online.

Hooghe, Liesbet (ed.) (1996): Cohesion policy and European integration: Building multi-level governance. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Hooghe, Liesbet/Marks, Gary (2003): Unravelling the Central State, but how? Types of multi-level governance. In: American Political Science Review 97, no. 2, p. 233–243.

Kohler-Koch, Beate/Quittkat, Christine (eds.) (2013): De-mystification of participatory democracy: EU-governance and civil society. Oxford: Oxford Univirsity Press.

Marks, Gary (1996): Governance in the European Union. London: SAGE.

Schulte, Wilhelm (2001): The two federal lands of Berlin-Brandenburg: A European region on its way to sustainable development.

Ulrich, Peter (2021): Participatory Governance in the Europe of Cross-Border Regions: Cooperation – Boundaries – Civil Society (Border Studies. Cultures, Spaces, Orders, Nr. 4). Baden-Baden: Nomos.

Oral presentation (50% of the grade)

Seminar paper (50% of the grade)