6 ECTS credits
150 u studietijd

Aanbieding 1 met studiegidsnummer 1020438AER voor alle studenten in het 2e semester met een inleidend bachelor niveau.

Semester
2e semester
Inschrijving onder examencontract
Mogelijk
Beoordelingsvoet
Beoordeling (0 tot 20)
2e zittijd mogelijk
Ja
Onderwijstaal
Engels
Onder samenwerkingsakkoord
Onder interuniversitair akkoord mbt. opleiding
Faculteit
Faculteit Sociale Wetensch & SolvayBusinessSchool
Verantwoordelijke vakgroep
Politieke Wetenschappen
Onderwijsteam
Ward Jan R Peeters
Maxime Vandenberghe (titularis)
Dave Sinardet
Onderdelen en contacturen
39 contacturen Hoorcollege
111 contacturen Zelfwerk en -studie
Inhoud

This interdisciplinary course will focus on the political, social and economic past and present of Belgium, thus providing students in the domain of the social sciences with a fascinating case which exemplarily illuminates the extent of current challenges faced by the member-states as well as by the EU itself.
It will explain how Belgium's history is defined by the presence of three cleavages: that between Catholics and non-Catholics, between labour and capital and between Dutch-speakers and French-speakers. It will also discuss how these cleavages were pacified by consociational traditions and institutions and on the strong pillarization that was the result of this.
An important focus will be on the Belgian federal system: its complex institutional architecture combining two types of federated entities on the same territory, its system of linguistic territoriality, its division of competences and its political decision making procedures. It will also give a historical overview of the federalization process and the most important conflicts surrounding Belgium's linguistic diversity.
A historical overview of the construction of national identities in Belgium will also be offered, detailing construction and representations of Belgian, Flemish, Walloon, francophone and Brussels identities from 1830 till present, as well as their political and social meaning.

Studiemateriaal
Handboek (Vereist) : The Politics of Belgium, Governing a Divided Society, Deschouwer, Palgrave, 9781137029607, 2012
Bijkomende info

Not applicable.

Leerresultaten

General Competences

  • LO2: is familiar with the historical developments that have occurred in the fields of sociology, political sciences and communication sciences over time.
  • LO3: recognises the cross-sections, the intersections and the cross-fertilisations that are noticeable amongst the different social sciences.
  • LO5: knows the historical, political, juridical and socio-economic structures that shape the activities and define the agency of the European political institutions, private and public social organisations and media-organisations.
  • LO11: has an investigative, problem-oriented and critical attitude towards social, political and media-related phenomena and scientific research results with regard thereof.
  • LO12: recognises the multilayered and complex character of social, political and media- related facts and phenomena.

Students will gain insight in the complex Belgian history and the cleavages that determined Belgium’s political, social and economic past. The focus on the federal system and the federalization process as well as an overview of national identities in Belgium will further enhance students’ knowledge of Belgium and its complex reality.

Beoordelingsinformatie

De beoordeling bestaat uit volgende opdrachtcategorieën:
Examen Schriftelijk bepaalt 100% van het eindcijfer

Binnen de categorie Examen Schriftelijk dient men volgende opdrachten af te werken:

  • Written Exam met een wegingsfactor 100 en aldus 100% van het totale eindcijfer.

Aanvullende info mbt evaluatie

Formative evaluation:

  • Interactive lectures with group discussions: enable the lecturer to draw an interim evaluation of student comprehension.
  • Audiovisually supported lectures: the audiovisual display of topics increases the intelligibility of the course content, allows the lecturer to ask specific question in order to test course comprehension. When possible, the uses of the digital learning environment to stimulate student self-study of course content.

Summative evaluation:

  • Written examination in which factual knowledge, analytical skills and critical analysis skills will be tested.
Toegestane onvoldoende
Kijk in het aanvullend OER van je faculteit na of een toegestane onvoldoende mogelijk is voor dit opleidingsonderdeel.

Academische context

Deze aanbieding maakt deel uit van de volgende studieplannen:
Bachelor of Social Sciences: Communication Studies (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)
Bachelor of Social Sciences: Political Sciences (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)
Bachelor of Social Sciences: Sociology (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)
Bachelor of Social Sciences: Startplan (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)