Předmět The Western Balkans in Transition: Post-Conflict Transformation of BiH, Croatia and Serbia (MVZ210)

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Students attending the course will gain knowledge in post-conflict transformation in the Western Balkans. In that respect, they will be instructed into (1) analysis of factors that caused dissolution of Yugoslavia and its impact upon the successor states, (2) processes of democratization following the breakup of the joint Yugoslav state, (3) current politico-social realities in the three biggest and most war-affected republics, and (4) international perspectives vested in Euro-Atlantic integrations of the region. Consequently, students will be able to grasp changes that took place in the Western Balkans from the end of the Yugoslav wars to very recent times and be introduced into analysis of both international and domestic perspectives regarding the region in general and, more specifically, the said states.

Osnova

Program:1. Introduction (general info on the course)2. Dissolution of SFR Yugoslavia: Review of Explanatory ApproachesRequired readings:- Jović, Dejan (2009). Yugoslavia: A State that Withered Away. West Lafayette: Purdue University Press*Introduction and Chapter 1, pp. 1-33.Optional information:- BBC documentary ‘The Death of Yugoslavia’ is available at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6MblImHjWI (please follow all six links for the complete documentary)3. Democratization and Post-Communist Diversity: The Case of Yugoslav Successor StatesRequired readings:- Zakošek, Nenad (2008). “Democratization, State-building and War: The Cases of Serbia and Croatia,” Democratization 15(3), pp. 588–610.- Zakošek, Nenad (2009). “The Dynamics of Changes: How different are the Transformation Results in Post-Yugoslav Countries,” pp. 159-166, in Proceedings from the Heinrich Böll Stiftung conference: 1989–2009 Years of Upheaval: Beginning of Inclusion or Exclusion?, Heinrich Böll Foundation, Sarajevo, 2009.Optional readings:- Schedler, Andreas. (1997). “Concepts of Democratic Consolidation,” Institute for Advanced Studies Vienna (Paper prepared for delivery at the 1997 meeting of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA), Continental Plaza Hotel, Guadalajara, Mexico, 17–19 April 1997)- Schedler, Andreas. (2001). “Measuring Democratic Consolidation,” Studies in Comparative International Development (SCID) 36, (1), pp. 66-92.- Schneider, C., Q., and Schmitter, P., C. (2004). “Liberalization, Transition and Consolidation: Measuring the Components of Democratization,” Democratization 11, (5), pp. 59-90.- Diamond, Larry and Morlino, Leonardo (ed.) (2005). Assessing the Quality of Democracy. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press and the National Endowment for Democracy*Introduction, pp. ix-xliii- Diamond, Larry, Plattner, Marc, F. and Costopoulos, Philip, J. (2010). Debates on Democratization. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press and the National Endowment for Democracy*Chapter 6, pp. 77-94.4. Legacy of Communist and Socialist Parties in the Western BalkansRequired readings:- Emerson, Peter and Stojarova, Vera (ed.) (2009). Party Politics in the Western Balkans. New York: Routledge *Chapter 2, pp. 26-42.5. Comparative Perspective I: Post-Dayton Bosnia and HerzegovinaRequired readings:- Bieber, Florian (2006). Post-War Bosnia: Ethnicity, Inequality and Public Sector Governance. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York: Palgrave Macmillan*Chapters 3, 4, 5, and 6, pp. 29-93 and 108-122.6. Comparative Perspective II: Post-war CroatiaRequired readings:- Clewing, Konrad, Lukic, Reneo and Ramet, Sabrina, P. (ed.) (2008). Croatia since Independence: War, Politics, Society, Foreign Relations. München: Oldenbourg Verlagsgruppe*Chapter 2, pp. 31-51.- Dawisha, Karen and Parrott, Bruce (ed.) (1997). Politics, Power, and the Struggle for Democracy in South-East Europe. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press *Chapter 3, pp. 100-113.7. Comparative Perspective III: Post-conflict SerbiaRequired readings:- Gordy, Eric, D. (1997). “Investigating the Destruction of Alternatives,” Problems of Post-Communism 44 (4), pp. 12-22.- Dawisha, Karen and Parrott, Bruce (ed.) (1997). Politics, Power, and the Struggle for Democracy in South-East Europe. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press *Chapter 5, pp. 179-184.- Thomas, Robert (1999). Serbia under Milosevic: Politics in the 1990s. London: C. Hurst and Co. Publishers *Conclusion, pp. 422-433.Optional readings:- Dawisha, Karen and Parrott, Bruce (ed.) (1997). Politics, Power, and the Struggle for Democracy in South-East Europe. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press *Chapter 5, pp. 146-179.8. Different Roads to Democracy I: Bosnia and Herzegovina-- Case of Failed Democratization?Required readings:- Bose, Sumantra (2005). “The Bosnian State Decade After Dayton,” International Peacekeeping 12 (3), pp. 322–335.- Belloni, Roberto (2009). “Bosnia: Dayton is Dead! Long Live Dayton!” Nationalism and Ethnic Politics 15, pp. 355-375.- Policy Briefing: “Bosnia’s Gordian Knot: Constitutional Reform,” ICG Europe Briefing 68, July 2012, pp. 1-16.Optional readings:- Knaus, Gerald, and Martin, Felix (2003). “Travails of the European Raj,” Journal of Democracy 14 (3), pp. 60-74.- Marko, Joseph (2005). “Post-conflict Reconstruction through State- and Nation-Building: The Case of Bosnia and Herzegovina,” European Diversity and Autonomy Papers- EDAP 4 (EDAP papers are available at: www.eurac.edu/edap)- Chandler, David (2005). “From Dayton to Europe,” International Peacekeeping 12 (3), pp. 336–349.- Divjak, Boris and Pugh, Michael (2008). “The Political Economy of Corruption in Bosnia and Herzegovina,” International Peacekeeping 15 (3), pp. 373–386.9. Different Roads to Democracy II: Croatia after Tudjman--A New Start?Required readings:- Bideleux Robert, and Jeffries, Ian (2007). The Balkans: a Post-Communist History. New York: Routledge *Chapter 5, pp. 216-233.- Clewing, Konrad, Lukic, Reneo and Ramet, Sabrina, P. (ed.) (2008). Croatia since Independence: War, Politics, Society, Foreign Relations. München: Oldenbourg Verlagsgruppe*Introduction, 11-31.- Freedom House Report “Freedom in the World: Croatia 2012,” pp. 1-3.Optional readings:- Bellamy, Alex, J. (2001). "Croatia after Tudjman," Problems of Post-Communism 48 (5), pp. 18-31.- Ramet, Sabrina, P. and Matić, Davorka (ed.) (2007). Democratic Transition in Croatia: Value Transformation, Education & Media. Texas A&M University Press*Conclusion, pp. 354-379.10. Different Roads to Democracy III: Post-Milosevic Serbia-- Democracy Going Backwards?Required readings:- Ramet, Sabrina, P. (2007). “The Denial Syndrome and its Consequences: Serbian Political Culture since 2000,” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 40, pp. 41- 58.- Listhaug, Ola, Ramet, Sabrina, P. and Dulić, Dragana (ed.) (2011). Civic and Uncivic Values: Serbia in the post-Milošević Era. Budapest: Central European University Press *Chapters 1 and 2, pp. 3- 41.Optional readings:- Ramet, Sabrina, P. and Pavlakovic, Vjeran (ed.) (2005). Serbia since 1989: Politics and Society under Milos̆ević and After. Washington: University of Washington Press *Chapters 3 and 4, pp. 55-125.- Ramet, Sabrina, P. (2010). “Serbia since July 2008: at the Doorstep of the EU,” Südosteuropa 58 (1), pp. 15-40.11. Political Systems and Parties in BiH, Croatia and Serbia: Overview and ComparisonRequired readings:- Emerson, Peter and Stojarova, Vera (2009). Party Politics in the Western Balkans. New York: Routledge*Chapters 5, 6 and 7, pp. 73-119.Optional readings:- Ramet, Sabrina, P. (2011). “Croatia and Serbia since 1991: An Assessment of Their Similarities and Differences,” Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics 27 (2), pp. 263-290.12. International Perspective: Prospects of Euro-Atlantic Integrations/ Regional Overview and Relations/ *Course wrap-up (conclusions and final remarks)Required readings:- Aybet, Gülnur, Moore, Rebecca, R. and Freedman, Lawrence (2010). NATO in Search of a Vision. Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press*Chapter 8, pp. 175-201.- Mylonas, Harris (2012). “The Future of Euro-Atlantic Integration in the Western Balkans,” PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo No. 208, The George Washington University Elliott School of International Affairs, pp. 1-5.- Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe- United States Helsinki Commission Hearing: “The Western Balkans and the 2012 NATO Summit,” Testimony by Ivan Vejvoda, pp. 1-13.Optional readings:- Belloni, Roberto (2009). “European Integration and the Western Balkans: Lessons, Prospects and Obstacles,” Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies 11 (3), pp. 313-331.

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Požadavky

This course is intended to provide students with comprehensive information concerning post-conflict transformation in three Western Balkans states: BiH, Croatia and Serbia. It is envisaged to be a specific case study and to present a comparative analysis in democratic transition of the three largest ex-Yugoslav republics. In that respect, the course is to instruct students into:1- Explanatory approaches on disintegration of SFR Yugoslavia and its impact upon the successor states;2- Theoretical and conceptual framework to the study of post-conflict transformation in the Western Balkans;3- Democratic transition and current political and social realities in BiH, Croatia, and Serbia, and4- International perspective in terms of the Euro-Atlantic integrations of the said states.

Garant

PhDr. Petr Suchý, Ph.D.

Vyučující

Bc. Mgr. Vladimir Đorđević, Ph.D.