NEW COURSES IN THE RUSSIAN STUDIES MAJOR
Over the past year, the Russian
Studies Program added three courses as electives within the major.
Professor Sascha Goluboff will teach
for the second time during the fall 2001 term the course described below.
Majors should note that it is offered only once every two years.
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Anthropology 260 (3 credits) -- The Anthropology of Eurasia.
This course focuses on the recent growth of anthropological literature
on Eastern Europe, Ukraine, the Baltics, Russia, the Russian Far East (Siberia),
Central Asia and the Caucasus. Specific subjects explored include
nationalism, ethnicity, gender, economic transformation and state building.
Class discussions consider the future of the anthropology of Eurasia in
terms of the fall of the Soviet Union, the emergence of post-socialism
as a sociocultural concept and analytical category, and the interdisciplinary
developments within anthropology. Fall 2001 and alternate years
Professor Krzysztof Jasiewicz
will offer two new courses during the winter terms of 2002 and 2003.
Either offering may be taken as a Sociology or Politics course. They
are described below:
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Sociology 245 (Politics 245) (3 credits) -- European Politics
and Society. A comparative analysis of European political systems and
social institutions. The course covers the established democracies
of western and northern Europe, the new democracies of southern and east-central
Europe, and the post-communist regimes in eastern and southeastern Europe.
Mechanisms of European integration are also discussed with attention focused
on institutions such as European Union, NATO, OSCE and Council of Europe.
Winter 2003 and alternate years
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Sociology 246 (Politics 246) (3 credits) -- Post-Communism
and New Democracies. A comparative analysis of transition from
communism in the countries of the former Soviet bloc. Cases of successful
and unsuccessful transitions to civil society, pluralist democracy and
market economy are examined. The comparative framework includes analysis
of transition from non-communist authoritarianism and democratic consolidation
in selected countries of Latin America, the Mediterranean, Southeast Asia
and South Africa. Winter 2002 and alternate years