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166-031 The Political Economy of Russia | |
Note | Formerly available as 166-236/336. Students who have completed 166-236/336 are not eligible to enrol in this subject. |
Credit Points | 12.5 |
HECS Band | 1 |
Coordinator | Vladimir Tikhomirov |
Prerequisites | Usually 25 points of first year politics. Students with only 12.5 points in politics may apply to the second/third year coordinator. |
Semester | 2 (view timetable) |
Contact | 30 contact hours per semester. Two 1-hour lectures per week for 10 weeks and a 1-hour tutorial per week for 10 weeks. The lecture and tutorial programs are staggered and cover the 12 weeks of semester |
Subject Description | The collapse of the Soviet system is the single most important political event since the end of the Second World War. This subject provides a background in Soviet political-economy as an approach to modernisation and the realisation of socialism, its attempts to reform itself, and its ultimate failure. Students will then discuss the political effects and processes of economic reforms in Russia since 1991. We will analyse the purposes Russian economic policy has claimed to serve, the political agents involved in policy production, and those aligned against them. The subject will also discuss the sociological effects of economic reform. On completion of the subject students should have critical perspectives on the prospects for the Russian political-economy, both in itself and as part of the world capitalist economy. |
Assessment | Two essays of 2000 words each. |
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