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GOVT274

Russian Politics GOVT274 FA

Fall 96 Availability (Last Updated on Thu Apr 17 05:01:13 EDT 1997 )

Section  Limit  Enrollment  Available
  01       28      0         28

Next Offered in 9798 FA

After a brief review of the character of the Soviet political and economic system, the course moves on to analyze the reasons for the collapse of the USSR. In the second half we examine the politics and economics of the new states which have emerged in the former Soviet Union.

MAJOR READINGS

H. Isham (ed.) REMAKING RUSSIA
S. White (ed.) DEVELOPMENTS IN RUSSIAN AND POST SOVIET
POLITICS
K. Dawisha & B. Parrott (eds.) RUSSIA AND THE NEW STATES OF
EURASIA

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Midterm, final, term paper.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Discussion Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UG Credit: 1.00 Gen Ed Area & Dept: SBS GOVT

Prerequisites: None

Last Updated on MAR-10-1997

About the Photo:

Russian revolutionary and Marxist philosopher Leon Trotsky

Reference:

Nicholls, C.S., POWER: A POLITICAL HISTORY OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, New York: Oxford University Press, 1990.

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