Post-Soviet Politics (U00303)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 10 ? Acronym : SPS-3-POSOVIET

This course introduces students to the politics and government of the post-Soviet states, principally Russia. It commences with theoretical approaches to the USSR, analysis of the disintegration of the Soviet state and its consequences. It then looks in detail at post-Soviet state and institution-building. Foci may vary from year to year, but include party systems, civil society and human rights, democratisation in theory and practice, the nature of post-communism, and comparative post-Soviet government. The international relations of the post-Soviet states will also be analysed.

Entry Requirements

? Costs : None

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Politics, (School of Social and Political Studies, Schedule J)

Other subject areas

European Languages and Cultures - Russian Studies, (School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures, Schedule G)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 3rd year

? Delivery Period : Not being delivered

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Monday	11:10	12:00	Central

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course students should be able to:
- understand the socio-political processes which led to the demise of the Soviet Union;
- account for politcal change analytically and to weigh up competing interpretations of 'transition' and 'democratisation';
- analyse the nature of state and institution-building within the post-Soviet states and in comparative context;
- be sensitive to national and regional differences in and between post-Soviet states; and
- to reflect more widely on global politics through understanding the foreign policy of Russia and the CIS.