Předmět Economy and Politics in the 20th Century Eastern Europe (JMM143)

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Materiál	Typ	Datum	Počet stažení

Sylabus

October 9, 2015 Introduction to the course,Basic outlineSome specifics of Eastern Europe, interwar Central and Eastern EuropeOctober 16, 2015 War legacies.Is war really an economic disaster or it is some sort of opportunity? Why did the countries in the East ended in the communist bloc and the Western countries did not? Why the countries grew so quickly? Was planning unique only for Central and Eastern Europe?Holly Case, Reconstruction in East-Central Europe: Clearing the Rubble of Cold War Politics, Past and Present, 2011, supplement.October 23, 2015 The autarkic model of economy:  What was the logic in it?Why the Soviet Union pushed for a higher degree of industrialization in the Eastern countries. Were the regimes imposed by Soviets? Was there any economic rationale in the autarky? Did the external environment play some role for centrally planned economies?Ludwig von Mises, Economic calculation in the Socialist Commonwealth, http://mises.org/pdf/econcalc.pdfOctober 30, 2015 -Reforms in the socialist economies - squaring a circle?The end of the extensive growth? The problem of quality of goods. Czechoslovak Prague Spring, Hungarian NEM etc. Was socialism reformable or von Mises was right?November 6, 2015 "goulash" socialism as a systemHigh socialism in its pure form. Turn towards more consumer oriented economies instead of the previously investment oriented. Programs of imports of Western technologies to revive growth. Contacts with the West and intensified cooperation within the CMEA.November 13, 2015 Cooperation inside the BlocCMEA as a framework for cooperation or an arena of clashes? Did the Soviet Union subsidize Central Europeans? Why Soviets did that then?November 20, 2015 no class due to conference participation (will be set for another date based on the agreement with the participants) 2015 The crisis of the system and the fall of communism in Europe.November 27, 2015  Final stage of the system. What happened to the planned economies of Eastern Europe? Did perestroika cause the fall? How the countries pursued their own perestroikas?December 4, 2015 Transformations in CEEDecember 4, 2015Complete changes of the functioning of the political-economic systems. Why some countries adopted hasty transformations while the others followed a gradual path? Was the transformational recession really so deep?December 11, 2015 Privatizations and the problem of growth of negative tendencies (crime etc.)December 18, 2015  The financial crisis and Central EuropeWhy the countries performed so differently?

Požadavky

Reading will be the first and foremost obligation. The course should help you to understand what happened in Central Europe after WWII from the political economy point of view. Therefore active participation in the discussions will be essential. As stated above, everybody should be able to say something (nothing like "I do not know..."), because our classes may be only as good as active you are. Furthermore, oral presentation on the topic chosen from the list provided by the instructor. The presentation should be 10-15 minutes, built on solid data. It should support author's view. The form (powerpoint or not) is on the author's prefernece. The test is a part of the final exam. The test itself covers the most important terms, dates and definitions. It examines basic understanding and knowledge of the factual basis. The final paper will be based on the "take home exam" principle. On a particular day, you will be given a question and you will have to write an answer to it in 24 hours. Originality of your ideas, ability to develop your argument and structure your paper will be the most important parts of the evaluation. You may use books, the internet, and databases for your paper. The paper should be 5-6 pages long (9000 characters including spaces).In case of any uncertainty, please, do not hesitate and contact me via email (svobodak@fsv.cuni.cz) or come and see me during my office hours (will be specified).  Berend, Ivan,  From the Soviet Bloc to the European Union The Economic and Social Transformation of Central and Eastern Europe since 1973, Cambridge, 2009.Brown, Archie, The Rise and Fall of Communism, London, 2009.Drahokoupil Jan, Myant Martin, Transition Economies: Political Economy in Russia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, John Wiley and son, 2011.Eichengreen, Barry, The European Economy since 1945 (Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2008).Judt, Tony, Postwar, London, 2006.Kornai, Janos, The Socialist System: Political Economy of Communism (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1992).Kovács, János, Tardos, Marton, Reform and transformation in Eastern Europe, London and New York, 2005.Rotschild, Joseph, Wingfield, Nancy, Return to Diversity, A Political History of East Central Europe Since World War II, Oxford, 2000.Stone, Randall, Satellites and Commissars, Strategy and Conflict in the Politics of Soviet Bloc trade, Princeton, 2002.Turnock, David, The Economy of East Central Europe, 1815-1989, London and New York, 2006.Wagener, Hans Jurgen (ed.), Economic Thought in Communist and Post-Communist Europe, London, 1998. 

Garant

Mgr. Karel Svoboda, Ph.D.

Vyučující

Mgr. Karel Svoboda, Ph.D.