- 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 West and East Europe.
- Examining the interactions between the political, economical and institutional sphere related to social changes of the last 3 Centuries, specifically the industrial and urban revolution.
- Reflecting on different models of "modernity" and "transition processes": "modernization" as an epoch of crisis.

Diachronic comparison of social and political developments and their influence on political institutions in England (18 - 19 th Century), Germany (19 - 20 th Century) and in Central and Eastern Europe (World War II - today).
- Development of the major political ideologies (Liberalism, Nationalism, Communism) in the area and their impact on the institutional structure.
- The process of "modernization": industrial Revolution and urbanization, and their effects on political culture.
- The effects of EU enlargement and global capitalism on the transition countries.

• 1.  (A) Stephen White, Judy Batt, Paul G. Lewis (eds) Developments in Central and East European Politics 5 Duke University Press, Durham, 2013
• 2.  (A) Ivan T. Berend Central and Eastern Europe, 1944-1993. Detour from the Periphery to the Periphery Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1999

Course book required reading for attending students (8 cfu):
- Stephen White, Judy Batt, Paul G. Lewis (eds), "Developments in Central and East European Politics 5", Duke University Press, Durham, 2013,
- 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 5", Duke University Press, Durham, 2013,
- Ivan Berend, "Central and Eastern Europe, 1944-1993. Detour from the Periphery to the Periphery", Cambridge university press, 1999.

• Frontal lessons, workshops with public presentations
  

• 1.Written partial exam showing students ability to compose two short essays concerning the key arguments of the course.
  2. Oral final exam showing the overall learning based on: frontal lessons, workshops and course books.
  

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