 Credits:
| 6 |
| Level:
| Honours (FHEQ level 6) |
| Period: |
Semester 1
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| Assessment:
| CW 33%, ES 67% |
| Supplementary Assessment: | Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations) |
| Requisites:
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| Description:
| Aims:
The option aims to provide the opportunity for detailed study of political and social change in the USSR during the years 1985-1991.
Learning Outcomes:
By the end of the unit students should be able to demonstrate understanding of:
* the origins of perestroika and the evolution of Gorbachev's thinking during the years 1985-91;
* the strengths and weaknesses of civil and political society in the USSR 1985-91;
* the demise of the USSR and communist party power in 1991.
Skills:
Skills in critical analysis, conceptual thinking, precision in the use of written and spoken language, exercise of independent judgement, reasoned argument and the planning/conduct/reporting of non-quantitative research are developed and assessed in this unit.
Content:
Origins of perestroika; glasnost and democratization; nationalities issues and conflicts; the collapse of communism.
Key text: A. Brown, The Gorbachev Factor (Oxford: 1997).
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Programme availability:
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PL30101 is Compulsory on the following programmes:
Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies
- UHPL-AYB15 : BA (hons) Russian (ab initio) and Politics (Full-time with Year Abroad) - Year 4
- UHPL-AYB11 : BA (hons) Russian and Politics (Full-time with Year Abroad) - Year 4
PL30101 is Optional on the following programmes:
Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies
- UHPL-AYB13 : BA (hons) French and Politics (Full-time with Year Abroad) - Year 4
- UHPL-AYB12 : BA (hons) German and Politics (Full-time with Year Abroad) - Year 4
- UHPL-AYB16 : BA (hons) Italian (ab initio) and Politics (Full-time with Year Abroad) - Year 4
- UHPL-AYB14 : BA (hons) Italian and Politics (Full-time with Year Abroad) - Year 4
- UHPL-AYB09 : BA (hons) Modern Languages and European Studies (French and ab initio Russian) (Full-time with Year Abroad) - Year 4
- UHPL-AYB03 : BA (hons) Modern Languages and European Studies (French and Russian) (Full-time with Year Abroad) - Year 4
- UHPL-AYB07 : BA (hons) Modern Languages and European Studies (German and ab initio Russian) (Full-time with Year Abroad) - Year 4
- UHPL-AYB01 : BA (hons) Modern Languages and European Studies (German and Russian) (Full-time with Year Abroad) - Year 4
- UHPL-AYB22 : BA (hons) Modern Languages and European Studies (Spanish and ab initio Russian) (Full-time with Year Abroad) - Year 4
- UHPL-AYB21 : BA (hons) Modern Languages and European Studies (Spanish and Russian) (Full-time with Year Abroad) - Year 4
- UHPL-AYB17 : BA (hons) Spanish and Politics (Full-time with Year Abroad) - Year 4
- UHPL-AAB10 : BSc (hons) Politics with Economics (Full-time with Study Year Abroad) - Year 4
- UHPL-AFB10 : BSc (hons) Politics with Economics (Full-time) - Year 3
- UHPL-AKB10 : BSc (hons) Politics with Economics (Full-time with Thick Sandwich Placement) - Year 4
- UHPL-AAB29 : BSc (hons) Politics with International Relations (Full-time with Study Year Abroad) - Year 4
- UHPL-AFB29 : BSc (hons) Politics with International Relations (Full-time) - Year 3
- UHPL-AKB29 : BSc (hons) Politics with International Relations (Full-time with Thick Sandwich Placement) - Year 4
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