POLITICAL SCIENCE 243 - Eastern Europe in Transition

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Hobart William Smith Colleges

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An old Chinese curse says "May you live in interesting times!" East Europeans have, living through all the great (and awful) "isms" of the last century, up to postcommunist global capitalism today. Because of all these changes, studying Eastern Europe is the perfect laboratory for understanding political change in general. The course begins with the region's status as the peripheral part of Europe, and then explores independence, nationalism, and the appeal of communism. We explore why communism fell, focusing on the Solidarity experience in Poland, and then look at the revolutions of 1989, the dilemmas of democratization, the wars in Yugoslavia, economic privatization, the evolution of civil society, and entry into the European Union. Is eastern Europe still different from the west Will the new unity survive We end with a consideration of the growing importance of the east to Europe as a whole. ( Ost, offered occasiona lly; subfield: CO

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

WWW.HWS.EDU

Phone Number:

(315) 781-3000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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