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 166-063 Aspects of Post-Communism

Note

Formerly available as 166-449. Students who have completed 166-449 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.

Availability

4th year

Credit Points

12.5

Coordinator

Leslie Holmes

Prerequisites

Admission to fourth year Honours in Political Science.

Semester

Not Offered (view timetable)

Contact

A 2-hour seminar per week

Subject Description

Addresses many theoretical issues raised by the collapse of communism and the emergence of post-communism. The arguments of those who claim that the experiment with modernity has been shown by the anti-communist revolutions to have finally failed, will be critically assessed. More practical problems of creating a post-communist political, economic, social and ideological system will also be considered. The subject will also highlight some of the real achievements of post-communism. On completion of this subject students will be able to: analyse from a theoretical perspective the anti-communist revolutions of 1989-91 and the early stages of post-communism; locate these theoretical analyses within broader political and social theorising; highlight and discuss practical problems of implementing political, economic, social and ideological revolutions simultaneously.

Assessment

Written work totalling 5000 words.



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