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Module Title	LH "Returning to Europe": Nation, State and Europe in Post-Communist Central and Eastern Europe
School	Government
Department	Political Sci & Intern'tl Stud
Module Code	08 15129
Module Lead	Dr Tim Haughton
Level	Honours Level
Credits	10
Semester	Semester 2
Pre-requisites
Co-requisites	LH Political History of Central and Eastern Europe in the Twentieth Century - (08 15126)
Restrictions	None
Contact Hours	Lecture-10 hours Seminar-10 hours Guided independent study-80 hours Total: 100 hours
Exclusions
Description	The module begins with a comparative analysis of the revolutions of 1989, followed by three thematic sessions on: 'transitions to democracy'; nationalism and the state in post-communist Europe; and the politics of transition to the market economy. The next four sessions cover case studies of specific post-communist (Poland, Hungary, Czechslovakia/Czech and Slovak Republics; Romania, Yugoslavia, according to student interests). The final session reviews the progress of 'returning to Europe' - the impact of accession to/exclusion from NATO and the EU on domestic political transformation in CEE
Learning Outcomes	By the end of the module students should be able to: apply historical understanding gained from the pre-requisite module (Political History of CEE in the C20th) to the analysis of post-communist transformation in CEE; understand the connections between weak statehood, inter-ethnic tension and conflict, radical economic transformation, and problems of 'domestic transition' in CEE; understand the interconnections between external and internal dimensions of change in post-communist CEE.
Assessment	15129-01 : 2-hour exam : Exam (Centrally Timetabled) - Written Unseen (100%)
Assessment Methods & Exceptions	One 2 hour examination (100%)
Other
Reading List	V Tiameneanu (ed) The Revolutions of 1989, 1999 J Linz & A Stepan, Problems of Demcratci Transition and Consolidation, 1996 K Dawisha and B Parrot (eds) Consolidating Democracy in East-Central Europe, 1996 G Pridham et al, Building Democracy? The International Dimension of Democratisation in Eastern Europe, 2nd ed, 1996 J Batt, East-Central Europe from Reform to Transformation, 1991 S White, J Batt and P Lewis (eds) Developments in Central and East European Politics, 2nd ed, 1998