INDG 401 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Europe Central, Berlin Wall, Planned Economy
9 Jun 2018
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LECTURE 20 POST COMMUNIST MEMORY
I. POST COMMUNISM
A. LOCATING POST COMMUNISM
B. DEFINING POST COMMUNISM
C. CRITICAL JUNCTURES
II. POST COMMUNIST MEMORY REGIMES
III. REGIME TYPE AND PUBLIC MEMORY
tomorrow’s lecture will be a discussion on essay #1, they will be returned shortly
re weighting of essays
essay 1 is 10% and essay 2 is 30% unless we get better grade on essay 1
post communism: states identifies in map on slides
there are important post-communist regions
east Europe
central Europe
the Balkans
the Caucasus
post communism: begins with collapse of the berlin wall
COLD WAR REMNANTS
landscape in east Germany w signs of the Cold War era
end of 1989: end of commons regimes in many parts of east central Europe and fall of
communist regime in other non-Soviet areas
THE USSR BREAKS UP 1991
Soviet Union was a federation composed of several states
1991: Soviet communist hardline attempt a coup
they kidnap Gorbachev and announced they were now in charge of the Soviet Union
coup failed after 3 days
WHAT IS POST COMMUNISM
describes the absence of something rather than presence of something
means something that happens after communism
“post communism is better understood as the rejection of the communist system rather than as
a clear-cut adoption of an alternative system” Leslie Holmes
the “double rejective revolutions” of 1989 and 1991
1) rejection of external domination (by USSR, Serbia)
2) rejection of communism as a system of power
- one party rule and a command economy
all post-communist states had t deal with 3 stages of transition
THE TRIPLE TRANSITION
- political transition: from communist-party rule
- economic transition: from command economy to something else
- national: from “communist bloc” to something else, ideally an independent state, free
from domination of Soviet Union
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Document Summary
Lecture 20 post communist memory: post communism, locating post communism, defining post communism, critical junctures. Cold war remnants landscape in east germany w signs of the cold war era end of 1989: end of commons regimes in many parts of east central europe and fall of communist regime in other non-soviet areas. Soviet union was a federation composed of several states. 1991: soviet communist hardline attempt a coup they kidnap gorbachev and announced they were now in charge of the soviet union coup failed after 3 days. What is post communism describes the absence of something rather than presence of something means something that happens after communism. One party rule and a command economy all post-communist states had t deal with 3 stages of transition. Economic transition: from command economy to something else. National: from communist bloc to something else, ideally an independent state, free from domination of soviet union transition often involved new borders.
