GOVT274

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GOVT274

Russian Politics GOVT274 FA

Section	Class Size	*Available	Times
1	35	0	Times: .T.T... 10:00AM-11:20AM;

*The number of spaces listed as available is based on class seats open for the current phase of registration. Some seats may be taken in previous phases while others may be held out for subsequent phases of registration. (Last Updated on Wed Mar 4 05:01:03 EST 1998 )

Photo Caption and Credits

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

Section 01: Rutland, P; Times: .T.T... 10:00AM-11:20AM;; Grading Mode: A/F; Registration Preference (1 high to 6 low, 0=Excluded) Sr: 2, Jr: 1, So: 3, Fr: 4; No Major Preference Given

Last Updated on MAR-03-1998

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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