HIB0402 Poland and the West: Development of relations from World War II to present

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2010
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Jiří Urbánek (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jiří Malíř, CSc.
Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Hana Ambrožová
Timetable
Thu 18:20–19:55 B21
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/25
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Course objectives
The aim of the course is to introduce students with a problem of „Western“ dimension of Polish position in post-1945 Europe. The main point is the matter of the development of Poland-EC/EU (and its members) political and economic relations and the social reflection of this phenomenon, thus in the Soviet Bloc era and primarily during the years after its destruction. Poland became the „leader“ state among the CEE countries „on the way to Europe“. Also Poland was (and still is) the state, which approximation with EC/EU was accompanied by wide discussions of Polish society, or by conflicts of several opinions about future Polish position in the „new Europe“. At the same time, the wider characters of „Eastern enlargement“ will be explained next to the Polish case.
Syllabus
  • 1.Poland after the World War II, the era of Stalinism 2.The new development of relations with the West 3.The Poland-Germany relations solution and the economic depression 4.Solidarity, the Polish pope and the views of association with the West 5.The negotiations on the trade agreement and the association agreement 6.The Poland "eurooptimism" era, the accession criteria 7.The White Book and the transformation of Polish European integration approaches 8.The pre-accession negotiations 9.The Polish plebiscite and the accession to the EU 10.Contemporary politics of Poland towards the EU 11.The general view of development of the "European" approaches of Polish society 12.The part of Polish Catholicism in the process of Poland-EU integration
Literature
  • LOEW, P.O. (ed).: Polskie wizje Európy, Wrocław, Wydawnictwo Universytetu Wrocławskiego 2004.
  • GEREMEK, B.: Polsko a spol. tváří v tvář nebezpečí marginalizace v Evropě, Mezinárodní politika, č. 10/97, s. 8-10.
  • • HELLER, Janusz: Integracja Polski z Unia Europejska, Bydgoszcz-Olsztyn 2003
  • BARTOŚZEWSKI, S.: Polsko a evropská integrace, Mezinárodní politika, č. 5/95, s. 4-5.
  • JUCHNOWSKI, J. – TOMASZEWSKI, J. (eds.): Europa i integracja europejska w polskiej myśli politicznej XX wieku, Wrocław, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego 2003.
  • GONĚC,V.: Od „malé Evropy“ k „velké Evropě“. Dějiny rozšiřování Evropských společenství/Evropské unie II, Brno, MU 2003.
  • • GRODZKI, R.: Polska polityka zagraniczna w XX i XXI wieku, Zakrzewo 2009
  • MAREK, Daniel. Od Moskvy k Bruselu : vztahy mezi Českou republikou a Evropskou unií v období 1957-2004. Edited by Pavel Telička. Vyd. 1. Brno: Barrister & Principal, 2006, 235 s. ISBN 808702902X. info
  • ČERNOCH, Pavel. Cesta do EU :východní rozšíření Evropské unie a Česká republika v období 1990-2004. Praha: Linde, 2003, 159 s. ISBN 80-86131-40-8. info
  • DAVIES, Norman. Polsko :dějiny národa ve středu Evropy. Translated by Miroslava Valentová - Aleš Valenta. V čes. jaz. vyd. 1. Praha: Prostor, 2003, 481 s., [8. ISBN 80-7260-083-4. info
  • PACZKOWSKI, Andrzej. Půl století dějin Polska 1939-1989. Translated by Petruška Šustrová. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 2000, 381 s. ISBN 8020007377. info
  • PLŠKOVÁ, Jaroslava. Východní politika Brandtovy vlády v letech 1969-1974. Vyd. 1. Praha: Ústav mezinárodních vztahů, 1999, 216 s. ISBN 8085864754. info
  • WANDYCZ, Piotr S. Střední Evropa v dějinách : od středověku do současnosti : cena svobody. Translated by Jaroslav Valenta. Vydání 1. Praha: Academia, 1998, 301 stran. ISBN 8020006575. info
Teaching methods
introductory lecture: presentation, interpretation, discussion
Assessment methods
class participation min.80%, presentation, final test
Language of instruction
Czech
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