Contemporary Politics in Central Europe: Populism and Beyond - JTB287

• Anglický název: Contemporary Politics in Central Europe: Populism and Beyond
• Zajišťuje: Katedra ruských a východoevropských studií (23-KRVS)
• Fakulta: Fakulta sociálních věd
• Platnost: od 2022
• Semestr: letní
• E-Kredity: 6
• Způsob provedení zkoušky: letní s.:
• Rozsah, examinace: letní s.:1/1, Zk [HT]
• Počet míst: neurčen / neurčen (24)
• Minimální obsazenost: 5
• 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: Mgr. Andrzej Sadecki
• Třída: Courses for incoming students
• Prerekvizity : JTB007, JTB010, JTB015

Anotace

Poslední úprava: Mgr. Andrzej Sadecki (25.01.2021)

The course explores the latest developments in Central European politics and engages with the current scholarly debates around this topic. It focuses primarily on the politics of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia, with possible excursions into other countries of the wider Central European region (eg. the Balkans and the Baltics). The course looks into variety of topics - it attempts at identifying the main political trends in the region, laying a broad political, economic and cultural context for the current developments. It applies in particular the concept of populism, in order to show its usefulness, but also some shortcomings in explaining the developments in the region.

Cíl předmětu

Poslední úprava: Mgr. Andrzej Sadecki (25.01.2021)

The aim of the course is to get an in-depth understanding of the key political developments in the Central European countries of today. This aim is pursued by familiarizing the students with the current political situation in the countries of the region and the main scholarly debates on the topic. The students will also get acquainted with the key indexes (eg. on democracy, freedom, corruption), in order to be able to situate the Central European developments in the broader international context. 

Literatura

Poslední úprava: Mgr. Andrzej Sadecki (03.02.2022)

The readings will be indicated in the detailed syllabus, distributed to students in the beginning of the course and available on Moddle 2.

Sylabus

Poslední úprava: Mgr. Andrzej Sadecki (13.02.2022)

1. Introduction. Analysing politics in Central Europe: definitions, milestones, universality vs. particularity

2. Democracy three decades after regime change: regression/backsliding?

3. Populist turn: elitism, pluralism, populism

4. Evolving party politics: innovative right, declining left

5. Party-state relationship: corruption, oligarchy, state capture

6. Economic discontent: social inequalities and insecurities, regional disparities

7. Cultural anxieties: emigration & immigration, identity politics

8. Central Europe and the West: imitation thesis and its critique

9. Central Europe in the world: Foreign Policy dilemmas

10. No class (National Holiday)

11-14. Case studies: the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia (possibly other CEE countries)