POLS340 Политически режими в Централна и Източна Европа
Анотация:
The course considers the foundations, the establishment and the typology of the political regimes in the countries of Central Eastern Europe (which includes the former communist countries, now members or candidate-members of the European union). The course gives essential knowledge on the geopolitical characteristic of the region, the historical roots of the present political regimes, the legacy of the communist period and the main elements of the post-communist transition. Special emphasis will be given on the present party system, the political cleavages and the main socio-political conflicts. The impact of the European union during the post-communist transition on the national politics in the region will be also discussed. Three seminars on different cases are also incuded.
Преподавател(и):
проф. Антоний Тодоров д.н.
Описание на курса:
Компетенции:
After having completed the cours students will aquire a systematic knowledge about the principal geopolitical features of the CEE countries and the main elements and the partucularities of the political regimes in CEE. Students will be also able to make systematic analysis of one particular political regime.
Предварителни изисквания:
Basic knowledge on political science, European contemporary history and European studies.
Форми на провеждане:
Редовен
Учебни форми:
Лекция
Език, на който се води курса:
Английски
Теми, които се разглеждат в курса:
1. The region – geopolitical characteristics (demography, linguistic spaces, religions).
2. The modernization during the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century: nation-state building and capitalist development.
3. Political experiences in 20th century: between democracy and authoritarianism.
4. The communist regimes of soviet type.
5. Crisis and fall of the regimes: the role of the soviet perestroika.
6. The postcommunist transition: theoretical approaches, explanatory limits of the path dependency.
7. The present political regimes: genesis, setup, structure, typology.
8. The party systems in Central Eastern Europe: the principal party families.
9. The role of the accession to the European union for the functioning of the political regimes in the region.
10. The impact of EU on domestic politics.
Литература по темите:
Compulsory:
Johnson, Juliet. Path Contingency in Postcommunist Transformations. Comparative Politics, Vol. 33, No. 3 (Apr., 2001), pp. 253-274
Ágh, Attila. The Transition to Democracy in Central Europe: A Comparative View. Journal of Public Policy, Vol. 11, No. 2 (Apr. - Jun., 1991), pp. 133-151
Bielasiak, Jack. The Institutionalization of Electoral and Party Systems in Postcommunist States. Comparative Politics, Vol. 34, No. 2 (Jan., 2002), pp. 189-210
Ágh, Attila. Public Sector Reforms, Institutional Design and Strategy for Good Governance in East Central. Studies in East European Thought, Vol. 53, No. 3 (Sep., 2001), pp. 233-255
Optional:
BEREND I. Central and Eastern Europe 1944-1993. Detour from the Periphery to the Periphery, Cambridge University Press, 1996.
CRAMPTON R. Return to Diversity. A political History of East-Central Europe Since World War II, Oxford university pressр 1993.
FOWKES, Ben. Ethnicity and ethnic conflict in the post-communist world. Basingstoke : Palgrave, 2002.
GRZYMAŁA-BUSSE, Anna M. Redeeming the Communist Past: The Regeneration of Communist Parties in East Central Europe. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 2002.
KARASIMEONOV G., Party systems in post-communist Europe. ZEI, Zentrum für Europäische Integrationsforschung, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn (Bonn), 2004.
KITCHELT H., Divergent paths of postcommunist democracies, In: Diamond, Larry, Gunther, Richard (eds.) Political Parties And Democracy. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001.
KLINGEMANN H.-D., FUCHS D., ZELIONKA J. (eds.) Democracy and Political Culture in Eastern Europe. Routledge 2006
KRASTEVA A., F. PRIVITERA (eds) Democratisation in postcommunist transition processes in the 90s: lights and shadows. Ravenna: Longo Editore. 2006.
LAWSON, Kay, RÖMMELE Andrea, KARASIMEONOV Georgi. Cleavages, Parties, and Voters. Studies from Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Romania. Praeger Publishers, 1999.
LINZ J., STEPAN A., Problems of Democratic Transition and Consolidation: Southern Europe, South America, and Post-Communist Europe. Baltimore, Maryland, The John Hopkins University Press, 1996.
Средства за оценяване:
participation in seminars - 30%
intermsdiate written exam - 30%
final test - 40%