B = 80-83 3.00 B- = 77-79 2.67 C+ = 74-76 2.33 C = 70-73 2.00 C- = 67-69 1.67 D+ = 64-66 1.33 D = 60-63 1.00 D- = 57-59 0.67 E = 56 or below 0.00 Course Outline (Subject to changes) Week 1 (Jan 7-11) – Communism in Theory and Practice Marx and Engels, The Communist Manifesto Available as a free e-book (in Kindle and other formats) from Project Gutenberg at McAuley, Introduction & Chapters 1-4 Week 2 (Jan 14-18) – The Soviet Collapse McAuley, Chapter 5-8 & Conclusion Cohen, Stephen F. 2004. “Was the Soviet System Reformable?” Slavic Review 63(3): Strunk and White. The Elements of Style. Friday, Discussion of Paper Assignment Week 3 (Jan 21-25) – Yeltsin’s Russia No on Monday (MLK, Jr. Holiday) Remington, Thomas F. 2000. “The Evolution of Executive-Legislative Relations in Russia since 1993.” Slavic Review 59(3): 499-520 Breslauer, George W. 1999. “Boris Yeltsin as Patriarch.” Post-Soviet Affairs 15(2): 186-200 Week 4 (Jan 28-Feb 1) – Parties and Elections in the 1990s Evans, Geoffrey and Stephen Whitefield. 1998. “The Evolution of Left and Right in Russia.” Europe-Asia Studies 50(6): 1023-43 Moser, Robert G. 1995. “The Impact of the Electoral System on Post-Communist Party Development: The Case of the 1993 Russian Parliamentary Elections.” Electoral Studies 14 (4): 377-98 Rose, Richard. 2000. “How Floating Parties Frustrate Democratic Accountability: A View of Russia’s Elections.” East European Constitutional Review 9: 53-9 Week 5 (Feb 4-8) – Societal Change and Continuity in the 1990s Hendley, Kathryn. 1999. “Rewriting the Rules of the Game in Russia: The Neglected Issue of the Demand for Law.” East European Constitutional Review 8(4): 89-95 Rose, Richard. 1999. “Living in an Antimodern Society.” East European Constitutional Review 8(1/2): 68-75
Russian Analytical Digest #108, “Duma Elections and Protest” [All] Russian Analytical Digest #118, “Russia’s Evolving Political System” [All] Week 13 (Apr 1-5) – Russia and the International Community Nygren, Bertil . 2008. “Putin's Use of Natural Gas to Reintegrate the CIS Region.” Problems of Post-Communism 55(4): 3-15 Allison, Roy. 2008. “Russia Resurgent? Moscow's Campaign to 'Coerce Georgia to Peace'.” International Affairs 84(6): 1145-71 Tumanov, Sergey, Alexander Gasparishvili, and Ekaterina Romanova. 2011. “Russia–EU Relations, or How the Russians Really View the EU.” East European Politics 27(1): 120-141 Week 14 (Apr 8-12) – Assessing Russia's Future Tsygankov, Andrei P. 2012. “Change and Continuity in Russia’s Foreign Policy.” Russian Analytical Digest 109: 9-11 Evseev, Viacheslav and Ross Wilson. 2012. “WTO Accession: Implications for Russia.” Russian Analytical Digest 119: 11-16 Gustafson, Thane. 2012. “Putin’s Petroleum Problem: How Oil Is Holding Russia Back—and How It Could Save It.” Foreign Affairs 91(6): 83-96 Sergei Gogin. 2012. “Homo Sovieticus: 20 Years After the End of the Soviet Union.” Russian Analytical Digest 109: 12-15 Week 15 (Apr 15-19) – Assessing Russia's Future Sakwa, Richard. 2012. “Modernisation, neo-modernisation, and comparative democratisation in Russia.” East European Politics 28(1): 43-57 Friday, April 19 – Exam 2 Week 16 (Apr 22-24) Instead of class this week, I will allow students to schedule a time on Monday or Tuesday to consult with me, individually, about their papers. Wednesday, April 24 – Final Papers are due by 5 pm at Turnitin.com Exam Period: Reserved for Makeup Exams as Necessary