Admission requirements
Reading knowledge of Russian.
Description
This course provides students with a broad overview of the Russian economy today and its development over the past century. It emphasizes the interconnected and global nature of the country’s economic structure, even in the conditions of economic sanction and isolation experienced in the state today. Beginning in the early 20th century, it examines the development of the Soviet command economy, its collapse in the early 1990s, and the subsequent development of a capitalist-oriented market system. During the second half of the course, seminars are focused on the current state of the Russian economy, with in-depth examination of the country’s banking sector, business environment, place in international migration networks, and the influence of the global oil and gas market.
Rather than a course in economics, this is a study of political economy and the economy as an aspect of social life: it examines and investigates economic activity but does not engage in the practice of economic analysis. In other words, students will be presented with statistical sources, economic analyses, and many graphs - but they will not be asked to produce statistics, graphs, or use the tools of academic economics. Instead, the course applies an interdisciplinary set of methodologies to understand the detailed workings of the Russian economy and its implications for Russian society and politics.
Course objectives
Having completed this course, students will:
Demonstrate an understanding of the main elements of the Russian economy, including its growth sectors and structural limitations;
Be able to explain the historical development of the Russian economy and its current phase of development;
Evaluate in writing the reasons for the Russian economy’s particular place in global markets and the causes for its current structural trajectory.
Timetable
The timetables are available through My Timetable.
Mode of instruction
Seminar
Assessment method
Assessment
The final course grade is calculated as follows:
Seminar participation (10%);
In-Class Presentation (20%);
Written Case-Study Assignment (30%);
Final examination (40%).
Weighing
As a discussion-based seminar, attendance is mandatory and will be calculated into the participation grade (10%). The rest of the grade is made up of an in-class presentation on a selected discussion question that will be distributed in the first seminar (20%), a midterm case-study assignment (30%), and a final examination (40%). More detail about the assignments is provided in the course syllabus.
Resit
Resit: if the final examination grade and final weighted course grade are both insufficient (i.e., below 5.5), then the final examination may be resat.
Inspection and feedback
How and when an exam review will take place will be disclosed together with the publication of the exam results at the latest. If a student requests a review within 30 days after publication of the exam results, an exam review will have to be organized.
Reading list
TBA
Registration
Enrolment through MyStudyMap is mandatory.
General information about course and exam enrolment is available on the website.
Registration À la carte education, Contract teaching and Exchange
Information for those interested in taking this course in context of À la carte education (without taking examinations), eg. about costs, registration and conditions.
Information for those interested in taking this course in context of Contract teaching (with taking examinations), eg. about costs, registration and conditions.
For the registration of exchange students contact Humanities International Office.
Contact
For substantive questions, contact the lecturer listed in the right information bar.
For questions about enrolment, admission, etc, contact the Education Administration Office: Reuvensplaats.
Remarks
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