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Cyprus International University
TR

POLITICS IN BALKANS

Course
INRE440 - POLITICS IN BALKANS
Department
International Relations - English - Undergraduate
Course Type
Course
Status
Required
Language
English
Credit
3
ECTS
6
T+P+L
0 + 0 + 0
Course Coordinator(s)
-
Prerequisite
-
Keywords

Course Description

This course is organized to introduce the student with a thorough understanding of Balkan politics. The topics in this course are history of the Balkans, territorial settlement of 1919-1923, revisionism in the Balkans, characteristic features of the regimes during the period between the two World Wars, the establishment of communist regimes in the 1940s and their collapses in 1989-1990. International and domestic problems faced by the Balkan states during the transitional period will also be examined, with particular emphasis on issues in the Balkans such as Bosnia, Kosovo and Macedonia issues. The European Union perspective of the Balkan states and Turkey’s foreign policy towards the region are also of special interest for this course.

POLITICS IN BALKANS

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Course outcomes

  1. 01 1) brings together history, geography and politics
  2. 02 2) evaluate and analyze the problems of the region and its countries (SOLO 5+4 points)
  3. 03 3) compare them, (SOLO 4 points)
  4. 04 4) synthesize of different IR courses and problems (SOLO 5 points)

Course Syllabus

Week Topic
Week 1 introduction to the course and subject
Week 2 Ethnic, Religious and Cultural Diversity on the Balkans – History, Traditions and Modern Dimensions.
Week 3 Continues from 2nd week
Week 4 Yugoslavia
Week 5 Serbia
Week 6 Croatia
Week 7 Bulgaria
Week 8 Turkey
Week 9 Greece
Week 10 Slovenia
Week 11 Bosnia-Herzegovina
Week 12 Albania
Week 13 Political Trends & Dynamics in Southeast Europe NATO in Southeast Europe
Week 14 The Crisis of Democracy in the Western Balkans. Authoritarianism and EU Stabilitocracy
Week 15 The Balkans between War and Peace

Reference Books & Course Materials

  1. 01 Ramet, Sabrina P., and Christine M. Hassenstab, eds. Central and Southeast European politics since 1989. Cambridge University Press, 2019.
  2. 02 Duro, J & Z. Egeresi, eds. Political History of the Balkans, 2018, Dialog Campus.

Learning Outcomes

  1. L01 The student will explain and list the different socio-cultural, economic and political problems shaping the dynamics of Balkans. SOLO 3
  2. L02 The students will evaluate multiple intra-Europe and intra-Balkans processes. SOLO 5
  3. L03 The students will distinguish between different structures and actors shaping Balkan politics SOLO 4
  4. L04 The student will relate various concepts or actors to processes. SOLO 4
  5. L05 The student will derive ideas from various processes in Balkans. SOLO 4

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