POL 148 - East European Politics

Upper Division

East Europeans have lived through all the great ‘isms’ of the last century, ending up with post-soviet, global neo-liberal capitalism today. The course focuses on the creation and evolution of the Soviet bloc, the attempts at reform in Eastern Europe, looking at case histories of Hungary, Poland, the former Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia, the absorption of East Germany by West Germany, and the process of integration into the world economy. Topical issues raised by ongoing changes are explored in some detail.

Course credits: 1