Eastern Europe in international politics WP-SM-MON-EEIP(p)-r
The aim of this course is to highlight the role of Eastern Europe in contemporary international politics. At first, the course will elaborate on the definition and limits of Eastern Europe in geographical, political and cultural terms. Attention will be given to the geopolitical, economic and integration processes in Europe and their impact on the region. The course will accent on the process of transition towards democracy and will elaborate on the political, economic and cultural peculiarities of the particular countries in the region with particular accent on Poland, Bulgaria, Serbia, the Russian Federation, Ukraine and Hungary. The sub-regional forms of cooperation as the V4, CEFTA, TSI and the impact of larger integration processes on Eastern Europe will be discussed.
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Assessment criteria
In class presence and participation - 30%
Paper - 70&
Practical placement
n/a
Bibliography
Tiersky, R. and Jones, E. (2015) Europe Today, 5 ed. Rowman & Littlefield, 2015, Chapters 7 and 8.
Wolchik, S. L., and Curry, J. L. (2015). Central and East European Politics: From Communism to Democracy. 2nd ed. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Rotschild, J., and Wingfield, N. M. (2000). Return to diversity: a political history of East Central Europe since World War II. Oxford University Press
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