| Module Identifier |
IP37320 |
| Module Title |
COMMUNIST AND POST-COMMUNIST POLITICS |
| Academic Year |
2007/2008 |
| Co-ordinator |
Dr Elena A Korosteleva-Polglase |
| Semester |
Semester 2 |
| Other staff |
Mrs Elena S Davidescu |
| Course delivery |
Lecture | 16 x 1 hour |
| |
Seminars / Tutorials | 6 x 1 hour |
| Assessment |
| Assessment Type | Assessment Length/Details | Proportion |
|---|
| Semester Assessment | 1 x 3500 assessed essay | 60% |
| Semester Assessment | 1 x 2500 word report | 40% |
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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
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conceptualising communism
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'mature socialism' in the USSR
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'reform communism' in Poland, Czechoslovakia and Hungary
Part 2 - The politics of transition in Central and Eastern Europe:
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patterns of transition in Central and Eastern Europe: case-studies
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the 3rd wave of democratisation and Eastern Europe: differences and commonalities
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are the transitions over?
Part 3 - The Politics of Post-Communism
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consequences of transition & the quality of democracy in post-communist Europe
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a wider Europe: policies, divisions and perspectives
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the future of communism
Aims
The module intends to develop an empirically grounded understanding of the modus operandi of communist and post-communist governments from domestic and international perspectives.
Reading Lists
Books
** Essential Reading
Holmes, Leslie (1997) Post-Communism: An Introduction
Polity Press
Swain, Geoffrey. (2003.) Eastern Europe since 1945 /Geoffrey Swain and Nigel Swain.
1403903042
White, Stephen, Butt, Judy, & Lewis, L Paul (2003) Developments in Central and East European Politics 3
Palgrave
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 6