(in Polish) Polityka po komunizmie w Europie wschodniej

General data

Course ID:	3500-SUM/FAKL-PpKwE
Erasmus code / ISCED:	(unknown) / (unknown)
Course title:	(unknown)
Name in Polish:	Polityka po komunizmie w Europie wschodniej
Organizational unit:	Faculty of Sociology
Course groups:
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	(not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	(unknown)
Type of course:	elective courses
Prerequisites (description):	Fluent English required for reading the literature. Knowledge of basic statistics required for understanding presented research results.
Mode:	Remote learning
Short description:	The course is aimed at introducing its participants to major factors shaping political competition in Eastern Europe during the almost 30 years after the fall of communism. It focuses primarily on the relationships between various dimension of the party system and the informal context associated with past legacies, political culture and the living conditions of the society as well as the institutional setting. It has been designed to fit the needs of Erasmus students from Western Europe who wish to familiarize themselves with Polish and Eastern European political reality.
Full description:	The course is aimed at introducing its participants to major factors shaping political competition in Eastern Europe during the almost 30 years after the fall of communism. It focuses primarily on the relationships between various dimension of the party system and the informal context associated with past legacies, political culture and the living conditions of the society as well as the institutional setting. It has been designed to fit the needs of Erasmus students from Western Europe who wish to familiarize themselves with Polish and Eastern European political reality. The course commences with a lecture introducing to political and social history of this diverse region. Then, we will explore the matters of economic and political transformation that began in late 1980s and allowed Central European countries to become democracies and introduce market economy. All the topics will be discussed basing on students’ understanding of the readings provided by the instructor. Next, we analyze the foundations of the choice of electoral systems and their intendent and unintended consequences for the shape of party systems. Separate classes will be dedicated to questions of great importance for understanding voter behavior and party system dynamics, i.e. electoral volatility, economic voting and conditions of new party entry. We shall study whether these phenomena are significantly different in the post-communist context from older democracies. The course concludes with some topics associated with some recent uneasy developments in the region such as the rise of radical right and tendencies undermining the principles of the rule of law.
Bibliography:	(in Polish) Ścieżki postkomunistycznej transformacji – potrójne przejście OB: Linz, Juan J., Alfred Stepan. 1996. Problems of Democratic Transition and Consolidation. Southern Europe, South America, and Post-communist Europe. Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press, chapters 1 and 3, pp. 3-15 and 38-54. (Strony 1-50 dostępne poprzez Google Books.) PR: Kitschelt, Herbert, Zdenka Mansfelodova, Radoslaw Markowski, Gábor Tóka. 1999. Post-communist party systems. Competition, representation and interparty cooperation. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 19-42. PR: Offe, Claus. 2004. Capitalism by Democratic Design? Democratic Theory Facing the Triple Transition in East Central Europe. „Social research” 58 (4): 865–-892. Rozliczenia z przeszłością OB: Horne, Cynthia M. 2012. Assessing the Impact of Lustration on Trust in Public Institutions and National Government in Central and Eastern Europe. „Comparative Political Studies” 45 (4): 412–-446. PR: Nalepa, Monika. 2009. Lustration and the Survival of Parliamentary Parties. Taiwan Journal of Democracy 5 (2): 45-68. Klientelizm OB: Kitschelt, Herbert. 2000. Linkages Between Citizens and Politicians In Democratic Polities. „Comparative Political Studies” 33 (6/7): 845–-879. PR: Gwiazda, Anna. 2008. Party Patronage in Poland: The Democratic Left Alliance and Law and Justice Compared. East European Politics and Societies 22(4): 802-827. PR: Mair, Peter. 1997. What is different about post-communist party systems? In: Peter Mair, Party System Change. Approaches and interpretations. Oxford: Oxford University Press. (Dostęp przez BUW). Manipulacje ordynacjami wyborczymi i ich konsekwencje OB: Kaminski, Marek M., Grzegorz Lissowski and Piotr Swistak 1998. The “Revival of Communism” or the effect of institutions? The 1993 Polish parliamentary elections. Public Choice 97 (3): 429-449 LUB Kamiński, Marek M., Grzegorz Lissowski, Piotr Świstak. 2007. „Renesans komunizmu” czy efekt instytucji? Polskie wybory parlamentarne 1993. W: Ireneusz Krzemiński, Jacek Raciborski (red.), Oswajanie wielkiej zmiany: Instytut Socjologii UW o polskiej transformacji, Warszawa: IFiS PAN, s. 356-376. PR: Moser, Robert G. 1995. The impact of the Electoral System on Post-Communist Party Development: the Case of the 1993 Russian Parliamentary Elections. „Electoral Studies” 14 (4): 377–-398. Instytucjonalizacji rywalizacji między partiami OB: Mainwaring, Scott P. 1999. Rethinking Party System in the Third Wave of Democratization. The Case of Brazil. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, pp. 21-39. (Available online: Google Books.) PR: Casal Bértoa, Fernando. 2012. Party systems and cleavage structures revisited: A sociological explanation of party system institutionalization in East Central Europe. „Party Politics” 20 (1): 16–-36. Chwiejność wyborcza i wejście nowych partii na arenę rywalizacji OB: Powell, Eleanor N., Joshua A. Tucker. 2013. Revisiting Electoral Volatility in PostCommunist Countries: New Data, New Results and New Approaches. British Journal of Political Science 44 (1): 123–-147. PR: Tavits, Margit. 2007. Party Systems in the Making: The Emergence and Success of New Parties in New Democracies. British Journal of Political Science 38 (1): 113-133. PR: Markowski, Radoslaw. 2001. Party System Institutionalization in New Democracies: Poland – A Trend-Setter with no Followers, in: Paul G. Lewis (red.), Party Development and Democratic Change in Post-communist Europe. The First Decade. London, Portland, OR: Frank Cass. Głosowanie ekonomiczne OB: Duch Raymond M. (2001), A Developmental Model of Heterogeneous Economic Voting in New Democracies, „The American Political Science Review” 95(4), s. 895-910. PR: Roberts Andrew (2008), Hyperaccountability: economic voting in Central and Eastern Europe, „Electoral Studies” 27(3), s. 533–46. PR: Coffey Eva (2013), Pain tolerance: Economic voting in the Czech Republic, „Electoral Studies” 32(3), s. 432-37. Źródła sukcesu partii radykalnej prawicy OB: Polyakova, Alina. 2015. The Backward East? Explaining Differences In Support For Radical Right Parties in Western And Eastern Europe. Journal of Comparative Politics 8(1): 49-74 PR: Bustikova, Lenka. 2014. Revenge of the Radical Right. Comparative Political Studies 47 (12): 1738 – 1765. Nowy autorytaryzm i jego źródła OB: Mudde, C. (2004). The populist zeitgeist. Government and Opposition, 39(4), 541-563. PR: Ziller, C., & Schübel, T. (2015). “The pure people” versus “the corrupt elite”? Political corruption, political trust and the success of radical right parties in Europe. Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties, 25(3), 368-386. PR: Wiatr, Jerzy J. 2017. New and Old Authoritarianism in a Comparative Perspective. Studia Socjologiczno-Polityczne. Seria Nowa 2(07): 123-137. PR: Jaskiernia, Jerzy. 2017. Authoritarian Tendencies in the Polish Political System. Studia Socjologiczno-Polityczne. Seria Nowa 2(07): 103-122. Test końcowy
Learning outcomes:	K_W01 Knows and understands basic concepts of political sociology K_W03 Is aware of ongoing theoretical and methodological disputes conducted in modern sociology; is reflective and critical of various positions K_W16 Has in-depth knowledge about major international and domestic sociological research pertaining to selected areas of social reality or sub-domains of sociology K_W27 Has in-depth knowledge of the 19th, 20th and 21st ideas and social processes which have shaped the face of the modern world K_U04 Can critically select information and materials for academic work, using various sources in Polish and a foreign language as well as modern technologies K_U16 Knows how to interpret the role of culture in the life of the individual and society K_U17 Can relate an academic text to the problems of social life and its empirical studies K_K02 Can propose a solution to a problem that requires an interdisciplinary research approach K_K05 Can gather, find, synthesize and critically assess information about social sciences K_K07 Can justify the choice of sources
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	In-class presentation, participation in discussion and a written test. Class attendance required.

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