In-depth survey of twentieth century European politics and historical analysis of ideologies and important social movements which have had a profound impact on Europe. Examination of the ideological and political processes underlying the creation of the European Union and their impact on Spain.
Prerequisites:
None
Method of presentation:
Lecture and discussion
Required work and form of assessment:
Regular attendance and active class participation (15%); research paper of 10-15 pages (25%); mid-term (30%); final exam (30%).
content:
INTRODUCTION
I. Origins of major political ideologies in twentieth century Europe: Part 1
Liberalism / Conservatism / Nationalism / Liberal states
II. Twentieth century political ideologies: Part 2
Types of socialism / Anarchism / The worker’s movement and socialist Internationals
EUROPE DURING THE TWO WORLD WARS: DEMOCRACY, AUTHORITARIANISM AND TOTALITARIANISM (1900-1945)
III. The golden age of liberal democracy (1900-1914)
Liberalism and democracy: Ambiguous relationship / The birth of liberal democracy and conditions for its emergence
IV. The crisis of liberal democracy (1914-1939)
The impact of WWI on ideologies and mindsets / Increased interest in the “masses” during the war / The failure of liberal democracy
V. Authoritarian and totalitarian states: Part 1
Soviet Communism / Lenin’s response to the problems of the masses / Socialism in the Soviet Union and Stalinism
VI. Authoritarian and totalitarian states: Part 2
Types of fascism / Italian fascism / German Nazism / Other fascist states / Germany and Italy
VII The Second World War : Fascism versus democracy (1939-1945)
The fascist plan for world domination / A war about democratic principles
A DIVIDED EUROPE: COMMUNISM VERSUS DEMOCRACY (1945-1989)
VIII. A politically and ideologically divided Europe: Two opposing paradigms
The postwar situation / Totalitarianism in Eastern Europe versus democracy in Western Europe / The division of Europe and the Cold War / The superpowers
IX. Stalinism and communism
The triumph of Stalinism in the USSR / The creation of “people’s democracies” / The Stalinist model and diversification of the communist model
X. Liberal democracy in Western Europe : Part 1
Democracy renewed / Rightist social democratic states / other movements: democratic communism, conservatism, etc. / Social movements and opposing systems: the new left
XI. Liberal democracy in Western Europe: Part 2
Toward a unified Europe: Nationalism and beyond national boundaries / Constructing Europe / Europeanist ideology: Functionalism and federalism
EUROPE AT A CROSSROADS: THE DECLINE OF COMMUNISM, ONGOING CHALLENGES AND FUTURE ISSUES
XII. Communism in crisis
Political and ideological crisis: the failure of “real socialism” / Perestroika and communism’s self-critique / Social movements in Eastern Europe and the fall of communism
XIII. New social movements and political ideologies in Western Europe
Bureaucratic societies in Europe and changing values / Crisis in welfare states / Old and new responses: feminism, pacifism, environmentalism, integration, etc. / Traditional ideologies: fragmentation of the left, economic neo-liberalism, rising nationalism , the resurgence of fascism.
Required readings:
Artola, M. y Pérez Ledesma, M. Contemporánea. La Historia desde 1776. Alianza, Madrid, 2005.
Hobsbawn, E. Historia del siglo XX. Crítica, Barcelona, 1998.
Mellón, J. A. (ed.). Ideologías y movimientos políticos contemporáneos. Tecnos, Madrid, 1998.
Tortella, G. La revolución del siglo XX. Capitalismo, comunismo y democracia. Taurus, Mardid, 2000.
Tortella, G. Los orígenes del siglo XXI. Un ensayo de Historia social y económica contemporánea. Gadir, Madrid, 2005 (edición revisada del título anterior).
Villares, R. y Bahamonde, J. El mundo contemporáneo, siglos XIX y XX. Taurus, Madrid, 2006 (última edición).
Recommended readings:
Arteta, A., García Guitián, E. y Máiz, R. (eds.). Teoría Política. Poder, moral y democracia, Alianza, Madrid, 2003.
Bobbio, N. Derecha e izquierda. Taurus, Madrid, 2000.
Fusi, J. P. La patria lejana: el nacionalismo en el siglo XX. Taurus, Madrid, 2003.
Giddens, A. La Tercera Vía y La Tercera Vía y sus críticos. Taurus, Madrid, 1999 y 2001.
Held, D. Un Pacto global. Taurus, Madrid, 2005.
Hobsbawm, E. La era de la revolución, 1789-1848. Crítica, Barcelona, 1997.
Hobsbawm, E. La era del capital, 1848-1875. Crítica, Barcelona, 1998.
Hobsbawm, E. La era del imperio, 1875-1914. Crítica, Barcelona, 1998.
Johnson, P. Tiempos modernos. Javier Vergara, Barcelona, 2000.
Judt, T. Postguerra. Una historia de Europa desde 1945. Taurus, Madrid, 2006.
Todd, A. Las Revoluciones. 1789-1917. Alianza, Madrid, 2000.
Touraine, A. Un nuevo paradigma. Para comprender el mundo de hoy. Paidós, Barcelona, 2005.
Other Resources:
Dossieres La Vanguardia. “Qué quiere ser Europa” (junio, 2003) “Rusia, democracia y autocracia” (marzo, 2004); “La otra Europa” (junio, 2004).
European Political Movements And Ideologies
In-depth survey of twentieth century European politics and historical analysis of ideologies and important social movements which have had a profound impact on Europe. Examination of the ideological and political processes underlying the creation of the European Union and their impact on Spain.
None
Lecture and discussion
Regular attendance and active class participation (15%); research paper of 10-15 pages (25%); mid-term (30%); final exam (30%).
INTRODUCTION
I. Origins of major political ideologies in twentieth century Europe: Part 1
Liberalism / Conservatism / Nationalism / Liberal states
II. Twentieth century political ideologies: Part 2
Types of socialism / Anarchism / The worker’s movement and socialist Internationals
EUROPE DURING THE TWO WORLD WARS: DEMOCRACY, AUTHORITARIANISM AND TOTALITARIANISM (1900-1945)
III. The golden age of liberal democracy (1900-1914)
Liberalism and democracy: Ambiguous relationship / The birth of liberal democracy and conditions for its emergence
IV. The crisis of liberal democracy (1914-1939)
The impact of WWI on ideologies and mindsets / Increased interest in the “masses” during the war / The failure of liberal democracy
V. Authoritarian and totalitarian states: Part 1
Soviet Communism / Lenin’s response to the problems of the masses / Socialism in the Soviet Union and Stalinism
VI. Authoritarian and totalitarian states: Part 2
Types of fascism / Italian fascism / German Nazism / Other fascist states / Germany and Italy
VII The Second World War : Fascism versus democracy (1939-1945)
The fascist plan for world domination / A war about democratic principles
A DIVIDED EUROPE: COMMUNISM VERSUS DEMOCRACY (1945-1989)
VIII. A politically and ideologically divided Europe: Two opposing paradigms
The postwar situation / Totalitarianism in Eastern Europe versus democracy in Western Europe / The division of Europe and the Cold War / The superpowers
IX. Stalinism and communism
The triumph of Stalinism in the USSR / The creation of “people’s democracies” / The Stalinist model and diversification of the communist model
X. Liberal democracy in Western Europe : Part 1
Democracy renewed / Rightist social democratic states / other movements: democratic communism, conservatism, etc. / Social movements and opposing systems: the new left
XI. Liberal democracy in Western Europe: Part 2
Toward a unified Europe: Nationalism and beyond national boundaries / Constructing Europe / Europeanist ideology: Functionalism and federalism
EUROPE AT A CROSSROADS: THE DECLINE OF COMMUNISM, ONGOING CHALLENGES AND FUTURE ISSUES
XII. Communism in crisis
Political and ideological crisis: the failure of “real socialism” / Perestroika and communism’s self-critique / Social movements in Eastern Europe and the fall of communism
XIII. New social movements and political ideologies in Western Europe
Bureaucratic societies in Europe and changing values / Crisis in welfare states / Old and new responses: feminism, pacifism, environmentalism, integration, etc. / Traditional ideologies: fragmentation of the left, economic neo-liberalism, rising nationalism , the resurgence of fascism.
Dossieres La Vanguardia. “Qué quiere ser Europa” (junio, 2003) “Rusia, democracia y autocracia” (marzo, 2004); “La otra Europa” (junio, 2004).
La Aventura de la Historia.