Political crisis in Poland 2102-BW-L-D2KPPO
I. Organizational and methodological classes.
II. Polish society and the communist government. Forms of social resistance and political opposition.
III. October '56 - the first breach in the system.
IV. Relations between the authorities of the People's Republic of Poland and the Roman Catholic Church after 1945.
V. The realities of life in Poland in the era of Władysław Gomułka - analysis of the documentary film by Maciej Drygas One Day in the Polish People's Republic.
VI. People's power in the face of socio-political crises – March '68 and December '70.
VII. The Gierek Decade - 1970-1975 "socialist consumer society", 1976-1980 - June 1976 - shaping the anti-system opposition.
VIII. From Solidarity to Martial Law.
IX. Erosion of the system – from the Magdalenka talks to the creation of the Third Polish Republic
X. Post-communist division in Poland.
XI. Political crises of the Third Polish Republic - political, social and economic conditions.
Type of course
Mode
Course coordinators
Learning outcomes
K_W02 The student knows and understands at an advanced level the social, political and economic conditions of internal security in the period of the Polish People's Republic and the Third Polish Republic, understands the relationships between these conditions and their impact on the dimension of internal security after World War II.
K_W03 The student knows and understands the basic problems and challenges for internal security, in the field of political crises, with particular emphasis on their political background in the People's Republic of Poland and the Third Polish Republic.
K_W05 The student knows and understands conflict mechanisms causing political and social crises, with particular emphasis on the period of the People's Republic of Poland and the first years of the Third Polish Republic. The student knows and understands the political and economic tools for relieving them for both historical periods.
K_W06 The student knows and understands the fundamental attributes and mechanisms of the Polish state during the period of communist rule and after the democratization of the system in 1989. The student knows and understands the functioning of the bodies responsible for creating security policy in the People's Republic of Poland and changing their role after the political transformation. The student knows and understands the principles of functioning of the state during the introduction of martial law in Poland in 1981.
K_W08 has an advanced level of relationships between threats occurring at various levels: global, regional, national, local, understands the connections between them and their effects on the sphere of internal security
K_K01 The student is able to formulate, analyze and solve problems and tasks in the field of security based on knowledge about conflicts from the period of the People's Republic of Poland and the first years of the Third Polish Republic. The student is able to collect, collect and process information about the crises of the People's Republic of Poland and the period of political transformation, analyze and synthesize it.
Assessment criteria
The final grade is the result of the verification test.
The test is administered during the penultimate class of the semester.
A student can get a maximum of 30 points from the test. For each correct answer, the student receives 1 point.
Rating scale:
30-27 points Very good (5)
26-25 points Good plus (4+)
24-20 points Good (4)
19-18 points – Sufficient plus (3+)
17-15 points – Satisfactory (3)
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