Overview
Description
History and legal status of Basque Politics within Spain and the European Union with particular emphasis on Post-Franco nationalist movements and party development.
Requirements
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Spring
Terms
spring
Core
CO10
Related Courses
Cross Listed With BASQ 407
Restrictions
Junior or Senior standing
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- integrate and synthesize knowledge about Basque history and politics in the 19th and 20th centuries and be able to analyze complex moral, socio-political and cultural issues relating to the administration of terror in the context of western state-making of the 19th and 20th centuries.
- demonstrate understanding of the ideological basis of western European totalitarian movements in the twentieth century and articulate characteristics of the totalitarian states in that period of European history.
- identify and articulate the multiple ethical interests at stake in situations of total war, terror bombing, atrocity, crime, genocide and holocaust from a historical, political and legal standpoint.
- analyze the contemporary concept of human rights in light of humanitarian international law.
- articulate characteristics of the socio-economic, historical and political context in the Basque Country from the beginning of the 19th century, through Franco’s dictatorship, and up to the contemporary democracy and political troubles.
- demonstrate understanding of the para-diplomatic connections of the Basque Government in exile and the Latin American and North American Administrations.
- use advanced search strategies in library research databases and tools to find primary and secondary sources for the term paper.
- present ideas in a clear, persuasive manner, both orally and in writing.