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COURSE INTRODUCTION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION

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Course Name
Code
Semester
Theory
(hour/week)
Application/Lab
(hour/week)
Local Credits
ECTS
Fall/Spring
Prerequisites
None
Course Language
Course Type
Elective
Course Level
-
Mode of Delivery -
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course
Course Coordinator -
Course Lecturer(s)
Assistant(s) -
Course Objectives
Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • Comprehends the effects of culture and legacy on states, individuals and other structures
  • Analyzes the effects of the Soviet Union on the states that resulted from its dissolution
  • Analyzes the effects of Tsarist Russia on the Soviet Union
  • Analyzes the transition in the party and politics of the Soviet Union
  • Determines the challenges faced by the former Soviet Union states in their transition to market capitalism and pluralist democracy
  • Can differentiate between the different challenges posed to different states in their transitions
  • Can outline the difficulties posed by transition to the area as a whole
  • Can describe the difficulties encompassed in the “triple transition” challenge of having to transition the economy, regime and nation after a totalitarian regime
  • Can analyze the differences between the transitions faced by other nonsocialist geographic areas and those faced by former socialist regimes
  • Analyzes the importance of Russia for the region, historically and currently
  • Compares and contrasts the changes in Russian democracy from Yeltsin, to Putin to Medvedev
  • Analyzes the challenges of Russia in its triple transition
  • Analyzes the challenges posed to the other states of the former Soviet Union in their transitions
  • Determines why the Baltic states were the most successful in their transitions
  • Compares and contrasts the Western newly independent states with one another to grasp the unique challenges confronted by each state
  • Analyzes how the cultural structures of the Central Asian states keep them from developing more democratic features
Course Description

 



Course Category

 Core Courses
Major Area Courses
Supportive Courses
X
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

 

WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES

Week Subjects Required Materials
1 Introduction Mark A. Cichock, Chp. 1
2 The Soviet Legacy Ronald G. Suny, Chp. 1: The Imperial Legacy; Mark A. Cichock, Chp. 2
3 The Soviet Legacy Mark A. Cichock, Chp. 2 cont.
4 PostSoviet Transition Ronald G. Suny, Chp. 3: State Building and Nation Making: The Soviet Experience; Ken Jowitt, The New World Disorder; Claus Offe, Capitalism By Democratic Design
5 PostSoviet Transition Schmitter, Phillippe C. and Terry Lynn Karl. “The Conceptual Travels of Transitologists and Consolidologists: How Far East Should They Attempt to Go?” Slavic Review, Vol. 53, No. 1 (Spring 1994), pp. 173/185; Bunce, Valerie. “Should Transitologists Be Grounded?” Slavic Review, Vol.54, No. 1 (Spring 1995), pp. 111/127
6 Midterm
7 PostSoviet Russian Politics Thomas Remington, Chp. 1; Mark Cichock, Chp. 3
8 The Baltic States: Case Study of Latvia Mark Cichock, Chp. 4; Plakans, Andrejs, “Democratization and political participation in postcommunist societies: the case of Latvia”; Laitin, David. “Chapter 1” in Identity in Formation: The Russian-Speaking Populations in the Near Abroad. Cornell University Press, 1998
9 Western Eurasia: Case Study of the Ukraine Mark Cichock, Chp. 5
10 The Caucasus: Case Study of Georgia Mark Cichock, Chp. 6
11 Central Asia Case: Study of Uzbekistan Mark Cichock, Chp. 7
12 Transition Literature Analysis Samuel Huntington, The Third Wave; Schmitter and Karl, “What Democracy Is and Is Not...”; Barbara Geddes, “What Do We Know About Democratization After Twenty Years”
13 Presentations
14 Presentations
15 Midterm II
16 Review of the Semester  
Course Notes/Textbooks •Mark A. Cichock. Russian and Eurasian Politics: A Comparative Approach, Longman Publishers, 2003 •Thomas F. Remington. Politics in Russia, fourth edition. Pearson/Longman Publishers, 2006. Makaleler •Suny, Ronald Grigor. “Chapter I: The Imperial Legacy: Land and People” in The Soviet Experiment: Russia, the USSR, and the Successor States. Oxford University Press, 1998 •Suny, Ronald Grigor. “Chapter 3: StateBuilding and NationMaking The Soviet Experience” in The Revenge of the Past: Nationalism, Revolution and the Collapse of the Soviet Union. Stanford University Press, 1993 •Laitin, David. “Chapter 1” in Identity in Formation: The RussianSpeaking Populations in the Near Abroad. Cornell University Press, 1998 • Schmitter, Phillippe C. and Terry Lynn Karl. “The Conceptual Travels of Transitologists and Consolidologists: How Far East Should They Attempt to Go?” Slavic Review, Vol. 53, No. 1 (Spring 1994), pp. 173185 •Plakans, Andrejs, “Democratization and political participation in postcommunist societies: the case of Latvia” •Bunce, Valerie. “Should Transitologists Be Grounded?” Slavic Review, Vol.54, No. 1 (Spring 1995), pp. 111127 •Jowitt, Ken. “The New World Disorder” •Schmitter and Karl, “What Democracy Is and Is Not...” •Samuel P. Huntington, “The Third Wave” •Kathleen Collins, Clans, Pacts and Politics in Central Asia •Claus Offe, Capitalism By Democratic Design •Barbara Geddes, “What Do We Know About Democratization After Twenty Years”
Suggested Readings/Materials International and national news publications and other published books on the economics of the European Union

 

EVALUATION SYSTEM

Semester Activities Number Weigthing
Participation
1
10
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
1
25
Presentation / Jury
1
15
Project
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
Midterm
2
50
Final Exam
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade
5
100
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade
Total

ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE

Semester Activities Number Duration (Hours) Workload
Course Hours
(Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
16
3
48
Laboratory / Application Hours
(Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
16
Study Hours Out of Class
10
2
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
1
20
Presentation / Jury
1
10
Project
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
Midterms
2
25
Final Exams
    Total
148

 

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP

#
 Program Competencies/Outcomes
* Contribution Level
1
2
3
4
5
1 To be able to use the advanced theoretical and practical knowledge that the graduates have acquired in the areas of international relations X
2 To be able to examine, interpret data and assess concepts and ideas with the scientific methods in the area of international relations/political science X
3 To take the responsibility as a group team member and as an individual to solve unforeseen and multidimensional problems that are unforeseen in practice X
4 To be able to recognize regional and global issues/problems, and to be able to develop solutions based on research and scientific evidence X
5 To be able to assess the acquired knowledge and skills in the area of international relations/political science critically and to detect learning requirements and to guide learning. X
6 To be able to inform authorities and institutions in the area of international relations; to be able to transfer ideas and proposals supported by quantitative and qualitative data about the problems verbally and in writing to experts and nonexperts. X
7 To be able to interpret theoretical debates regarding relations among factors in global politics such as structures, institutions and culture, to be able to pinpoint the continuities and changes of main dynamics of international relations, X
8 To be able to distinguish the differences between the classical and contemporary theories and to assess their relationship, X
9 To be able to make use of other disciplines that international relations are based upon (political science, law, economics, sociology, psychology, etc.) and to have the basic knowledge of these disciplines. X
10 To be able to keep abreast of current news on international relations, learn a foreign language and to communicate with one’s peers (European language portfolio global scale, level B1) X
11 To be able to speak a second foreign at a medium level of fluency efficiently X
12 To have ethical, social and scientific values in the stages throughout the processes of collecting, interpreting, disseminating and implementing data related to international relations. X
13 To be able to improve the acquired knowledge, skills and qualifications for personal and social reasons

*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest

 

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