Learning outcomes

After studying this course, you should be able to:

• recognise the varieties of region and sub-state nations that exist within Europe

• explain the growth of regionalism

• critically assess the view that what is evolving is a ‘Europe of the Regions’

• engage better with debates about the future direction of Europe, and the place of your nation or ‘region’ within it

• improve your skills of academic reading and note taking for future use.