Polish and Central European ideas of European integration 02.04.D2.EM.M2.PC

1. Historical, political and cultural determinants of Central-Eastern European states' ideas and perceptions of Europe and European Integration
2. The Central-Eastern European states' reflections on ideas of
a) United States of Europe
b) the New Europe
3. The Polish Federal Program
4. Central Europe: definitions, dimension, core functions of the notion
5. The ideas of Eastern Enlargement in Central -Eastern European states
6. The future of EU in the political considerations of Central – Eastern European states

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.

Type of course

general courses

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.
Popowicz K., Poland – EU: Three Scenarios, Institute of Public Affairs, Warsaw 1998.
Trzaskowski R., From candidate to member state: Poland and the future of the EU, “Occasional Papers”, no 37, 2002.
Poland and the future of the European Union, speech of Mr. Radosław Sikorski, Foreign Minister of Poland, Berlin, 28 November 2011.
Lednicki A., Pan-Europe. In: Towards a United Europe. Anthology of Twentieth Century Polish Thought on Europe, ed. S. Łukasiewicz, Warsaw 2011.
Jaworski W.L., United States of Europe. In: Towards a United Europe. Anthology of Twentieth Century Polish Thought on Europe, ed. S. Łukasiewicz, Warsaw 2011.
Bocheński A., Political difficulties of a Central European Federation. In: Towards a United Europe. Anthology of Twentieth Century Polish Thought on Europe, ed. S. Łukasiewicz, Warsaw 2011.
Wandycz P., International organizations in the federal movement. In: Towards a United Europe. Anthology of Twentieth Century Polish Thought on Europe, ed. S. Łukasiewicz, Warsaw 2011.
Piłsudski R., The Polish Federal Program. In: Towards a United Europe. Anthology of Twentieth Century Polish Thought on Europe, ed. S. Łukasiewicz, Warsaw 2011.
Jordan Z., Independence and Federalism. In: Towards a United Europe. Anthology of Twentieth Century Polish Thought on Europe, ed. S. Łukasiewicz, Warsaw 2011.
Bergman A., Poland and the New Europe. In: Towards a United Europe. Anthology of Twentieth Century Polish Thought on Europe, ed. S. Łukasiewicz, Warsaw 2011.

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