Module Information
Module Identifier
IP37320
Module Title
COMMUNIST AND POST-COMMUNIST POLITICS
Academic Year
2008/2009
Co-ordinator
Semester
Intended for use in future years
Course Delivery
Delivery Type | Delivery length / details |
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Lecture | 16 x 1 hour |
Seminars / Tutorials | 6 x 1 hour |
Assessment
Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
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Semester Assessment | 1 x 3500 assessed essay | 60% |
Semester Assessment | 1 x 2500 word report | 40% |
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module students should be able to:
Brief description
The module examines the communist and post-communist experience of Central and East European states in a broadly chronological manner by (i) looking at the principal features of communist rule; (ii) evaluating East European transitions and (iii) discussing the post-communist future of the new states of a wider Europe.
Content
Part 1 - The Politics of communism
- conceptualising communism
- 'mature socialism' in the USSR
- 'reform communism' in Poland, Czechoslovakia and Hungary
- patterns of transition in Central and Eastern Europe: case-studies
- the 3rd wave of democratisation and Eastern Europe: differences and commonalities
- are the transitions over?
- consequences of transition & the quality of democracy in post-communist Europe
- a wider Europe: policies, divisions and perspectives
- the future of communism
Reading List
Essential ReadingHolmes, Leslie (1997) Post-Communism: An Introduction Polity Press Primo search Swain, Geoffrey. (2003.) Eastern Europe since 1945 /Geoffrey Swain and Nigel Swain. Primo search White, Stephen, Butt, Judy, & Lewis, L Paul (2003) Developments in Central and East European Politics 3 Palgrave Primo search
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 6