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Political Sociology of Central Europe
3. Political Culture of CE (7 March)
Background readings
Background readings
Completion requirements
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Blokker (2008) Multiple democracies political cultures and democratic variety in postenlargement Europe.pdf
Guasti (2016)_ Development of citizen participation in Central and Eastern Europe after the EU enlargement and economic crises.pdf
Letki (2004) Socialization for Participation? Trust, Membership, and Democratization in East-Central Europe.pdf
Rose-Ackerman (2007) From Elections to Democracy in Central Europe Public Participation and the Role of Civil Society.pdf
Zakaria (2013) Is corruption an enemy of civil society? The case of Central and Eastern Europe.pdf
◄ HW2: Text summary + 3 discussion questions
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Presentation 1: Introducing the concept of Central Europe
Exam requirements
Presentation 2: Catching up with the West
Presentation 3: Democratic transition and the Europeanization process
Kundera (1984): The Tragedy of Central Europe
Optional reading: Kundera and other intellectuals on current Europe (January 2019)
HW1: Text summary + 3 discussion questions
Background readings
Presentation 4: Political Culture of CE
Howard (2002): The Weakness of Postcommunist Civil Society
HW2: Text summary + 3 discussion questions
Presentation 5: Building a Civil Society
Devaux (2009): Involvement of the Czech Environmental Movements in the European Game
HW3: Text summary + 3 discussion questions
Background readings
Presentation 6: NGOs and Activism
Polanska (2018): Going against institutionalization: New forms of urban activism in Poland
HW4: Text summary + 3 discussion questions
Background readings
Presentation 7. The public sphere and democracy
Instructions for the final essay
Koopmans (2007): Who inhabits the European public sphere? Winners and losers, supporters and opponents
HW5: Text summary + 3 discussion questions
Background readings
Midterm test
Essay topic
Presentation 8. Democratic backsliding in the CE
Read an article “Can Europe’s new xenophobes reshape the continent?” in The Guardian
Watch Victor Orbán's speech at the European Parliament on the 11th of September 2018 (7.30 minutes)
HW6: Give us your thoughts + 3 discussion questions
Background readings
Presentation 9. Nationalism and politicization of the EU
HW6: Give us your thoughts + 3 discussion questions
Read an article "Visegrad’s Fear of Diversity" at Visegradinsight.eu.
Watch Jaroslaw Kaczynski on the topic of Refugee crisis on the 16th September 2015 (12.13 minutes)
Background readings
Presentation 10: Populism
HW7: Give us your thoughts + 3 discussion questions
Background readings
Presentation 11: Gender and Feminism
HW8: Give us your thoughts + 3 discussion questions
Background readings
Final test
Final Essay
Presentation - Final Essay instructions
Presentation 5: Building a Civil Society ►