Crises and Reforming of State Socialism in East-Central Europe

Sylabus

1. Introduction

2. Stalin's Death and the "New Course" in Eastern Germany

3. The Uprising of the 17th of June 1953 in the GDR

4. 1956 -Destalinization and Unrest in Central Europe

5. The Hungarian Revolution of 1956

6. Mass Escape and Consolidation in Hungary

7. The "Prague Spring"- Prelude and First Stage

8. The "Prague Spring" 1968 - Reforms and the Warsaw Treaty

9. Aftermath of the Czechoslovak Reform Experiment

10. Solidarność - Independent Labour Union and Social Movement in Poland

11. Solidarność in the Long Run - From Resistance to Transformation

12. Summary - Similarities, Differences and Influences Between the Crises