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| Semester | fall semester 2019 |
| Course frequency | Once only |
| Lecturers | Mykhailo Minakov (mykhailo.minakov@unibas.ch, Assessor) |
| Content | What is it like to live in a new democracy, capitalist society, and national after 75 years of socialism? How do you build democratic state, nation, and market economy after the Soviet totalitarian experiment? Why do you make revolutions in a contemporary society and how they condition the country’s development? This course will help to find the answers to the questions above using Ukrainian experience. The course aims to understand development of Ukraine’s political system and its crises in 2004 and 2014. Through reading and class discussions, students will gain an understanding of the current political issues in Ukraine and Eastern Europe. This course will consist of 13 lessons, 6 lectures and 7 discussions. Lectures will provide students with the main theories and data on Ukraine’s recent history. Discussions will focus on one issue to be deeply discussed among the students. Students are expected to attend each discussion (two missed classes are allowed); peer discussion is one of the most efficient ways of learning and there is no way of substituting it. |
| Learning objectives | This course will consist of six lectures and six discussions. Each discussion will focus on one topic that was previously reviewed at the lectures. Students are required to read all materials before each discussion. The students can get 3 or 6 ECTS at this seminar. To earn 3 ECTS, a student should prepare and deliver one presentation, and attend at least 11 lessons out of 13. 6 ECTS is to be given for those students who’d make one presentation and one paper (up to 10 pages) on one of the topics of the course. This option should be approved by professor with a learning contract. |
| Bibliography | Aslund, Anders (2009) How Ukraine became a market economy and democracy, Washington, DC: Paterson Institute Press. Grilli di Cortona, P., B. Pisciotta (2015) The Ukrainian Political System from Independence to Democratic Involution, in: Brogi, G., M. Dyczok, O. Pachlovska, G. Siedina (eds.) (2015) Ukraine Twenty Years After Independence, Roma: Aracne, pp. 101-118. Guriev, S. (2016) Ukrainian Catastrophe: No Large Group of People Has Seen Its Income Grow Compared to 1989, in: VoxUkraine [https://voxukraine.org/2017/01/11/sergei- gurievs-speech-en/]. Hale H. E. 2(016) 25 Years After The USSR: What's Gone Wrong?, in: Journal of Democracy, 2016, Т. 27, №. 3, 24-35. Henry E. Hale (2005) Regime Cycles: Democracy, Autocracy, and Revolution in Post-Soviet Eurasia, in: World Politics, 58, pp 133-165 Kofman, M. et al. (2017) Lessons from Russia’s Operations in Crimea and Eastern Ukraine, Santa Monica: Rand Corporation. Kubicek, Paul (2009) Problems of post-post-communism: Ukraine after the Orange Revolution, Democratization, 16:2, pp. 323-343. Kuzio, Taras, Wilson, Andrew (2002) Ukraine: Perestroika to Independence, pp. 179 – 192. McFaul, M. (2007) Ukraine Imports Democracy: External Influences on the Orange Revolution, International Security, Vol. 32, No. 2, 45-83. Minakov, Mikhail (2016) A Decisive Turn? Risks for Ukrainian Democracy After the Euromaidan, in: Carnegie Regional Insight, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, February 3, 2016. Minakov, Mykhailo (2019; preprint) Republic of Clans: Evolution of Ukrainian political system, pp. 1-33. Mitchell, Lincoln A. (2012) The color revolutions, Philadelphia: Pennsylvania State University. Shveda, Y., Park, J. H. (2016) Ukraine's revolution of dignity: The dynamics of Euromaidan, in: Journal of Eurasian Studies, 7(1), pp. 85-91. Wolczuk, K. (2001). The Moulding of Ukraine: the constitutional politics of state formation, Budapest: CEU Press. Wolczuk, K., Wolczuk, R. (2015) ‘Soft is Beautiful…!’ Ukraine’s Approach to Regional Integration, in: G. Brogi, M. Dyczok, O. Pachlovska, G. Siedina (eds.), Ukraine Twenty Years After Independence, Roma: Aracne, 27-38. Wolczuk, K., Wolczuk, R. (2015) ‘Soft is Beautiful…!’ Ukraine’s Approach to Regional Integration, in: G. Brogi, M. Dyczok, O. Pachlovska, G. Siedina (eds.), Ukraine Twenty Years After Independence, Roma: Aracne, 27-38. Zon, Hans van (2000) The political economy of independent Ukraine, NY: St.Martin’s. |
| Admission requirements | Studierende der Geschichte aller Studienstufen sowie Studierende anderers Studienfächer, in deren Module die Übung verknüpft ist. Bei Überbelegung wird die Teilnehmerzahl beschränkt. In diesem Fall werden Studierende der Geschichte bevorzugt zugelassen. |
| Language of instruction | German |
| Use of digital media | No specific media used |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
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No dates available. Please contact the lecturer.
| Modules |
Electives Bachelor History: Recommendations (Bachelor's degree subject: History) Modul: Areas: Osteuropa (Master's degree program: European History in Global Perspective) Modul: Areas: Osteuropa (Master's degree program: European History (Start of studies before 01.08.2018)) Modul: Basis Geschichte: Ostmitteleuropa (Bachelor's degree program: Eastern European Studies) Modul: Basis Geschichte: Russland / Sowjetunion (Bachelor's degree program: Eastern European Studies) Modul: Europäisierung und Globalisierung (Master's Studies: European Global Studies) Modul: Geschichte Ostmitteleuropas (Master's degree subject: East European History) Modul: Geschichte Russlands und der Sowjetunion (Master's degree subject: East European History) Modul: Profil: Moderne (Master's degree program: European History (Start of studies before 01.08.2018)) Modul: Profil: Osteuropäische Geschichte (Master's degree program: European History (Start of studies before 01.08.2018)) Wahlbereich Master Geschichte: Empfehlungen (Master's degree subject: History) |
| Assessment format | continuous assessment |
| Assessment details | Aktive Teilnahme. |
| Assessment registration/deregistration | Reg.: course registration; dereg.: not required |
| Repeat examination | no repeat examination |
| Scale | Pass / Fail |
| Repeated registration | no repetition |
| Responsible faculty | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch |
| Offered by | Departement Geschichte |