USESE0025 Economic and social development of Central Europe in the 19th and the 20th centuries

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Winter 2013
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Jiří Mašata
Institute of Central European Studies – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Prerequisites (in Czech)
žádné
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to present economic and social development of modern central Europe limited approximately by borders of former Hapsburg monarchy to overlap on East, or southeast, to students. After a short outline of the most important economic and social changes which the region underwent in older period, the course will be focused on detailed interpretation of economic and social processes which stroke central Europe in the 19th and 20th century. The emphasis will be put on description of connections and impacts of European or world development as well as on specific features and diverse dynamics of development in individual central European countries. Following other courses (Totalitarian and Authoritative Regimes in Central Europe, Political Systems II, Question of Democracy II, Cultural Development of Central Europe) the students will be introduced economic and social impacts of incidence of totalitarian regimes in central European countries, with issue of post-totalitarian transformation as well as cultural connections of social changes. The graduates will be able to use theoretical knowledge in interpretation of previous development as well as economic and social changes which the central European countries are nowadays undergoing and will be able to use them in evaluation of possibilities of development of central European regions including international and trans-border cooperation.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction of basic scientific literature to economic and social development of central Europe. Central European region and various concepts of its limitation. Specific features of economic and -social development of central Europe.
    2. Economic and social development of central Europe in Middle Ages and in early modern era
    3. Gradual decline of feudalism and national movement in central Europe
    4. Bourgeois revolution and industrialization in central Europe
    5. Economic and social consequences of World War I
    6. Great economic depression and social changes in interwar period
    7. World War II and its economic and social impacts in central Europe
    8. Central European countries in post-war period - economic and social connections of the origin of communist regimes and formation of Soviet block
    9. Social changes and attempts to economic reform in the 50´s and 60´s
    10. Economic and social development in the 70´s and 80´s
    11. Economic and social transformation of central European countries after decline of communist regimes
    12. Final summary, analysis of economic and social impacts of access into EU in central European countries.
Literature
    required literature
  • KŘEN, J. Dvě století střední Evropy. Praha: Argo, 2005. info
  • FALTUS,J. - PRŮCHA,V. Všeobecné hospodářské dějiny 19. a 20. století. Praha: Oeconomica, 2003. info
  • WANDYCZ, P. S. Cena svobody. Střední Evropa v dějinách od středověku do současnosti. Praha: Academia, 1998. info
  • KOL. Dějiny evropské civilizace I., II. Praha/Litomyšl: Paseka, 1995. info
    recommended literature
  • TEICHOVÁ, A. Mezinárodní kapitál a Československo 1918 - 1938. Praha: Karolinum. info
  • PRŮCHA,V. a KOL. Hospodářské a sociální dějiny Československa 1918 - 1992. 1. díl: Období 1918 - 1945. Brno: Doplněk, 2004. info
  • GERŠLOVÁ, J. Zrození nové doby. Stručné hospodářské dějiny českých zemí (od poloviny 19. století do 80. let 20. století). Ostrava: VŠB, 1999. info
Teaching methods
Interactive lecture
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Assessment methods
Written exam
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
Written test containing test and interpretation questions aimed at verification of knowledge of general context of economic and social development of Europe as well as specific changes of central European area.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2012, Winter 2014, Winter 2015.
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