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Regionalisation and Regional Cooperation

Course code

RIR7008.YK

old course code

RIR7008

Course title in Estonian

Regionaliseerumine ja regionaalne koostöö

Course title in English

Regionalisation and Regional Cooperation

ECTS credits

5.0

Assessment form

Examination

lecturer of 2024/2025 Spring semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

lecturer of 2025/2026 Autumn semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

Course aims

To provide an overview of regional cooperation processes as a reaction to globalization and integration; i.e. of a phenomenon understood as fragmegration. To develop an understanding of the changing role of the states in the international system and development of new regional actors and polito-economic spaces in the international system.

Brief description of the course

Introduction. Approaches to regional cooperation and regionalization. Globalization and regional cooperation as a strategy for security and welfare. Macro regions. EU – integration and fragmentation. Various forms of regionalization in Europe. Regions within nation states.

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
- has overview of various approaches in understanding regionalization;
- understands of the changing role of the state in the globalizing system and formation of compensative activities;
- has ability to discuss various forms of regionalization.

Teacher

Catlyn Kirna

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