- Docente: Carolyn Ann Kadas
- Credits: 8
- SSD: SECS-P/02
- Language: English
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Forli
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Corso:
Second cycle degree programme (LM) in
East European and Eurasian Studies (cod. 5911)
Also valid for Second cycle degree programme (LM) in International Politics and Economics (cod. 5702)
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from Sep 19, 2022 to Dec 07, 2022
Learning outcomes
Student is expected to have an in-depth knowledge of Central European economies either in regional terms or looking at individual countries' economic strategies and policy choices particularly in market economies macroeconomic stabilization, microeconomic adjustment, privatization, and price, trade and financial liberalization.
Course contents
Module 1: East/Central Europe
Lesson 1: Course introduction, defining macro-economic terms,
Lesson 2: Origins of economic decline in Eastern Europe; features of Stalinist systems, 1950s
Lesson 3: Pre-1990 attempts at economic reform and economic collapse.
Lesson 4: Beginning of transition from command to market economy; Washington consensus, shock-therapy vs. gradualism
Lesson 5: Privatization
Lesson 6: State-building and social effects of transition – the Baltics
Lesson 7: State-building and social effects of transition – the Visegrad countries
Lesson 8: Enterprise Development and Foreign Direct Investment; different business environments: Russia vs. Central Europe
Lesson 9: EU accession and Euro zone entry; Maastricht criteria and new member states
Lesson 10: Impact of global economic crisis on CEE; lessons learned
Mid-term exam: 2-hour written essay exam on topics previously covered
Module 2: Southeast Europe
Lesson 12: Yugoslav economy prior to 1990s
Lesson 13: Economic systems of Romania, Bulgaria and Albania prior to the transition
Lesson 14: The 1990s in ex-Yugoslavia, Romania, Bulgaria and Albania
Lesson 15: Privatization and FDI in the Balkans
Lesson 16: Social effects of transition – migration, remittances, unemployment, labor market dynamics, healthcare, education.
Lesson 17: EU integration and regional economic integration, Chinese, Russian investment in Southeast Europe
Lesson 18: Ukraine conflict and its effects in Central and Southeast Europe
Lessons 19 and 20: Student presentations, review
Readings/Bibliography
- Myant, Martin and Jan Drahokoupil, Transition Economies: Political Economy in Russia, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia,(2010) Wiley-Blackwell
- Aslund, Anders, How Capitalism was Built: The Transformation of Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia (2007) Cambridge University Press
- Bohle, Dorothee and Bela Greskovits, Capitalist Diversity on Europe’s Periphery. Cornell University Press, 2012
- Galgoczi Bela and Jan Drahokoupil, Condemned to be left behind? Can Central and Eastern Europe emerge from its low-wage model? ETUI, 2017
- R.J. Crampton. The Balkans Since the Second World War (Pearson, 2002)
- Will Bartlett. Europe's Troubled Region: Economic Development, Institutional Reform and Social Welfare in the Western Balkans (Routledge, 2008).
- Milica Uvalic. Serbia’s Transition: Towards a Better Future (Palgrave, 2010)
- Sabrina P. Ramet. Balkan Babel, 4th edition. (Westview Press, 2002)
Teaching methods
Traditional lecture format with abundant class participation.
Assessment methods
Midterm written essay exam, 2 hours, in presence.
Research paper of 3,000 words on topics covered in course, with in-person oral presentation with powerpoint presentation of research results at end of course.
Final oral exam on entire course contents.
Teaching tools
Power point, on-line research of scholarly works
Office hours
See the website of Carolyn Ann Kadas