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Nov 22, 2024
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2019 - 2020 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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RES 295-01 - Special Topic: Defeat Evil With Good: Victory and Aftermath. Poland 1979 - 20194 credits (Spring)
This course will examine Poland’s transformations from 1979-2019, from the Solidarity movement and the great strike of 1980, the military coup of 1981 and the round-table compromise of 1989 that led to the fall of the Communist regime in Poland. It will then analyze the post-1989 transformations and Poland’s political evolution, the normalization of the ex-Communist party, the social impact of capitalism, and the role of the Church and the recent rise of populist authoritarianism.
Prerequisite: None.
Instructor: Staff
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