GLCb1003 Central Europe: Politics and Society

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Michal Pink, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Gábor Oláh, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Lubomír Kopeček, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Michal Pink, Ph.D.
Department of Political Science – Faculty of Social Studies
Supplier department: Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies (49,00 %), Department of Political Science – Faculty of Social Studies (51,00 %)
Timetable
Thu 10:00–11:40 P24a
Prerequisites
none
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Politics and Society is basic course focused on introduction to modern politics based on the rules of society in Central and East European context.
Learning outcomes
After successfully completing this course, the students will be able to identify and uderstand the interconnection between politics and society. They will be able to define modern politics based on the rules of society in Central and East European context.
Syllabus
  • 1. Welcome with students, general requirement etc. 2. Czech politics and modern trends 3. Slovakia – Young national state 4. Hungary – national politics in agrarian society 5. 24.10. Poland – How state formation process influence modern politics 6. Austria – Central Europe and modern trends 7. Midterm test 8. Czechia – The aesthetics of modernisation, industrialisation and urbanization 9. Slovakia – State building between national myths and the ethics of dissent 10. Poland – Cultural heritage(s): the tragic discourses of resettlement, expulsion and genocide 11.Hungary – Nationalism and the identity politics of cultural traumas 12.Austria – Cultural contradictions of centralisation and modernization 13. Final Test
Literature
  • see Syllabus
Teaching methods
lectures, class discussion, homework, reading, writting essays
Assessment methods
Written test with open questions, each for 5 point, 50% of right answers minimum, assesment of active particiaption during class.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023.
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