- Exhaustive knowledge of the general lines of modern European history.
- General knowledge of the main institutional models.

- Understanding the peculiarities of the State building process in Central and eastern Europe.
- Examination of interactions between the ideological, economic and institutional sphere, considering the constitutional changes occured during the XXth century.
- Reflections regarding different models of "modernity" and "transition process".

- Historical development of the Central and Eastern European States and Societies since the end of XIXth Century untill today.
- Development of the major political ideologies (Nationalism, Communism) in the area and their impact on the institutional structure.
- The process of "modernization": industrial Revolution and urbanization, and its effects on political culture.
- The process of EU enlargment.

Course book required reading for attending students (8 cfu):
- Stephen White, Judy Batt, Paul G. Lewis (eds), "Developments in Central and East European Politics 4", Duke University Press, Durham, 2007,
- Lesson notes.

Course book required reading for non attending students (8 cfu):
- Stephen White, Judy Batt, Paul G. Lewis (eds), "Developments in Central and East European Politics 4", Duke University Press, Durham, 2007,
- Michael Geyer, Sheila Fitzpatrick (eds), "Beyond Totalitarianism. Stalinism and Nazism Compared", Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2009, limited to chapters: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7 (pp. 1-86 and 133-301).

• 1.  (A) Stephen White, Judy Batt, Paul G. Lewis (eds) Developments in Central and East European Politics 4 Duke University Press, Durham, 2007
• 2.  (A) Michael Geyer, Sheila Fitzpatrick (eds) Beyond Totalitarianism. Stalinism and Nazism compared Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2009 » Pagine/Capitoli: chapters 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7

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