In September 2018 launched the second stage (or second 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 second stage (or year) of the project will be from September 1, 2018 to June 30, 2019. 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 2018-2019 academic year.
Schedule of the Course:
The Comparative Study of Democratization: Transition Politics in V4 countries and Ukraine
Academic year 2018-2019
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Date |
Course Topics |
Lecturer/Teacher |
Lecture/Seminar |
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13.09.18 |
Visegrad Four: From Idea to Successful Project
|
Vitalii Lebediuk
|
Lecture |
|
18.09.18 |
Theories of Modernization and Democratic Transit
|
Dmytro Shevchuk |
Lecture |
|
26.09.18 |
Elections, the electoral process and participation in V4 countries and Ukraine
|
Vitalii Lebediuk |
Lecture |
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02.10.18 |
How Do We Study Political Changes V4 countries and Ukraine?
|
Dmytro Shevchuk |
Seminar |
|
04.10.18 |
Passive and Active Leverages of EU: the cases of V4 countries
|
Vitalii Lebediuk |
Lecture |
|
09.10.18 |
Political transition and the state of democracy in Ukraine: between hopes and disillusions
|
Dmytro Shevchuk |
Lecture |
|
11.10.18 |
Elections, the electoral process and participation in V4 countries and Ukraine
|
Vitalii Lebediuk |
Seminar |
|
16.10.18 |
The specific of transition in Hungary
|
Dmytro Shevchuk |
Lecture |
|
18.10.18 |
Socio-cultural aspects of transition in V4 countries |
Vitalii Lebediuk |
Seminar |
|
25.10.18 |
The Czech Parliamentary Regime After 1989: Origins, Developments and Challenges
|
Jan Charvát (Charles University) |
Lecture |
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25.10.18 |
Constitutional making in the Czech Republic and constitutional amendments
|
Jan Charvát (Charles University) |
Lecture |
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26.10.18 |
Current problems and challenges of the Czech political system
|
Jan Charvát (Charles University) |
Lecture |
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30.10.18 |
V4 countries’ security issues and Ukrainian-Russian Crisis
|
Vitalii Lebediuk |
Lecture |
|
06.11.18 |
Civic education and promoting the democratic values in V4 countries: lessons for Ukraine
|
Dmytro Shevchuk |
Lecture |
|
13.11.18 |
V4 countries’ security issues and Ukrainian-Russian Crisis
|
Vitalii Lebediuk |
Seminar |
|
20.11.18 |
Civic education and promoting the democratic values in V4 countries: lessons for Ukraine
|
Dmytro Shevchuk |
Seminar |
|
27.11.18 |
Process of institution building in Poland
|
Tomasz Stępniewski (The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin) |
Lecture |
|
27.11.18 |
“Shock” and “Therapy” as parts of transformation in Poland
|
Tomasz Stępniewski (The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin) |
Lecture |
|
28.11.18 |
Ukrainian Crisis in the Conditions of Transformation of Central and Eastern European Countries |
Tomasz Stępniewski (The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin) |
Lecture |
|
04.12.18 |
The specific of transition in Hungary
|
Dmytro Shevchuk |
Seminar |
|
05.12.18 |
Slovakia as a New Country in Central Europe
|
Peter Terem (Matej Bel University) |
Lecture |
|
05.12.18 |
The Transformation Processes in Central Europe – Slovakia
|
Peter Terem (Matej Bel University) |
Lecture |
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06.12.18 |
Struggle for Democracy, Economic Prosperity and Emancipation in International Relations – Slovakia |
Peter Terem (Matej Bel University) |
Lecture |
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11.12.18 |
Passive and Active Leverages of EU: the cases of V4 countries |
Vitalii Lebediuk |
Seminar |
|
12.12.18 |
“Shock” and “Therapy” as parts of transformation in Poland
|
Dmytro Shevchuk |
Seminar |
|
13.12.18 |
Ukrainian Euromaidan: receptions in V4 countries
|
Dmytro Shevchuk |
Lecture |
|
17.12.18 |
Consultations before final Assesment
|
Dmytro Shevchuk Vitalii Lebediuk |
|
|
20.12.18 |
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 2018-2019, 30 students take part. 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 2018-2019 can be downloaded here.
