Predominantly discuss Central and Eastern Europe (CEE)
Essays should predominantly discuss Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), defined for the purposes of the course as Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia and Romania. It is fine briefly to discuss other regions such as Western Europe or for the former Soviet Union for the purposes of contrast with CEE. However, you will lose marks if large sections of your essay do not discuss the region covered by the course. If in doubt, please ask teaching staff for advice.
Case studies : All essay questions expect you a relevant knowledge of and make specific reference to some specific countries or issues/policies. When writing your essay you should explain briefly why you have chosen the case study countries that you select; place them in the context in terms of the wider region; and/or explain why they are good or interesting test cases/examples for the wider issues. Indices such as Freedom House scores (see essay research resources link on Moodle) can be an effective way of taking an overview of different countries of region. When writing on case studies, you should be careful that you do not spend too much time and space simply ‘telling the story’ and relating events – referencing can be used to refer the reader to more detailed information when you do not have space to relate events in detail. If choosing countries as different case studies, you may want to compare them perhaps use some of the principles of the Comparative Method which you are covering in SEES2106 Comparative Political Analysis. If you do this, you should explain why comparing the cases makes sense but you do not need to do so at length or to refer explicitly to comparative methods.
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