Lecture plan

Economies of Russia and Eastern Europe

Jaewon, Chung (tel:010-9957-4556/ E-mail: moscow4@hanmail.net)

* Course Outline

This course is designed to critically examine the literatures on political and socio-economic transformations in post-communist countries with a view to empirical analysis of the international and regional dynamics. Topics for the course include transformations in Central and Eastern Europe and the newly independent states of former Soviet Union as well as international powers playing a great role in these regions.

* Conduct of the Course

Those who take this course are supposed to have basic knowledge about the history of socialism and the reality of neoliberal globalization in the Periphery of the world capitalist system. The course will be organized as a seminar course, which is comprised of student's summary of readings, free discussions followed by comments from the lecturer.

* Students' Responsibility and Evaluation

Students are expected to summarize assigned readings and present it in class. Students should attend the class and participate in the discussion actively. All students will be divided into a few groups so that they can prepare a presentation which will substitute for the mid-term examination. At the end of the semester, students are required to take final exam and submit a research paper on the relevant topics of their own choice.

* Cource organization

Week1: State socialist system and the transition from command planning to the market

Week2: The collapse of the Soviet Union and post-communist transition

Week3: Political transformation in Central and Eastern European Countries: East Germany, Poland, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia

Week4: The dissolution of the Soviet Union and political transition in Russia

Week5: Economic transition in Central and Eastern European Countries: Poland, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia

Week6: Economic transformation in Russia

Week7: Political and economic transformation in South east countries: the former Yugoslavia, Rumania, Bulgaria, and Albania

Week8: Social Cost of transformation in Central and Eastern Europe and Russia.

Week9: EU enlargement: post-communist democratization, economic transformation, and civil society

Week10: Political and socio-economic transformation in Ukraine, Belorus, and the Baltic countries.

Week11: Political and socio-economic transformation in Caucasus countries

Week12: Political and socio-economic transformation in Central Asia

Week13: Political and socio-economic transformation in Central Asia

Week14: Religion, ethnicity, and geopolitics in post-communist Eurasia

Week15: 'The new great game': Caspian oil and gas

Week16: final exam.

* 이하의 자료들은 수업 진행을 위한 참고 자료 목록입니다. 수업 참가자들의 희망과 요구에 따라, 아래의 광범위한 내용과 시각을 가진 자료들 중 필요한 부분들을 사전에 정리하여 배부할 예정이며, 이 외에 각종 학술 잡지에 실린 논문들도 각 주 주제에 따라 보조 자료로 배포될 것입니다.

* Reference materials(monography)

The collapse of socialist system and the political economics of transition

After the collapse of communism : comparative lessons of transition / edited by Michael McFaul, Kathryn Stoner-Weiss. (New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004).

The legacy of state socialism and the future of transformation / edited by David Lane. (Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, 2002).

Post-communist transformations : the countries of Central and Eastern Europe and Russia in comparative perspective / edited by Hayashi Tadayuki and Ogushi Atsushi. (Sapporo : Slavic Research Center, Hokkaido University, 2009)

Postcommunist welfare states : reform politics in Russia and Eastern Europe / Linda J. Cook. (Ithaca ; London : Cornell University Press, 2007)

The economics of transition : from socialist economy to market economy / Marie Lavigne. (New York : St. Martin's Press, 1999).

Transforming post-Communist political economies / Joan M. Nelson, Charles Tilly, and Lee Walker(ed.) (Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1997).

Central and Eastern Europe(including the Baltic states)

Capitalism and democracy in Central and Eastern Europe : assessing the legacy of Communist rule / edited by Grzegorz Ekiert, Stephen E. Hanson. (Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003)

Designing democracy : EU enlargement and regime change in post-communist Europe / Geoffrey Pridham. (Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005).

Developments in Central and East European politics 2 / edited by Stephen White, Judy Batt, Paul G. Lewis. (Basingstoke : Macmillan, 1998).

Democracy and market economics in Central and Eastern Europe : are new institutions being consolidated? / Edited by Tadayuki Hayashi. (Sapporo, Japan : Slavic Research Center, Hokkaido University, 2004)

Democratization in Central and Eastern Europe / edited by Mary Caldor and Ivan Vejvoda.(N.Y.: Pinter, 1999)

Elections, parties, and representation in post-Communist Europe / Frances Millard. (Basingstoke : Macmillan, 2004).

Emerging democracies in East and Central Europe and Balkans / Atilla Agh. (Cheltonham, U.K.: Edward Elga, 1998)

Globalization : perspectives from Central and Eastern Europe / edited by Katalin Fábián. (Amsterdam ; London : Elsevier JAI, 2007).

Political and economic transformation in East and Central Europe / edited by Hanspeter Neuhold, Peter Havlik, and Arnold Suppan.(Oxford, U.K.: Westview Press, 1995)

Reform of the socialist system in Central and Eastern Europe / edited by Martin J. Bull and Mike Ingham. (New York : St. Martin's Press, 1998).

Social costs of transformation to a market economy in post-socialist countries: The cases of Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary / Jan Adams. (New York : St. Martin's Press, INC., 1999)

Social and economic transformation in East Central Europe : institutions, property relations and social interests / Terry Cox, Bob Mason. (Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : E. Elgar, 1999).

The government and politics of postcommunist Europe / Andrew A. Michta. (Westport, U.S.: Praeger, 1994)

The politics of Central Europe / Atilla Agh. (London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage, 1998)

The transition in Central and Eastern European politics / J. William Derleth. (Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall, 2000).

Winds of Change: economic transition in Central and Eastern Europe / Daniel Gros and Alfred Steinherr. (London and New York: Longman, 1995).

Russia

Dependent on oil and gas : Russia's integration into the world economy / edited by Shinichiro Tabata. (Sapporo : Slavic Research Center, Hokkaido University, 2006).

Left parties and social policy in postcommunist Europe / edited by Linda J. Cook, Mitchell A. Orenstein, and Marilyn Rueschemeyer. (Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 1999).

New rich, new poor, new Russia : winners and losers on the Russian road to capitalism / Bertram Silverman and Murray Yanowitch. (Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, 2000).

Politics in Russia / Thomas F. Remington. (New York : Pearson / Longman, 2008).

Postcommunist welfare states : reform politics in Russia and Eastern Europe / Linda J. Cook. (Ithaca ; London : Cornell University Press, 2007).

Post-Soviet civil society : democratisation in Russia and the Baltic States / Anders Uhlin. (London ; New York : Routledge, 2006).

Religion and identity in modern Russia : the revival of orthodoxy and Islam / edited by Juliet Johnson, Marietta Stepaniants, and Benjamin Forest. (Aldersgit, Hants, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub. Co. 2005).

Resisting the state : reform and retrenchment in post-Soviet Russia / Kathryn Stoner-Weiss. (New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006).

Russia after the global economic crisis / Anders Åslund, Sergei Guriev, and Andrew C. Kuchins(ed.) (Washington, DC : Peterson Institute for International Economics : Center for Strategic and International Studies ; Moscow : New Economic School, 2010).

Russia in transition : politics, privatisation and inequality / by David Lane(ed.) (London ; New York : Longman, 1995).

Russian business power : the role of Russian business in foreign and security relations / edited by Andreas Wenger, Jeronim Perovic and Robert W. Orttung. (New York, NY : Routledge, 2006).

Russian civil society : a critical assessment / edited by Alfred B. Evans, Jr., Laura A. Henry, Lisa McIntosh Sundstrom. (Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, 2005).

Russian society in transition / edited by Christopher Williams, Vladimir Chuprov, Vladimir Staroverov. (Aldershot, Hants, UK ; Brookfield, Vt. : Dartmouth, 1996).

Russian Politics and Society / Sakwa, Richard. (New York: Routledge, 2008)

The multilateral dimension in Russian foreign policy / edited by Elana Wilson Rowe and Stina Torjesen. (London ; New York : Routledge, 2009).

The new Russia : a handbook of economic and political developments / Ian Jeffries. (London : RoutledgeCurzon, 2002).

The political economy of Russian oil / edited by David Lane. (Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 1999).

The social legacy of communism / edited by James R. Millar and Sharon L. Wolchik. (Woodrow Wilson Center Press ; Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1994).

The newly independent states of the former Soviet Union

Economic transition in Russia and the new states of Eurasia / editor, Bartlomiej Kaminski. (Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, 1996).

Ethnicity and nationalism in Russia, the CIS and the Baltic states / edited by Christopher Williams, Thanasis D. Sfikas. (Aldershot, England ; Brookfield, Vt. : Ashgate, 1999).

National identity and ethnicity in Russia and the new states of Eurasia / editor, Roman Szporluk. (Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, 1994).

Politics, ethics and challenges to democracy in 'new independent states' / edited by Tinatin Bochorishvili, William Sweet, Daniel Ahern. (Washington, D.C. : Council for Research in Values and Philosophy, 2005).

Central Asia and the Caucasus after the Soviet Union : domestic and international dynamics / edited by Mohiaddin Mesbahi. (Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 1994).

Central Asia

Central Asia at the end of the transition / edited by Boris Rumer. (Armonk, New York. ; London : M.E. Sharpe, 2005)

Clan politics and regime transformation in Central Asia / Kathleen Collins. (New York. Cambridge University Press. 2006).

Economic transformation and employment in Central Asia / edited by Per Ronnas and Örjan Sjöberg. (Ankara : International Labour Office, 1994).

Inside Central Asia : a political and cultural history of Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkey, and Iran / Dilip Hiro. (New York ; London : Overlook Duckworth, 2009)

Islam, oil, and geopolitics : Central Asia after September11 / edited by Elizabeth Van Wie Davis and Rouben Azizian. Lanham, (MD : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2007).

Oil, transition and security in Central Asia / edited by Sally N. Cummings. (London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, 2003).

Politics of modern Central Asia / edited by Bhavna Dave. (Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2009)

Prospects for Democracy in Central Asia / Birgit N. Schlyter. (Swedish research institute in Istambul. 2005).

The Central Asian states ten years after : how to overcome traps of development, transformation and globalisation? / Bakhtior A. Islamov. (Tokyo : Maruzen Co., Ltd., 2001).

The Transformation of Central Asia : states and societies from Soviet rule to independence / edited by Pauline Jones Luong. (Ithaca ; London : Cornell University Press, 2004).

Other countries in Eurasia

Averting crisis in Ukraine / Steven Pifer. (New York : Council on Foreign Relations, 2009).

Azerbaijan, oil and geopolitics / Cynthia Croissant. (Commack, NY : Nova Science Publishers, 1998).

Revolution in orange : the origins of Ukraine's democratic breakthrough / Anders Åslund and Michael McFaul. (Washington, D.C.: Carnegie endowment for international peace, 2006).

Revolutions, rigged elections and pipeline politics in the former Soviet Union / Mark MacKinnon. (New York : Carroll & Graf, An Imprint of Avalon Pub. Group Inc., 2007.)

Small nations and great powers : a study of ethnopolitical conflict in the Caucasus / Svante E. Cornell. (Richmond, Surrey, England : Curzon, 2001).

Transcaucasia, nationalism and social change : essays in the history of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia / edited by Ronald Grigor Suny. (Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 1996).