In September 2017, the first phase (or first year) of the project of the International Visegrad Fund was launched to implement the course «The Comparative Study of Democratization: Transition Politics in V4 countries and Ukraine» for students of the specialty «Political Science» of the Department of Political Science and National Security of the National University «Ostroh Academy». The first stage (or year) of the project will be from September 1, 2017 to June 30, 2018. Implementation of the learning process in discipline «The Comparative Study of Democratization: Transition Politics in V4 countries and Ukraine» for students of the Department of Political Science and National Security of the National University «Ostroh Academy» is carried out according to the curriculum of the specialty «Political Science» for the 2017-2018 academic year.
Schedule of the Course:
The Comparative Study of Democratization: Transition Politics in V4 countries and Ukraine
Academic year 2017-2018
|
Date |
Course Topics |
Lecturer/Teacher |
Lecture/Seminar |
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20.09.17 |
Socio-cultural aspects of transition in V4 countries |
Dmytro Shevchuk |
Lecture |
|
26.09.17 |
Political transition and the state of democracy in Ukraine: between hopes and disillusions
|
Dmytro Shevchuk |
Lecture |
|
27.09.17 |
Elections, the electoral process and participation in V4 countries and Ukraine
|
Vitalii Lebediuk |
Lecture |
|
03.10.17 |
Political transition and the state of democracy in Ukraine: between hopes and disillusions
|
Dmytro Shevchuk |
Seminar |
|
04.10.17 |
Passive and Active Leverages of EU: the cases of V4 countries
|
Vitalii Lebediuk |
Lecture |
|
10.10.17 |
Transition to democracy in Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic and its consequences
|
Vitalii Lebediuk |
Lecture |
|
11.10.17 |
Elections, the electoral process and participation in V4 countries and Ukraine
|
Vitalii Lebediuk |
Seminar |
|
24.10.17 |
The specific of transition in Hungary
|
Dmytro Shevchuk |
Lecture |
|
25.10.17 |
Current problems and challenges of the Czech political system
|
Vitalii Lebediuk |
Seminar |
|
01.11.17 |
Constitutional making in the Czech Republic and constitutional amendments
|
Petr Jüptner (Charles University) |
Lecture |
|
01.11.17 |
Patterns of partisan politics in the Czech Republic – traditional parties versus new partisan challenges
|
Petr Jüptner (Charles University) |
Lecture |
|
02.11.17 |
Current problems and challenges of the Czech political system
|
Petr Jüptner Charles University) |
Lecture |
|
08.11.17 |
The specific of transition in Hungary
|
Dmytro Shevchuk |
Seminar |
|
09.11.17 |
Slovakia as a New Country in Central Europe
|
Vitalii Lebediuk |
Seminar |
|
16.11.17 |
Slovakia as a New Country in Central Europe
|
Peter Terem (Matej Bel University) |
Lecture |
|
16.11.17 |
The Transformation Processes in Central Europe – Slovakia
|
Peter Terem (Matej Bel University) |
Lecture |
|
17.11.17 |
The State Idea and Foreign Policy of the Slovak Republic
|
Peter Terem (Matej Bel University) |
Lecture |
|
22.11.17 |
V4 countries’ security issues and Ukrainian-Russian Crisis
|
Vitalii Lebediuk |
Lecture |
|
23.11.17 |
Civic education and promoting the democratic values in V4 countries: lessons for Ukraine
|
Dmytro Shevchuk |
Lecture |
|
28.11.17 |
V4 countries’ security issues and Ukrainian-Russian Crisis
|
Vitalii Lebediuk |
Seminar |
|
29.11.17 |
Civic education and promoting the democratic values in V4 countries: lessons for Ukraine
|
Dmytro Shevchuk |
Seminar |
|
04.12.17 |
Process of institution building in Poland
|
Tomasz Stępniewski (The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin) |
Lecture |
|
04.12.17 |
“Shock” and “Therapy” as parts of transformation in Poland
|
Tomasz Stępniewski (The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin) |
Lecture |
|
05.12.17 |
The Polish Eastern policy: conditions - concepts - realization
|
Tomasz Stępniewski (The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin) |
Lecture |
|
11.12.17 |
“Shock” and “Therapy” as parts of transformation in Poland
|
Dmytro Shevchuk |
Seminar |
|
12.12.17 |
Ukrainian Euromaidan: receptions in V4 countries
|
Dmytro Shevchuk |
Lecture |
|
13.12.17 |
Consultations before final Assesment
|
Dmytro Shevchuk Vitalii Lebediuk |
|
|
14.12.17 |
Exam |
Dmytro Shevchuk Vitalii Lebediuk |
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In the course «The Comparative Study of Democratization: Transition Politics in V4 countries and Ukraine» for students of the specialty «Political Science» of the Department of Political Science and National Security of the National University «Ostroh Academy» in 2017-2018, 22 students take part. Along with this, the course was enrolled by students of the specialty «Cultural Studies», listening to this course as selective. List of enrolled students in the course can be downloaded here.
The brochure about the project within the framework of the Visegrad Grant for University Study and the Eastern Partnership Program of the International Visegrad Fund aimed at implementing the course «The Comparative Study of Democratization: Transition Politics in V4 countries and Ukraine» for students of the specialty «Political Science» of the Department of Political Science and National Security of the National University «Ostroh Academy» in 2017-2018 can be downloaded here.
