LCT375 Global Issues: United Kingdom

3 credit(s)

This course is taught during the London semester abroad.  It begins with an examination of The European Union and how the process of its creation and still-evolving structure compares and contrasts with the founding of the American Republic.  Classes then go on to focus on the United Kingdom and those groups who stand in opposition to European federalism.  A closer study of the UK considers the legacy of the Reformation, Anglicanism, British Empire and Immigration and includes an exploration of ‘The Troubles’ in Northern Ireland, the issue of Devolution and the events of ‘7/7’.  The course aims to acquaint students with the political, philosophical and more questions exercising Europeans in the early 21st century and to identify the socio-political context out of which they have emerged.