CZS03 Cultural and Social Modernization in Central Europe: Resurrecting Civil Society

Pan-university studies
Spring 2007
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 8 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Ing. Radim Marada, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Courtney Margaret Nicolaides, B.A. (assistant)
Mgr. Michaela Pyšňáková (assistant)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Thomas Donaldson Sparling, B.A.
Pan-university studies
Contact Person: Mgr. Martin Vašek
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/30, only registered: 0/30
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The adaptation of the Central and Eastern European populations to the transformed historical conditions after the political change in 1989 is examined in several comprehensive blocks - modern vision of a civil society, civil society and democratic transitions, heritage of the past, civil society after 1989 and new "generations".
Syllabus
  • 1.-2. Introduction to the course: outline of the concept of civil society in the context of modernization 3. Contemporary revival of the concept of civil society 4. Civil society and democratic transitions: Shifting meanings of civil society in the transition process 5. Forms of opposition before 1989: dissent, grey zone, islands of positive deviation 6. State socialism nad civil society (was there any?) 7. Sources of public engagement: trust, social capital, social networks and civic skills 8. Sourses of public engagement: truskt, social capital, social networks, and civic skills 9. Revolution and Emerging Generational Conflict 10. Nostalgia through 11. Post-Communist Modernization 12. Make-up session May 16 written examination
Assessment methods (in Czech)
lectures, a written exam
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Teacher's information
http://www.rect.muni.cz/ois/students/special_programs%2C_individual_courses/cesp
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Spring 2006.
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