Department - Author 1
Social Sciences Department
Degree Name - Author 1
BS in Anthropology and Geography
Date
6-2014
Primary Advisor
Benjamin Funston-Timms
Abstract/Summary
The aim of this senior project is to evaluate the long-standing effects the geography of development has had on Eastern Europe since the 1900s onward. The analysis concentrates on Poland, Croatia, and Ukraine thoroughly examining the political, cultural, and geographic nature that has affected the history and development of these countries. The author outlines theories of development and how they are applicable to Eastern Europe’s continuing development. The focus of this paper is on the influence of socialism and communism, as well as the affect the European Union has had, and continues to have on Eastern Europe as a whole. The transition into democracy and capitalism will also be addressed within each case study in reference to both concepts’ affect on development and civil society. While political history is referenced from the early 1900s, a large majority of the research will be based upon findings and events that have transpired in the past twenty years.
URL: https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/socssp/145
Included in
Comparative Politics Commons, Eastern European Studies Commons, Human Geography Commons, Politics and Social Change Commons, Social and Cultural Anthropology Commons, Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies Commons