Eastern Europe in international politics

General data

Course ID:	WP-SM-MON-EEIP(p)-r
Erasmus code / ISCED:	(unknown) / (unknown)
Course title:	Eastern Europe in international politics
Name in Polish:	Eastern Europe in international politics
Organizational unit:	Faculty of Law and Administration
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:	English
Subject level:	elementary
Learning outcome code/codes:	enter learning outcome code/codes
Short description:	The aim of this course is to highlight the role of Eastern Europe in contemporary international politics. At first, the course will elaborate on the definition and limits of Eastern Europe in geographical, political and cultural terms. Attention will be given to the geopolitical, economic and integration processes in Europe and their impact on the region. The course will accent on the process of transition towards democracy and will elaborate on the political, economic and cultural peculiarities of the particular countries in the region with particular accent on Poland, Bulgaria, Serbia, the Russian Federation, Ukraine and Hungary. The sub-regional forms of cooperation as the V4, CEFTA, TSI and the impact of larger integration processes on Eastern Europe will be discussed.
Full description:	The aim of this course is to highlight the role of Eastern Europe in contemporary international politics. At first, the course will elaborate on the definition and limits of Eastern Europe in geographical, political and cultural terms. Attention will be given to the geopolitical, economic and integration processes in Europe and their impact on the region. The course will accent on the process of transition towards democracy and will elaborate on the political, economic and cultural peculiarities of the particular countries in the region with particular accent on Poland, Bulgaria, Serbia, the Russian Federation, Ukraine and Hungary. The sub-regional forms of cooperation as the V4, CEFTA, TSI and the impact of larger integration processes on Eastern Europe will be discussed.
Bibliography:	Tiersky, R. and Jones, E. (2015) Europe Today, 5 ed. Rowman & Littlefield, 2015, Chapters 7 and 8. Wolchik, S. L., and Curry, J. L. (2015). Central and East European Politics: From Communism to Democracy. 2nd ed. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. Rotschild, J., and Wingfield, N. M. (2000). Return to diversity: a political history of East Central Europe since World War II. Oxford University Press
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	In class presence and participation - 30% Paper - 70&
Practical placement:	n/a

This course is not currently offered.

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