Politics 209 - Contemporary Russian Politics

Contemporary Russian Politics

Fall
2021
01
4.00
Stephen Jones

TTH 03:15PM-04:30PM

Mount Holyoke College
115458
Reese 324
sfjones@mtholyoke.edu
115082,115458
Russia was transformed by communist revolution into a global superpower that challenged the dominant ideologies of liberalism and nationalism. It became a powerful alternative to capitalism. In 1991, this imperial state collapsed and underwent an economic, political, and cultural revolution. What explains the Soviet Union's success for 70 years and its demise in 1991? What sort of country is Russia as it enters the twenty-first century? Is it a democracy? How has Russia's transformation affected ordinary people and Russia's relationship to the West?
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