210122 VO M9: SpezialVO East European Studies (2022W)
Eastern Europe's Great Tranformations
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Details
Language: English
Examination dates
- Tuesday 31.01.2023 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 42 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 7
- Thursday 09.02.2023 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 1 (H1), NIG 2.Stock
- Thursday 09.03.2023 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 30 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
- Wednesday 03.05.2023 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 3 (H3), NIG 2. Stock
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
- Tuesday 11.10. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 42 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 7
- Tuesday 18.10. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 42 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 7
- Tuesday 25.10. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 42 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 7
- Tuesday 08.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 42 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 7
- Tuesday 15.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 42 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 7
- Tuesday 22.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 42 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 7
- Tuesday 29.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 42 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 7
- Tuesday 06.12. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 42 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 7
- Tuesday 13.12. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 42 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 7
- Tuesday 10.01. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 42 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 7
- Tuesday 17.01. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 42 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 7
- Tuesday 24.01. 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 exam
Examination topics
• The examination is based on the content of the lectures and the supporting literature (1 or 2 readings will be assigned for each session).
Reading list
N.B.: These are excerpts from the bibliography. The complete reading list will be published 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.
• Przeworski, Adam. 1991. “The ‘East’ Becomes the ‘South’? The ‘Autumn of the People’ and the Future of Eastern Europe.” PS: Political Science & Politics 24 (1): 20–24
• Berend, Iván T. 1986. “The Historical Evolution of Eastern Europe as a Region.” International Organization 40 (2): 329–46.
• Maier, Charles S. 1991. Why Did Communism Collapse in 1989? Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University.
• Bernhard, Michael. 2020. “What Do We Know about Civil Society and Regime Change Thirty Years after 1989?” East European Politics 36 (3): 341–362.
• Greskovits, Béla. 2020. “Rebuilding the Hungarian Right through Conquering Civil Society: The Civic Circles Movement.” East European Politics 36 (2): 247–266.
• Subotic, Jelena. 2018. “Political Memory, Ontological Security, and Holocaust Remembrance in Post-Communist Europe.” European Security 27 (3): 296–313.
• Hozic, Aida. 2014. “It happened elsewhere. Remembering 1989 in the Former Yugoslavia. In Bernhard, Michael, and Jan Kubik. 2014. Twenty Years After Communism: The Politics of Memory and Commemoration. Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 233-260.
• Bohle, Dorothee, and Béla Greskovits. 2012. Capitalist Diversity on Europe’s Periphery. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, chapter 2: Capitalist Diversity after Socialism, pp. 55-96
• Nölke, Andreas, and Arjan Vliegenthart. 2009. “Enlarging the Varieties of Capitalism: The Emergence of Dependent Market Economies in East Central Europe.” World Politics 61 (4): 670–702.
• 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.
• Bermeo, Nancy. 2016. “On Democratic Backsliding.” Journal of Democracy 27 (1): 5–19.
• 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
• Scheiring, Gábor. 2021. “Dependent Development and Authoritarian State Capitalism: Democratic Backsliding and the Rise of the Accumulative State in Hungary.” Geoforum, no. 124, pp. 267-278.
• Dzenovska, Dace. 2018. “Latvians Do Not Understand the Greek People.” In Messy Europe: Crisis, Race, and Nation-State in a Postcolonial World, edited by Loftsdóttir, Kristín, Smith, Andrea L., and Hipfl, Brigitte, 53–76. New York-Oxford: Berghahn.
• Richter, Solveig, and Natasha Wunsch. 2020.“Money, Power, Glory: The Linkages between EU Conditionality and State Capture in the Western Balkans.” Journal of European Public Policy 27(1): 41-62
• Przeworski, Adam. 1991. “The ‘East’ Becomes the ‘South’? The ‘Autumn of the People’ and the Future of Eastern Europe.” PS: Political Science & Politics 24 (1): 20–24
• Berend, Iván T. 1986. “The Historical Evolution of Eastern Europe as a Region.” International Organization 40 (2): 329–46.
• Maier, Charles S. 1991. Why Did Communism Collapse in 1989? Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University.
• Bernhard, Michael. 2020. “What Do We Know about Civil Society and Regime Change Thirty Years after 1989?” East European Politics 36 (3): 341–362.
• Greskovits, Béla. 2020. “Rebuilding the Hungarian Right through Conquering Civil Society: The Civic Circles Movement.” East European Politics 36 (2): 247–266.
• Subotic, Jelena. 2018. “Political Memory, Ontological Security, and Holocaust Remembrance in Post-Communist Europe.” European Security 27 (3): 296–313.
• Hozic, Aida. 2014. “It happened elsewhere. Remembering 1989 in the Former Yugoslavia. In Bernhard, Michael, and Jan Kubik. 2014. Twenty Years After Communism: The Politics of Memory and Commemoration. Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 233-260.
• Bohle, Dorothee, and Béla Greskovits. 2012. Capitalist Diversity on Europe’s Periphery. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, chapter 2: Capitalist Diversity after Socialism, pp. 55-96
• Nölke, Andreas, and Arjan Vliegenthart. 2009. “Enlarging the Varieties of Capitalism: The Emergence of Dependent Market Economies in East Central Europe.” World Politics 61 (4): 670–702.
• 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.
• Bermeo, Nancy. 2016. “On Democratic Backsliding.” Journal of Democracy 27 (1): 5–19.
• 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
• Scheiring, Gábor. 2021. “Dependent Development and Authoritarian State Capitalism: Democratic Backsliding and the Rise of the Accumulative State in Hungary.” Geoforum, no. 124, pp. 267-278.
• Dzenovska, Dace. 2018. “Latvians Do Not Understand the Greek People.” In Messy Europe: Crisis, Race, and Nation-State in a Postcolonial World, edited by Loftsdóttir, Kristín, Smith, Andrea L., and Hipfl, Brigitte, 53–76. New York-Oxford: Berghahn.
• Richter, Solveig, and Natasha Wunsch. 2020.“Money, Power, Glory: The Linkages between EU Conditionality and State Capture in the Western Balkans.” Journal of European Public Policy 27(1): 41-62
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