Learning outcomes

After the course the students have gained good knowledge on contemporary Russia through thematically emphasized courses.

Contents

Special courses on current phenomena in Russian economy, politics and society.

Teaching language

English

Evaluation and evaluation criteria

Numeric 1-5.
Numerical grading scale 1-5 or Pass/Fail -grading based on overall performance

Study materials

Book examination:

Students can choose to take the book examination for 3 or 5 ECTS. All the books in the chosen module have to be examined at once, i.e. it is not possible to complete the module by taking it book by book.

a) Social Structures and Institutions 3-5 ECTS

3 ECTS:

Choose 2 books from the following list:

Yurchak, Alexei: Everything was forever until it was no more. The last Soviet generation. Princeton University Press 2005.

Ashwin, Sarah (ed.): Gender, State and Society in Soviet and Post-Soviet Russia. Routledge, 2000.

Ledeneva, Alena V.: How Russia Really Works: The Informal Practices That Shaped Post-Soviet Politics and Business. Cornell University Press, 2006.

Salmenniemi, Suvi: Democratization and gender in contemporary Russia. Routledge, 2008.

5 ECTS:

Choose 3 books from the following list:

Yurchak, Alexei: Everything was forever until it was no more. The last Soviet generation. Princeton University Press 2005.

Ashwin, Sarah (ed.): Gender, State and Society in Soviet and Post-Soviet Russia. Routledge, 2000.

Ledeneva, Alena V.: How Russia Really Works: The Informal Practices That Shaped Post-Soviet Politics and Business. Cornell University Press, 2006.

Salmenniemi, Suvi: Democratization and gender in contemporary Russia. Routledge, 2008.

b) Domestic and Foreign Policy 3-5 ECTS

3 ECTS

Brown, Archie (2009): Seven Years That Changed the World: Perestroika in Perspective. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

AND

Tsygankov, Andrei P. (2006). Russia's Foreign Policy: Change and Continuity in National Identity. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.

 5 ECTS

Brown, Archie (2009): Seven Years That Changed the World: Perestroika in Perspective. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

AND

Tsygankov, Andrei P. (2006). Russia's Foreign Policy: Change and Continuity in National Identity. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.

AND

Worth, Owen (2005): Hegemony International Political Economy and Post-Communist Russia.

c) Finnish-Russian Relations 3-5 ECTS

3 ECTS

Allison, Roy (1985): Finland's Relations with the Soviet Union. London: Macmillan.

AND

Paasi, Anssi (1996): Territories, boundaries and consciousness. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons.

5 ECTS

 Allison, Roy (1985): Finland's Relations with the Soviet Union. London: Macmillan.

AND

Paasi, Anssi (1996): Territories, boundaries and consciousness. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons.

AND

Armstrong, Karen (2004): Remembering Karelia: A Family's Story of Displacement During and After the Finnish Wars. Oxford: Berghahn.

d) Economy 3-5 ECTS

3 ECTS:

Choose 2 books from the following list:

Åslund, Anders (2007).  Russia's Capitalist Revolution: Why Market Reform Succeeded and Democracy Failed. Peterson Institute.

Hanson, Philipp (2003). The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Economy: An Economic History of the USSR from 1945. Pearson Education.

Sutela, Pekka (1998). The Road to the Russian Market Economy: Selected Essays, 1993-1998.
Kikimora Publications, Helsinki, Series B 3.

Alena V. Ledeneva (2006). How Russia Really Works: The Informal Practices That Shaped Post-Soviet Politics and Business. Cornell University Press.

Steven Rosefielde (2007). The Russian Economy: From Lenin to Putin.  Blackwell Publishing: Malden, MA.

5 ECTS:

Choose 3 books from the following list:

Åslund, Anders (2007).  Russia's Capitalist Revolution: Why Market Reform Succeeded and Democracy Failed. Peterson Institute.

Hanson, Philipp (2003). The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Economy: An Economic History of the USSR from 1945. Pearson Education.

Sutela, Pekka (1998). The Road to the Russian Market Economy: Selected Essays, 1993-1998.
Kikimora Publications, Helsinki, Series B 3.

Alena V. Ledeneva (2006). How Russia Really Works: The Informal Practices That Shaped Post-Soviet Politics and Business. Cornell University Press.

Steven Rosefielde (2007). The Russian Economy: From Lenin to Putin.  Blackwell Publishing: Malden, MA.

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