Russia as a Global Player

Brief description

Topics:

  • Russian domestic, economic, and foreign policy since 1992.
  • Russian political system: Russia's constitutional law, its demographic development, its party system, its elite recruitment, and its civil society.
The lecture deals with the reform of the constitution, the restructuring of the party system, the increasing curtailment of the rights of civil society, the expansion of control over the media and the weakening of finance and big business. In addition, the question of Russia's position in international politics is examined, the revisionism of Russian foreign policy is highlighted and Russia's actions in recent and current (violent) conflicts are studied.

Mode of delivery

face to face

Type

compulsory

Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools

Richard Sakwa et al, Developments in Russian Politics. 9th edition, Taylor&Francis 2018.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Lecture, group discussions

Assessment methods and criteria

Written final exam (100%)

Prerequisites and co-requisites

none

Infos

Degree programme

European Economy and Business Management (English)

Cycle

Bachelor

ECTS Credits

2.00

Language of instruction

English

Curriculum

Full-Time

Academic year

2024

Semester

4 SS

Incoming

No

Learning outcome

After successful completion of the course, students can:

  • demonstrate the main features of Russian domestic, foreign and economic policy and the Russian constitution
  • describe and reflect the basic ruling practices of the Putin era
  • identify consequences of Russia's demographic development on the basis of empirical data and explain its significance for the political development of the country
  • to articulate and critically discuss Russia's role and behaviour in international politics and explain it using the example of (violent) conflicts with Russian participation.

Course code

1389-20-01-VZ-DE-41