Syllabus
(The second part of the course in the spring semester.) 1)The fall of communism in the Central and Eastern Europe, transition to the democracy. 2)Political systems of the Central European countries after 1989 (Czechoslovakia, the Czech Republic, Slovakia) 3)Political systems of the Central European countries after 1989 (Hungary, Poland, Slovenia) 4)Political systems of the Baltic States after 1990 5)Political systems of the postsoviet states (except the Baltic States) after 1990 6)Political systems of the former Yugoslavian countries after 1989 (except Slovenia) 7)Political systems of the Balkans after 1989 (Albania, Bulgaria, Romania) 8)Political regimes in the Central and Eastern Europe after 1989 (parliamentary/ppresidential/semipresidential) 9)Parties and party systems in the Central and Eastern Europe after 1989 10)Elections and electoral systems in the Central and Eastern Europe after 1989 11)Consolidation of the democracy in the Central and Eastern Europe after 1989 12)The early term of the final exam.
Annotation
This course is an introduction to the modern politics and government of Central and Eastern Europe in the Twentieth Century and present. We will examine era after 1989.
The period will be studied by comparative approach. Beside the description of the most important historical and contemporary political events we focus on application of some basic theories of political science to Central and East European political practice, or more precisely analyse them by means of these theories.
We will target the few main questions, for example: transition to democracy, consolidation of democracy, type of political system (democratic or non-democratic, what kind of democracy and non-democracy /authoritarian or totalitarian/), type of political regime (parliamentary, presidential, semi-presidential), constitutions and state systems (establishment), parties and party systems, elections and electoral systems, etc.