Postcommunist societies in Europe 02.04.D2.EM.M2.PS
- Everyday life under communism and post-communism;
- Science and technology under communism and post-
communism;
- Class structure and workers in communist and post-communist societies;
- Political parties in post-communist countries;
- Fine arts, literature and theatre under communism and post-communism;
- Cities and spatial development in state-socialism and post- communism;
- Social (re)organisation of society in state socialism ('soviet fordism');
- Gender relations in communism and post-communism;
- Nationalities and ethnic policies under state-socialism and post-communism;
- Dissidents' texts: political opposition and its relations with the system.
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Type of course
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Learning outcomes
The student defines the problems of post-socialist societies
The student describes phenomena occurring in post-socialist societies
The student characterizes the basic differences between post-socialist societies and those who did not experience state socialism
Student draws conclusions based on statements related to particular points of view (political views)
Poddaje krytyce zjawiska dotyczące postsocjalizmu.
Student organizes knowledge about the issues of post-socialist societies
The student is critical towards especially unilateral assessments concerning post-communist societies
The student is open to various interpretations of the same occurrence
The student works independently on the analysis of specific issues related to the functioning of socialist and post-socialist societies.
Assessment criteria
Satisfactory grade when student shares basic preparation for the class: preparing assigned readings for discussion with basic level of understanding as well as basic ability to locate the problem studied, in the context of Central and Eastern Europe, problems of collective life, as well as a satisfying ability to formulate problems and drawing conclusions based on readings.
The grade satisfactory plus -- when the student shares satisfactory preparedness for class: preparing readings with a satisfactory degree of understanding and satisfactory ability to locate the discussed problems in the context of CEE, questions of collective life and as well as satisfactory ability to formulate problems and draw conclusions based on assigned readings.
The grade good -- when the student shows good preparation for class: having read the assigned readings with high level of understanding and a good ability to locate the discussed problems in the context of CEE, questions of collective life as well as a good ability to formulate problems and draw conclusions as based on read materials.
The grade good plus when the student shares extraordinary good preparedness for class: haven read the assigned readings with a high level of understanding, a deepened ability to locate discussed problems in the context of CEE as well as questions of collective life, a good ability to formulate problems and draw conclusions based on readings.
The grade very good -- when the student shares very good preparedness for class: having read assigned readings with a very high degree of understanding, very good ability to locate the discussed problems in the context of CEE and questions of collective life, as well as a very good ability to formulate problems and draw conclusions based on readings.
Bibliography
Balcerowicz, Leszek, Post-Communist Transition: Some Lessons. Thirty-first Wincott lecture, 8 october 2001, The Institute of Economic Affairs, The Wincott Foundation, London 2002.
Burawoy, Michael, Working in the tracks of state socialism, "Capital and Class", No. 98, Summer 2009, pp. 33 - 64.
Congiu, Massimo, Trade Unions and the Labour Market in Four New European Union Member States (Chapter 8), in: J. Pickles, State and Society in Post-Socialist Economies, London 2008, pp. 158 – 168.
Fowkes, Ben, Ethnicity and Ethnic Conflict in the Post-Communist World, London 2002.
Josephson, Paul R., Would Trotsky wear bluetooth? Technological Utopianism under Socialism, 1917- 1989, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore 2010.
Klein, Naomi, The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism, Metropolitan Books, New York 2007 (esp. Chapter 9: Slamming the Door on History: A Crisis in Poland, a Massacre in China, pp. 171 – 193).
Kovács, Zoltán, Cities from socialism to global capitalism: An introduction, „GeoJournal” 49, 1999, pp. 1 - 6.
Sztompka, Piotr, Civilizational Incompetence: The Trap of Post-Communist Societies, "Zeitschrift für Soziologie", Jg. 22, H. 2, April 1933, pp. 85 - 95.
Verdery, Katherine, What Was Socialism and What Comes Next?, Princeton University Press, New Jersey 1996.
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