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BA Politikwissenschaft § 5 (1) 11.b Österreichisches Politisches System - Vertiefung

Die Studierenden können einzelne Teilbereiche des österreichischen politischen Systems detailliert erläutern, sie haben exemplarisch vertiefendes Wissen in diesen Teilbereichenerworben und sind in der Lage, sich in andere Teilbereiche selbständig einzuarbeiten.

Firstly the terms „Minderheit, Ethnie, Volksgruppe“ will be defined and discussed; secondly the course deals with  the Austrian Minority Policy -- the so called Volksgruppenpolitik. The legal and social position of the six officially recognised Austrian Ethnic groups will be covered, as well as contemporary problems and (re)amendments concerning protection an dsupport of these minorities as a national policy.

The treatment of a few featured topics will be examined and analyzed by the students - political and social conditions for the Austrian Minorities as well as political concepts and (constitutional) reform efforts.

active participation, presentation of research results and written seminar thesis.

A reading list will be presented and discussed during the first class lession.

positive completion of the module according to § 5 Para 1 No 1 and of the modules according to § 5 Para 1 No 2, 3, 6