Předmět Transformation of Central and Eastern Europe (EGO406)

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Cíl

The aim of the course is to assess the development of Central and East European democracies (i.e. the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia and the Baltic countries) over the period of the last two decades. While special attention will be paid to political changes in the region after 1989, major social and economic developments will be discussed as well. Students will thus familiarize themselves with a complex set of issues that have influenced the current way of life in the studied countries. During the lectures and seminars, students will be encouraged to think about many interrelated questions, for example: How were these countries influenced by EU accession? What difficulties did they meet on their road to democracy? What are the main trends in their current political, social and economic development? Answering such a wide range of questions requires usage of analytical tools of both political science and contemporary history approaches.At the end of the course students should be able to assess the relevance of the concept of Central Europe. They should understand the internal political dynamics of CEE countries and should be able to explain its periodization. Generally, students should be able to analyze the main trends of economic, social and political development in CEE and compare the different pathways of development in the studied countries.

Osnova

1. Introductory session – the concept of Central Europe2. Central European political traditions3. “Annus Mirabilis” and the “Carnival of Revolution”4. Fragmentation of multinational states – Czechoslovakia, the Soviet Union, and Yugoslavia5. Transformation to a market economy in the 1990s6. Renewal of political pluralism and its enemies7. SEMINAR on the problems of de-communization8. The building of political institutions: political systems of Central and Eastern European countries9. The Eastern Enlargement of the EU and its political implications in Central and Eastern European countries10. SEMINAR on Europeanization of Central European party politics11. “New Europeans” between stability and change12. SEMINAR on Central and Eastern European societies

Literatura

Central and southeast European politics since 1989. Edited by Sabrina P. Ramet. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010. xxxiii, 56. ISBN 9780521888103. infoBEREND, Iván Tibor. From the Soviet bloc to the European Union :the economic and social transformation of Central and Eastern Europe since 1973. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009. xv, 299 s. ISBN 978-0-521-72950-5. infoCentral and East European politics :from Communism to Democracy. Edited by Sharon L. Wolchik - Jane Leftwich Curry. Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2008. xiv, 389 s. ISBN 9780742540682. infoROTHSCHILD, Joseph. Return to diversity :a political history of East Central Europe since World War II. Edited by Nancy M. Wingfield. 4th ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008. xii, 274 p. ISBN 978-0-19-533475-3. info

Garant

prof. PhDr. Vít Hloušek, Ph.D.

Vyučující

prof. PhDr. Vít Hloušek, Ph.D.