Capitalism and Democracy in East-Central Europe - APOV30291

• Anglický název: Capitalism and Democracy in East-Central Europe
• Zajišťuje: Ústav politologie (21-UPOL)
• Fakulta: Filozofická fakulta
• Platnost: od 2019
• Semestr: letní
• Body: 2
• E-Kredity: 3
• Způsob provedení zkoušky: letní s.:
• Rozsah, examinace: letní s.:0/2, Z [HT]
• Počet míst: neurčen / neurčen (20)
• Minimální obsazenost: neomezen
• 4EU+: ne
• Virtuální mobilita / počet míst pro virtuální mobilitu: ne
• Stav předmětu: nevyučován
• Jazyk výuky: angličtina
• Způsob výuky: prezenční
• Způsob výuky: prezenční
• Poznámka: předmět je možno zapsat mimo plán; povolen pro zápis po webu
• Garant: Dr. Daniel Šitera, Ph.D.

Anotace

Poslední úprava: Mgr. Ing. Adéla Špínová (07.02.2019)

The course will survey the dilemmatic simultaneity of political and economic transition(s) to democracy and market economy in East-Central Europe (ECE) after 1989. Taking advantage of Comparative and International Political Economy perspectives, it will examine the intricacies inherent to the past formation and present crisis of democratic capitalism in ECE as geo-historically distinct outcomes of otherwise general (re)ordering of world politics and global economy in last three decades.

The course structure is as follows: First, we will focus on historical conditions, general dilemmas, and the emergent diversity of democratic capitalism on Europe´s Eastern periphery in order to acquire a better grasp of political-economic dynamics in this region. Gaining the bigger picture will then allow us to explore the particular inter-national commonalities as well as varieties of (welfare) state role in economy, (new) property relations, and (collective) actors in postcommunist capitalism. From that viewpoint, we will then survey the ECE´s transnational (re-)integration into European and global political-economic structures as a solution to its transition dilemmas which has however unevenly eroded in recent years.

In sum, the course aims to help students with better understanding of at least the following questions: Is the long-term cohabitation of democracy and capitalism possible in ECE? What are the main varieties and similarities shaping the still uncertain diversity of democratic capitalism in ECE and what makes the ECE´s case different from and similar to other regional clusters in the EU (and postcommunist world) at the same time? How can we explain the most recent period of democratic backsliding? Have there actually been any democratic capitalism in CEE and, if so, what future does it have?


Full syllabus and access to Moodle will be provided upon the official registration for the course.

Literatura

Poslední úprava: Mgr. Ing. Adéla Špínová (07.02.2019)

Preliminary readings:

* Offe, Claus (1991): ´Capitalism by Democratic Design? Democratic Theory Facing the Triple Transition in East Central Europe´, Social Research 58(4), pp. 865-892.

* Gill, Eyal, Ivan Szelenyi and Eleanor Townsley (1998): Making Capitalism Without Capitalists: Class Formation and Elite Struggles in Post-Communist Central Europe, New York: Verso

* Janos, Andrew (2003): ´From Eastern Empire to Western Hegemony: East Central Europe under Two International Regimes´, East European Politics and Societies 15(2), pp. 221-249.

* Drahokoupil, Jan (2008): Globalization and the State in Central and Eastern Europe: Politics of Foreign Direct Investment, London: Routledge.

* Bohle, Dorothee and Béla Greskovits (2012): Capitalist Diversity on Europe's Periphery, Ithaca: Cornell University Press.

* Shields, Stuart (2012): The International Political Economy of Transition: Neoliberal Hegemony and Eastern Central Europe’s Transformation, London: Routledge.