Table of Contents

Contenu : Points of Departure – The Idea of Europe: an Historical Perspective – Identity-building in Europe – Europe’s Challenges and Responsibilities in a Globalising World – Sustainable Statehood: a Human-centric and Multi-level Governance of Europe’s Transformation – A Cosmopolitan Perspective of Multi-level Governance in Europe – Global Public Goods and Human Development – The Changing Content of European Studies: an Interdisciplinary Perspective and Practice – European Security and Foreign Relations – Globalisation vs Culture in Europe – Intercultural Dialogue for Cultural Diversity – Citizenship-building in EU – Education for European Citizenship-building – Territorial Cooperation and Multi-level Governance. The Stimulating Role of the Committee of the Regions – Territorial Cooperation and Multi-level Governance. The Stimulating Role of the Committee of the Regions – Building «Urban civitas» in Intercultural Dialogue Practices – Learning Experiences of Participative and Deliberative Democracy.

About the Author

Léonce Bekemans, MA in Economics, BA in Philosophy, MA in International Studies and PhD in International Relations, holds the Jean Monnet Chair ad personam for Globalisation, Europeanisation and Human Development at the University of Padua, Italy. He is the academic coordinator of its Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence for Intercultural Dialogue, Human Rights and Multi-level Governance and collaborates with the University’s Human Rights Centre. He is also the president of Ryckevelde, a non-profit organisation for European citizenship in Damme, Belgium and Secretary General of ECSA World