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Democracy and Democratization in Eastern Europe (Seminar)

Dozent/in: Sarah Engler

Termin:
wöchentlich | Donnerstag | 12:15 - 13:45 | 14.10.2024 - 31.01.2025 | C 12.105 Seminarraum

Inhalt: We take a look at the current state of democracy in post-communist Europe and the path that led to it. We learn which factors helped or hindered democratic progress and how these factors relate to theories of democratization in other regions. What role did external actors, such as the EU, have in democratic consolidation? How can we explain the large differences between the quality of democracy in Bulgaria and the Czech Republic? In the second part, we discuss existing concepts of democracy such as Dahl's polyarchy or liberal democracy, and engage with different approaches of measuring democracy. Finally, we look at how populism and political distrust paved the way for democratic backsliding in countries like Poland or Hungary, discuss whether Orbán's 'illiberal democracy' can be democratic at all, and explore possible scenarios for the future of democracy in Europe. The class is structured in three thematic parts: (I) Theories of democratization (II) Democratic consolidation in Central and Eastern Europe (III) Democratic backsliding. We critically engage with the literature, discuss the theoretical and empirical approaches in detail and look at contemporary events and phenomena that are related to the research questions of the readings.