Russian politics
BT BW BB DT GA PA BC BP BDT BJ BY
Proposed to be offered next in 1996
Subject value of 1.0 (6 points) * 3 hours per week * First semester * Gippsland/Distance * Prerequisites: GSC1501 and GSC1502 or equivalents
A brief study of nineteenth century Russia; the impact of Marxism; the Bolshevik Revolution and the consolidation of Bolshevism; social and economic forces of change; the thoughts and personalities of Lenin, Stalin, and Stalin's critics. The post-Stalin era, and the structure and functioning of mature soviet society, institutions, politics and dissent. The Soviet Union as a `great power'. The Gorbachev era. The break up of the Soviet Union. Various approaches to the study of the Soviet Union and Russia. Russian economy, politics and society.
Assessment
Essay (2000 words): 40% * Seminar paper (1000 words): 20% * Examination (2 hours): 40%
Prescribed text
Sakwa R Soviet politics: An introduction Routledge, 1989