Behind the Scenes of Authoritarianism in Eastern Europe 3620-KAEW-OG

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Type of course

general courses

Mode

Classroom
Remote learning

Course coordinators

Henadzi Semianchuk

Learning outcomes

Knowledge
    - The student knows the scientific categories: political system, ideology, dictatorship, authoritarianism, democracy and the connections of these categories with the phenomenon of everyday life, national identity and history of Central and Eastern Europe [K_W03, K_W08, K_W11, K_W12]
   - The student knows the basic terminology in the field of historiography, sociology, ethnology and political and social anthropology and has ordered, in-depth general knowledge including theories and methodology of the humanities [K_W01, K_ 03, K_W04]
Skills
   - The student has his own view on the formation and functioning in Eastern Europe of state and political systems after the Soviet Union, knows the contexts and mechanisms of the emergence of undemocratic power systems in Eastern Europe, can define it using the terminology in the field of political and social anthropology, sociology of power, political science, historiography et al. related fields [K_U01, K_U03, K_U06, K_U07, K_U08]
   - Student is able to justify his own opinion (positive or critical) regarding today's political and social situations in Russia, Belarus and Ukraine [K_U01, K_U03, K_U06, K_U08]
competence
  - Student understands the changing and evolutionary nature of political systems [K_K01, K_K03, K_K06]
- The student is prepared for substantive discussion in the context of professional or social activity in the international dimension [K_K06]
  - Thanks to the subject knowledge acquired, the student has arguments in favor of accepting political, social and cultural difference [K_K03]
  - The student is prepared to continue studying the subject and related issues [K_K01]

Assessment criteria

The course includes bi-weekly 4-hour classes. lecture As part of the classes:
-Lectures documenting material (photographs, presentations and videos) and illustrating the issues discussed.
- Some lectures are conducted on the basis of discussions on given literature.
- continuous assessment during classes, including verification of knowledge of items on the reading list
- essay / essay / or presentation at the end of the course
- attendance

Bibliography

Marek Śliwiński. Analiza porównawcza systemów politycznych. Tom 1. Drogi do współczesności. Warszawa, 2005.
Marek Śliwiński. Analiza porównawcza systemów politycznych. Tom 2. Rewolucje i pobojowiska. Warszawa, 2008
M.Gessen Putin. Człowiek bez twarzy, Warszawa, 2012.
Brian Bennett: The Last Dictatorship in Europe. Belarus under Lukashenko. Londyn, 2011
Walery Karbaliewicz. Aleksandr Łukaszenko. Portret polityczny. Warszawa, 2013.
Davies N. Europa, Wydawnictwo Znak, Kraków 1998.
Tadeusz Świętochowski. Azerbejdżan. Warszawa 1998.
Piotr Lossowski. Litwa. Warszawa 1998.
Eugeniusz Mironowicz. Białoruś. Warszawa 1999.
Andrzej Chojnowski, Jacek Burski. Ukraina. Warszawa 2004.
Wojciech Materski. Gruzia. Warszawa 1999.
Jan Lewandowski. Estonia. Warszawa 2000.
Zachar Szybieka. Historia Białorusi 1795-2000. Lublin 2002.
Jarosław Grycak. Historia Ukrainy 1795-2000. Lublin 2002.
Ludwik Bazyliow, Piotr Wieczorkiewicz. Historia Rosii. Warszawa 2003.
Włodzimierz Marciniak. Rozrgabione imperium. Upadek Związku Sowieckiego i powstanie Federacji Rosyjskiej. Krakow 2000.
Ola Hnatiuk. Pożegnanie z impierium. Ukraińskie dyskusje o tożsamości. Lublin 2003.

Additional information

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