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Last update: Mgr. Martin Štefek, Ph.D. (10.05.2020)
Communism and Post-Communism in the Czech Republic APOV30276E APOV30276 Summer term 2019/20 This seminar is intended as an introduction into Czech contemporary history and politics for international students. It provides both theoretical and empirical account of Communism and Post-Communism in the Central Europe. The programme of the class may overlap with Czech Political History III (Česká politická historie III) and Political System of the Czech Republic (Politický system ČR).
UPDATE: Written examination will be carried out via email. Students enrolled for a term will receive emeil with instruction. Seminar paper has to be submitted by 14th May 2020.
Assessments: - A one hour written examination (an essay based on essential reading) = 50 % of the final grade (You need to get at least 60 % overall)
Tentative schedule (subject to change): 21st Feb 2020 – Introduction 28th Feb 2020 – Historical roots of Czechoslovak Communism 6th Mar 2020 – Post-WWII democracy and the 1948 coup 13th Mar 2020 – Stalinism in Czechoslovakia 20th Mar 2020 – Models reconsidered: totalitarianism and pluralism 27th Mar 2020 – Prague Spring 3rd Apr 2020 – The Fall of Communism 10th Apr 2020 –Bank Holiday 17th Apr 2020 – Transition to democracy; political culture 24th Apr 2020 – Democratic consolidation; party system 1st May 2020 – Bank Holiday 8th May 2020 – Bank Holiday 15th May 2020 – Written examination (first date)
Essential reading: Articles assigned weekly from the 27th March 2020 BROWN, Archie: Pluralistic Trends in Czechoslovakia. In: Soviet Studies, vol. 17, no. 4 (1966), pp. 453–472. BROWN, Archie: The Rise and Fall of Communism. London: Vintage 2010. [pp. 148–178; 368–397; 522–548] LINZ, Juan J. – STEPAN, Alfred: Problems of Democratic Consolidation: Southern Europe, South America, and post-communist Europe. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press 1996. [pp. 316–333] ULC, Otto: Czechoslovakia. In: RAKOWSKA-HARMSTONE, Teresa: Communism in Eastern Europe. Manchester University Press 1984, pp. 115–136. |