Eastern Enlargement as social and cultural clash in Europe 02.04.D2.EM.M1.EE

1. Historical and cultural dimension of processes of transformation and integration in Central and Eastern Europe
2. The national dimension of processes of transformation and integration in Central and Eastern Europe
3. The political dimension of processes of transformation and integration in Central and Eastern Europe
4. The role, importance and position of the EC / EU during and after the Cold War
5. The enlargement of the European Union to the East in the politics of the Member States and the countries of Central and Eastern Europe after 1989
6. The reform and future of the European Union in the politics of the Member States and the countries of Central and Eastern Europe after 1989
7. The logics of EU enlargement to the East: dimensions, interests, assumptions.

Supplementary literature

Irah Kučerová, Geopolitics of Central Europe - A Historical View, Annales Universitatis Apulensis. Series Historica :Central and Eastern European Online Library, January 2015 Attila Ágh, The Decline of Democracy in East-Central Europe, Problems of Post-Communism , January 2016. M. Kundera, The tragedy of Central Europe, The New York Review of Books, April 1984. Rafał Riedel (red.) Central Europe: Two Decades After, Warsaw 2010. Ronald D. Asmus and Alexandr Vondra, ‘The Origins of Atlanticism in Central and Eastern Europe, Cambridge Review of International Affairs, 2005. Marko Lehti and David J. Smith (eds.) Post-Cold War Identity Politics: Northern and Baltic Experiences, London: Frank Cass, 2002. Robert Rohrschneider and Stephen Whitefield, ‘Political Parties, Public Opinion and European Integration in Post-Communist Countries: The State of the Art, European Union Politics, 2006. Jiri S. Melich, ‘The Relationship between the Political and the Economic in the Transformations in Eastern Europe: Continuity and Discontinuity and the Problem of Models,’ East European Quarterly, 34:2, 2002. Michael Illner, ‘Second Thoughts on the Transformation in Eastern and Central Europe,’ in Thomas P. Boje, Bart van Steenbergen, Sylvia Walby (eds.) European Societies: Fussion or Fission? London: Routledge, 1999. Lavinia Stan,‘The Vanishing Truth? Politics and Memory in Post-Communist Europe,’ East European Quarterly, 44:4, December 2006. Michael Dauderstädt and Andre W. M. Gerrits ‘Democratisation after Communism: Progress, Problems, Promotion, International Politics and Society, 4, 2000.

Course coordinators

Term 2023/24-Z:

Grzegorz Haber
Joanna Kulska

Term 2024/25-Z:

Joanna Kulska
Magdalena Ozimek-Hanslik

Term 2022/23-Z:

Grzegorz Haber
Joanna Kulska

Learning outcomes

KNOWLEDGE
The student characterizes with understanding the complex phenomena and processes and their changes taking place in contemporary international politics, with particular emphasis on the experiences of Central and Eastern Europe.

The student identifies and explains the most important integration and disintegration processes in the world

The student describes advanced differences and cultural-civilization interactions in relations in Europe

ABILITIES
In the in-depth process of analyzing relations between subjects of international relations, including European integration, the student comprehensively synthesizes various categories of conditions (political, economic, social, demographic, cultural) present in the contemporary world.

The student recognizes political, social and cultural conditioning on the relations between the participants of European integration

The student analyses problems in European integration and ways of solving them, taking into account its complexity and multifaceted nature in the research process

SOCIAL SKILLS
Being aware of the level of her/his knowledge, the student is able to initiate the process of its completion in the interdisciplinary dimension

The students is determined to evaluate objectively and non-emotionally, though reflectingly, historical and contemporary events

The student is focused on cooperation of partners from various cultural areas as well as historical and political experiences.

Assessment criteria

3.0 Participation in the final discussion; 80% activity on the scale of the whole semester

3.5 Participation in the final discussion; 80% activity on the scale of the whole semester

4.0 Participation in the final discussion; 80% activity on the scale of the whole semester

4.5 Participation in the final discussion; 85% activity on the scale of the whole semester

5.0 Participation in the final discussion; 90% activity on the scale of the whole semester

Bibliography

Neumann I.B., Forgetting the Central Europe of the 1980s, [w:] Central Europe: Core or periphery?, ed. Ch. Lord, Copenhagen Business School Press, Copenhagen 2000.
Curyło B., Two Europes. An analysis of the multi-level accession negotiations between Poland and the European Union, [w:] “Central and Eastern European Review”.
Harries O., The collapse of the West, [w:] “Foreign Affairs”, 72:4, 1993.
Goldstein W., Europe after Maastricht, [w:] “Foreign Affairs”, 71:5, 1992.
Todorova M., Isn’t Central Europe dead?, [w:] Central Europe: Core or periphery?, ed. Ch. Lord, Copenhagen Business School Press, Copenhagen 2000.
Inotai A., The ‘Eastern Enlargements’ of the European Union, [w:] The Enlargement of the European Union, ed. M. Cremona, Oxford University Press, Oxford 2003.
Piedrafita S., Torreblanca J., The three logics of EU enlargement: interests identities and arguments, “Politique europeenne”, 2005/1, no. 15.
Pridham G., EU enlargement and consolidating democracy in post-communist states – formality and reality, „Journal of Common Market Studies” 2002, vol. 40, no. 3.
Rhodes M., Post-Visegrad cooperation in East Central Europe, „East European Quarterly” 1999, vol. 33, no. 1.
Rohrschneider R., Whitefield S., Political parties, public opinion and European integration in post-communist countries: The state of the art, „European Union Politics” 2006, vol. 7, no. 1.
Treverton G.F., The new Europe, „Foreign Affairs” 1992, vol. 71, no. 1.

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