POLI 212 Lecture Notes - Dissolution Of Czechoslovakia, Basic Norm, Hegemony
23 Nov 2012
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2 features leading up to discussion about collapse of soviet union: pattern of change: long periods of stasis, abrupt changes/ruptures (punctuated equilib, enduring imp of imperial structure. Eeur organised in imperial organisations up to end of wwi. Things change as consequence of imperial collapse esp ottoman/hapsburg lands. States in play 1945 in eeur = relatively new states, newly formed. Relatively short experiences of democ practice + instits. Tsarist empire, also think of soviet union, soviet bloc as imperial structure built around hegemonic core, built around russian core of ussr. Has consequences for sovereignty of states in soviet bloc. Subordinated to interest + imperatives of imperial core. Tsarist empire replaced by poli structure organised around party state. Imp ways in which party state itself is embedded in imperial poli structure. Still kind of core to ussr + ussr hegemon w/in e + central eur esp after ussr consolidates its hold over e in 1945.
