Dynamics of Yugoslav and Czechoslovak Societies 1948-1968: From Self Management to the Socialism wih a Human Face

Sylabus

1) Introduction. Czechoslovak and Yugoslav societies after the 2.

World War till 1968. 2) Yugoslav and Czechoslovak societies after Yugoslav split with the Cominform (1948). 3) Yugoslav and Czechoslovak societies after the Conference in Moscow (1956). 4) Yugoslav and Czechoslovak societies in the year 1968. 5) Practices of different social groups in Socialist societies of early socialism. 6) Conclusion.

Anotace

The aim of the course is to analyze the mechanisms of establishment, consolidation, and signs of erosion of communist regimes between 1948-1968 in Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia. Using a comparative approach, the course combines the perspectives of social and cultural history in order to explain patterns of stabilization and origins of change in the Eastern

Bloc. Furthermore, the course will also explore the inner dynamics of both societies: Czechoslovak development from

Stalinism to the democratisation in the 1960s; and, shifts in Yugoslav alternative to the Soviet model of socialism. The intention of the course is to link macro-context of the state socialism with the everyday life and experiences of different social groups. The course will combine presentations with seminar discussions on corresponding issues based on the readings.