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Civic and Ethnic Nationalism in East and West
Essay from the year 2002 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Region: Russia, grade: 1 (A), University of Birmingham (Centre for Russian and East European Studies), course: Graduate Russian and East European Studies, 24 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: This essay compares the development of different understandings of nationalism in Western and Eastern Europe comparing the concepts of civic and ethnic nationalism.
The National Question in Contemporary Hungarian Politics
Seminar paper from the year 2002 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Region: Eastern Europe, grade: 1 (A), University of Birmingham (Centre for Russian and East European Studies), course: Graduate East European Politics, language: English, abstract: This essay discusses how the question of national minorities outside Hungary shaped Hungarian politics in the post-transition period.
The Revolutionary Potential of Anti-Stalinist Uprisings: Berlin 1953 and Budapest 1956
Seminar paper from the year 2003 in the subject History Europe - Germany - Postwar Period, Cold War, grade: A, Central European University Budapest (Departmemt of Political Science), course: Political Change, 15 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: This essay compares the revolutionary character of two anti-Stalinist uprisings in the communist bloc. Based on different social theories of revolution it closely compares the cases Berlin 1953 and Budapest 1956 - the former being a worker's rising, the latter a broader national, anti-Soviet revolution.
Was the Victory Over Hitler in the Great Patriotic War Achieved Inspite of Stalins Policies ?
Seminar paper from the year 2002 in the subject History Europe - Germany - National Socialism, World War II, grade: 1 (A), University of Birmingham (Centre for Russian and East European Studies), course: Graduate Soviet and Russian Social and Economic History, 23 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: This essay discusses Stalin's domestic policies during World War II and whether they contributed to or impeded Soviet victory in the war.
The Concept of Democracy in the Political Transformations of Central and Eastern Europe
Seminar paper from the year 2003 in the subject Politics - Political Theory and the History of Ideas Journal, grade: A-, Central European University Budapest (Dep. of Political Science), 17 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: Based on the Hungarian and Polish cases of negotiated transition to democracy in 1989/90 this essay looks into the philosophical concept of democracy pursued by the main protagonists.
Continuity and Change: Adaptation Strategies of Agrarian Parties in Scandinavia and Central Eastern Europe Compared
The persistence and the relatively strong electoral performance of peasant parties in some Central Eastern European countries appears puzzling. The paper investigates the strategies of these parties in the light of social and economic modernization. As a successful model for agrarian adaptation the Scandinavian Center parties' move to 'catch-all' strategies are contrasted with the Hungarian FKGP and the Polish PSt. It becomes clear that the incentive structure for these parties in CEE transition societies is much different and therefore less conducive to this kind of adaptation. In fact, rather a rightist-populist retreat and in the Police case the reliance on a continuously strong peasant vote in addition to seeking state resources is being pursued.
The Katz & Mair - Koole Debate about 'Cartel Parties'
Essay from the year 2002 in the subject Politics - Region: Western Europe, grade: A-, Central European University Budapest (Department of Political Science), course: Political Parties, language: English, abstract: The ‘cartel party’ concept proposed by Richard S. Katz and Peter Mair in Party Politics provoked a debate between the authors and Ruud Koole. In this paper I will redraw and assess this debate concluding with some own remarks. In their piece Katz & Mair challenge the predominance of the ‘mass party’ or ‘catch-all party’-models in the literature on political parties. The contemporary problems in applying these models are usually being interpreted as a ‘decline of party’. In contrast to that, Katz & Mair propose a new model, the so-called cartel party as an ideal type towards party organization is developing. To illustrate this, the authors draw evolutionary stages of party development underlining in particular the relative position of parties in front of state and civil society and the reflection of that relationship in the inner-party organization, their finances, and the underlying concept of democracy.
The Breakdown of the USSR
Seminar paper from the year 2002 in the subject History Europe - Other Countries - Newer History, European Unification, grade: 1 (A), University of Birmingham (Centre for Russian and East European Studies), course: Graduate Soviet Social and Economic History, 28 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: The collapse of the Soviet Union has been one of the most controversially discussed issues among historians and social scientists throughout the last decade. Paradoxically the imminent collapse of communism had been predicted frequently by Western observers during the early years of the Bolshevik rule. With the victory of the Second World War those voices were muted and the We...
Did Stalin have a consistent national policy?
Seminar paper from the year 2002 in the subject History of Europe - Ages of World Wars, grade: 1 (A), University of Birmingham (Centre for Russian and East European Studies), course: Soviet Social and Economic History, language: English, abstract: This essay outlines the development of Stalin's policies on Soviet ethnic and national groups. Based on selected writings by Stalin and other original sources it shows when, how and why his approach to the national question changed over time.
Kaliningrad - An Russian Enclave in Central Europe in Search for an Identity
Seminar paper from the year 2003 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Region: Russia, grade: B+, Central European University Budapest (Department of Political Science), course: Russian Politics, 20 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: This essay investigates the development of a specific identity of the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad (formerly Königsberg).
