Universität Wien

210114 VO M9: Eastern Europe´s Great Transformations (2024W)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 21 - Politikwissenschaft

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Tu 26.11. 13:15-14:45 Hörsaal 42 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 7

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Language: English

Examination dates

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Tuesday 08.10. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 42 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 7
  • Tuesday 15.10. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 42 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 7
  • Tuesday 22.10. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 42 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 7
  • Tuesday 29.10. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 42 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 7
  • Tuesday 05.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 1 (H1), NIG 2.Stock
  • Tuesday 12.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 42 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 7
  • Tuesday 19.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 42 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 7
  • Tuesday 03.12. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 42 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 7
  • Tuesday 10.12. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 42 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 7
  • Tuesday 17.12. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 42 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 7
  • Tuesday 07.01. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 42 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 7
  • Tuesday 14.01. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 42 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 7
  • Tuesday 21.01. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 42 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 7

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Aims, contents and method of the course

More than 30 years after the Fall of the Berlin Wall, there is widespread disillusionment with the outcomes of the transformations in the East. Public distrust in democratic institutions and political leaders, perception of widespread corruption, limited economic and social convergence with the West, and recurrent East-West conflicts attest to this. Consequently, political liberalism and European integration are being contested; economic nationalism has re-emerged, and historical memories are being re-written to idealize Europe’s dark 1920s and 1930s. However, disillusionment has varied across countries and over time. The lecture course seeks to reevaluate the processes and problems of East European transformations. It will cover questions such as: What have been successes of the transformation, and which are the failures? How have the specific historical legacies impacted on the region’s transformations? What was the role of external actors in the transformations? Was the introduction of the liberal democratic institutional system without prior political democratic and constitutional culture premature? Why is the liberal order increasingly being challenged in the region? Why are the almost forgotten early debates on populism, third way, economic nationalism, dependency, peripheral development being re-opened within the region? By systematically exploring the role of legacies and international influences in the region, and by drawing comparative inferences, the lecture aims to contextualize the region’s developments in a broader European framework, thereby reasserting Eastern Europe’s experiences as part of the common European trajectory.

Assessment and permitted materials

Written final exam at the end of the semester.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Passing the final written exam. The exam will consist of multiple choice questions. Each correct answer is valid one point. Based on the percentage of correct answers, the grades will be the following:

Excellent (1): 87% and more
Good (2): 75%-86.99%
Satisfactory (3): 63% - 74.99%
Sufficient (2): 50% - 62.99%
Insufficient: below 50%

Examination topics

The examination is based on the content of the lectures and the supporting literature (readings assigned for each session)

Reading list

Below are some examples of literature used in the class. A complete reading list will be provided at the beginning of the semester.

Offe, Claus. 1991. “Capitalism by Democratic Design? Democratic Theory Facing the Triple Transition in East Central Europe.” Social Research 58 (2): 865–92.
Bunce, Valerie. 1999. Subversive Institutions: The Design and the Destruction of Socialism and the State. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Bernhard, Michael. 2020. “What Do We Know about Civil Society and Regime Change Thirty Years after 1989?” East European Politics 36 (3): 341–362.
Bohle, Dorothee, and Béla Greskovits. 2012. Capitalist Diversity on Europe’s Periphery. Ithaca: Cornell University Press
Vachudova, Milada. 2005. Europe Unidivided: Democracy, Leverage and Integration After Communism. Oxford: Oxford University Press
Cianetti, Licia, James Dawson, and Seán Hanley. 2018. “Rethinking ‘Democratic Backsliding’ in Central and Eastern Europe–Looking beyond Hungary and Poland.” East European Politics 34 (3): 243-256
Schimmelfennig, Frank, and Ulrich Sedelmeier. 2020. “The Europeanization of Eastern Europe: The External Incentives Model Revisited.” Journal of European Public Policy 27 (6): 814–33
Scheiring, Gábor. 2021. “Dependent Development and Authoritarian State Capitalism: Democratic Backsliding and the Rise of the Accumulative State in Hungary.” Geoforum, no. 124
Bohle, Dorothee, Gergő Medve-Bálint, Vera Šćepanović and Alen Toplišek (2022) ´Riding the Covid waves: authoritarian socio-economic responses of east central Europe’s anti-liberal governments´, East European Politics, 38:4, 662-686
Marinov, Nikolay and Popova, Maria, 2022 “Will the Real Conspiracy Please Stand Up: Sources of Post-Communist Democratic Failure” Perspectives on Politics 20 (1): 222-236

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