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210079 SE BAK15: East European Studies (2022W)
States, markets and democracy in turbulent times: insights from Southeastern Europe
Continuous assessment of course work
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Studierende, die der ersten Einheit unentschuldigt fernbleiben, verlieren ihren Platz in der Lehrveranstaltung.Achten Sie auf die Einhaltung der Standards guter wissenschaftlicher Praxis und die korrekte Anwendung der Techniken wissenschaftlichen Arbeitens und Schreibens.
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Studierende, die der ersten Einheit unentschuldigt fernbleiben, verlieren ihren Platz in der Lehrveranstaltung.Achten Sie auf die Einhaltung der Standards guter wissenschaftlicher Praxis und die korrekte Anwendung der Techniken wissenschaftlichen Arbeitens und Schreibens.
Plagiierte und erschlichene Teilleistungen führen zur Nichtbewertung der Lehrveranstaltung (Eintragung eines 'X' im Sammelzeugnis).
Die Lehrveranstaltungsleitung kann Studierende zu einem notenrelevanten Gespräch über erbrachte Teilleistungen einladen.
Registration/Deregistration
Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from Mo 05.09.2022 08:00 to Mo 19.09.2022 08:00
- Registration is open from We 21.09.2022 08:00 to Tu 27.09.2022 08:00
- Deregistration possible until Mo 24.10.2022 23:59
Details
max. 50 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
- Tuesday 11.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 1 (H1), NIG 2.Stock
- Tuesday 18.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 1 (H1), NIG 2.Stock
- Tuesday 25.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 1 (H1), NIG 2.Stock
- Tuesday 08.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 1 (H1), NIG 2.Stock
- Tuesday 15.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 1 (H1), NIG 2.Stock
- Tuesday 22.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 1 (H1), NIG 2.Stock
- Tuesday 29.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 1 (H1), NIG 2.Stock
- Tuesday 06.12. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 1 (H1), NIG 2.Stock
- Tuesday 13.12. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 1 (H1), NIG 2.Stock
- Tuesday 10.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 1 (H1), NIG 2.Stock
- Tuesday 17.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 1 (H1), NIG 2.Stock
- Tuesday 24.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 1 (H1), NIG 2.Stock
- Tuesday 31.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 1 (H1), NIG 2.Stock
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Aims, contents and method of the course
While the challenges of simultaneous economic and political systemic changes have marked the transformations in the entire post-socialist world, they have been particularly stark in Europe’s Southeastern region. Contested states mired by national conflicts, persistent corruption, political instability and the resulting underdevelopment are still seen as more characteristic of Western Balkans or Bulgaria and Romania than the rest of Eastern Europe. And yet, there is remarkable divergence within the Southeast, in their stateness, democratic record, economic development or modes of European integration. The seminar aims to explore this puzzling divergence within the region and put the Southeast European trajectories in a broader comparative context of post-socialist transformations. Furthermore, the course also seeks to draw insights from Southeastern Europe for understanding more general challenges of politics in turbulent times. What can the dissolution of Yugoslavia tell us about the prospects for disintegration in the EU? What does the economic success of Romania suggest about developmental opportunities and constraints for weak peripheral states in global capitalism? How can the analysis of nationalist myths and conspiracy theories in the Western Balkans help us understand the proliferation of conspiratorial discourses in the USA? The course thus aims to engage in a two-way dialogue, applying general political science theories to explain developments in Southeastern Europe, but also using the region as a laboratory for understanding global political phenomena.
Assessment and permitted materials
Assessment is based on intensive and interactive participation in the seminar, question papers based on class readings throughout the seminar(1 or 2 readings will be assigned for each session), and final paper.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
• Seminar presence and participation (students must not miss more than 2 seminars): 20%
• Five question papers: 40%
• Final essay (approximately 3000 words, excluding the bibliography): 40%
• Five question papers: 40%
• Final essay (approximately 3000 words, excluding the bibliography): 40%
Examination topics
Students are required to read the articles and chapters assigned for each session and they are also required to engage independently with the literature in the field. In preparation for final essay, students will need to supplement the course readings with further relevant literature they identify through own research.
Reading list
N.B.: These are excerpts from the bibliography. The complete reading list will be published at the beginning of the semester.Becker, Joachim (2017) 'In the Yugoslav Mirror: The EU Disintegration Crisis’ Globalizations, 14:6, 840-850
Bianchini, Stefano and Mikhail Mikanov (2018) ‘State-Building Politics after the Yugoslav and Soviet Collapse – The Western Balkans and Ukraine in a Comparative Perspective’ Southeastern Europe 42(3), 291-304.
Bieber, Florian (2020) The Rise of Authoritarianism in the Western Balkans. Palgrave Macmillan
Bohle, Dorothee and Bela Greskovits (2012) Capitalist Diversity on Europe’s Periphery. Cornell University Press.
Dallago, Bruno and Milica Uvalic (1998) The distributive consequences of nationalism: The case of former Yugoslavia, Europe-Asia Studies, 50:1, 71-90
Dzankic, Jelena, Soeren Keil and Marko Kmezic (2019) The Europeanization of the Western Balkans: A Failure of EU Conditionality? Palgrave Macmillan
Kapidzic, Damir and Věra Stojarová (2022) Illiberal Politics in Southeast Europe: How Ruling Elites Undermine Democracy. Routledge
Magnin Eric and Nikolay Nenovsky (2021) Dependent Monetary Regimes in the Balkans: Enlarging the “Varieties of Capitalism” Hypothesis, International Journal of Public Administration, 44:14, 1216-1230
Malesevic, Sinisa (2012). Wars that Make States and Wars that Make Nations: Organised Violence, Nationalism and State Formation in the Balkans. European Journal of Sociology 53(1), 31–63.
Mungiu‐Pippidi, Alina (2005) Deconstructing Balkan particularism: the ambiguous social capital of Southeastern Europe, Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, 5:1, 49-68
Mujanovic, Jasmin (2018) Hunger and Fury: The Crisis of Democracy in the Balkans. Oxford University Press
Richter, Solveig and Natasha Wunsch (2020) Money, power, glory: the linkages between EU conditionality and state capture in the Western Balkans, Journal of European Public Policy, 27:1, 41-62
Vachudova, Milanda Anna (2014), EU leverage and national interests in the Balkans. Journal of Common Market Studies 52(1): 122-138
Vucetic, Srdjan (2004) ‘From Southern to Southeastern Europe: Any Lessons for Democratisation Theory?’ Southeast European Politics 5(2-3): 115-141
Bianchini, Stefano and Mikhail Mikanov (2018) ‘State-Building Politics after the Yugoslav and Soviet Collapse – The Western Balkans and Ukraine in a Comparative Perspective’ Southeastern Europe 42(3), 291-304.
Bieber, Florian (2020) The Rise of Authoritarianism in the Western Balkans. Palgrave Macmillan
Bohle, Dorothee and Bela Greskovits (2012) Capitalist Diversity on Europe’s Periphery. Cornell University Press.
Dallago, Bruno and Milica Uvalic (1998) The distributive consequences of nationalism: The case of former Yugoslavia, Europe-Asia Studies, 50:1, 71-90
Dzankic, Jelena, Soeren Keil and Marko Kmezic (2019) The Europeanization of the Western Balkans: A Failure of EU Conditionality? Palgrave Macmillan
Kapidzic, Damir and Věra Stojarová (2022) Illiberal Politics in Southeast Europe: How Ruling Elites Undermine Democracy. Routledge
Magnin Eric and Nikolay Nenovsky (2021) Dependent Monetary Regimes in the Balkans: Enlarging the “Varieties of Capitalism” Hypothesis, International Journal of Public Administration, 44:14, 1216-1230
Malesevic, Sinisa (2012). Wars that Make States and Wars that Make Nations: Organised Violence, Nationalism and State Formation in the Balkans. European Journal of Sociology 53(1), 31–63.
Mungiu‐Pippidi, Alina (2005) Deconstructing Balkan particularism: the ambiguous social capital of Southeastern Europe, Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, 5:1, 49-68
Mujanovic, Jasmin (2018) Hunger and Fury: The Crisis of Democracy in the Balkans. Oxford University Press
Richter, Solveig and Natasha Wunsch (2020) Money, power, glory: the linkages between EU conditionality and state capture in the Western Balkans, Journal of European Public Policy, 27:1, 41-62
Vachudova, Milanda Anna (2014), EU leverage and national interests in the Balkans. Journal of Common Market Studies 52(1): 122-138
Vucetic, Srdjan (2004) ‘From Southern to Southeastern Europe: Any Lessons for Democratisation Theory?’ Southeast European Politics 5(2-3): 115-141
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