Fall/Winter Timetable
POL422Y1Y L0101
Graduate Course Code: POL2304Y1Y L0101
Topics in Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics
Themes
In the first term, the seminar will address government, law and politics in post-Soviet Russia, including constitutional development, courts, business disputes, crime, and corruption. In the second term, we will explore nationalities issues: interpretations of nationalities policies in the Soviet Union; role of ethnonationalism in disintegration of the Soviet state; role of ethnonationalism in state building and interstate relations in the successor states.
Format and Requirements
Students will be expected to complete a major paper. Each student will also be responsible for oral presentations to the seminar.
Prerequisites
POL354 OR
POL204 Y1 OR POL354 H1 OR HIS351 Y1 OR a course in Russian, Soviet or Eastern European politics.
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