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Credit points: 16.7 2nd and 3rd years
Coordinator: Peter Shearman.
Prerequisite: Normally 25 points of first-year Politics; students with only 12.5 points in Politics may apply to the 2nd/3rd-year coordinator.
Contact: Two 1-hour lectures and a tutorial a week.
Timetable: Second semester
Objectives:
On completion of this subject the student will have:
- a comprehensive understanding of the main dynamics and issues in contemporary Russian politics;
- an appreciation of the historical origins of contemporary problems in Russian politics and society;
- a basic familiarity with the main Russian political parties and their policies and programs;
- an understanding of the origins and current manifestations of Russian nationalism;
- the ability to assess and critically analyse problems in developing a new political system in the Russian Federation.
Content:
Historical background to the rise and demise of communist power in Soviet Russia. An assessment of the collapse of the Soviet/Russian empire in Eastern Europe. An assessment of the collapse of the Soviet/Russian internal empire. The problems of transition from the command to a market economy. Yeltsin and the struggle for political power in Russia. Political democratisation in Russia. The emergence of multipartyism. Political culture, ideology, nationalism. The role of the military and interest groups.
Assessment:
Essay work or equivalent totalling 5,000 words.
Prescribed texts:
1. Politics, Faculty of Arts (v3, p151) : Next:166-217 | Prev:166-215
2. Politics, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p162) : Next:166-217 | Prev:166-215
Credit points: 16.7
Coordinator: Peter Shearman.
Contact: Two 1-hour lectures and a tutorial each week.
Timetable: Second semester.
Objectives:
On completion of this subject the student will have:
- a comprehensive understanding of the main dynamics and issues in contemporary Russian politics;
- an appreciation of the historical origins of contemporary problems in Russian politics and society;
- a basic familiarity with the main Russian political parties and their policies and programs;
- an understanding of the origins and current manifestations of Russian nationalism;
- the ability to assess and critically analyse problems in developing a new political system in the Russian Federation.
Content:
Historical background to the rise and demise of communist power in Soviet Russia. An assessment of the collapse of the Soviet/Russian empire in Eastern Europe. An assessment of the collapse of the Soviet/Russian internal empire. The problems of transition from the command to a market economy. Yeltsin and the struggle for political power in Russia. Political democratisation in Russia. The emergence of multipartyism. Political culture, ideology, nationalism. The role of the military and interest groups.
Assessment:
Essay work or equivalent totalling 5,000 words.
Prescribed texts:
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2. Politics, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p162) : Next:166-217 | Prev:166-215
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