Melody Ellis Valdini
Course: PS 410 / 510: POLITICS OF RUSSIA
FINAL EXAMINATION
Download here: PS410_Russia_Fall18_Final Exam.pdf
Extra-Credit Opportunity (PDF)
Thurs, Sept. 27: Russia Overview
- “The Russia Left Behind: A journey through a heartland on the slow road to ruin”(PDF) in The New York Times: (though try to read it online because of the pictures) http://www.nytimes.com/newsgraphics/2013/10/13/russia/index.html
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“A Literary Road Trip in the Heart of Russia”(PDF) in The New York Times:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/14/magazine/a-literary-road-trip-into-the-heart-of-russia.html
Syllabus
PS410_Russia_Fall18 (PDF)
Readings
Cohen_Was Soviet System Reformable(PDF)
Sheila Fitzpatrick - The Russian Revolution Ch. 1-3(PDF)
Obydenkova_Libman_Russia_Corruption(PDF)
Peisakhin_Electoral Effects of Biased Media(PDF)
Reisinger_Corruption Russia(PDF)
Reuter Remington_United Russia(PDF)
Rosenfeld_The Popularity Costs of Economic Crisis (PDF)
Lynne Viola - Peasant Rebels Under Stalin Ch. 1(PDF)