February — April , 2025
3 months
Political Changes
in Post-Soviet Eurasia
Intensive course
Персональная обратная связь от преподавателя
Бессрочный доступ к методическим материалам
Авторская методика аналитического чтения
Что вам даст курс?
Цель курса – оказать практическую помощь слушателям в работе с концепциями для их собственных исследований путем формирования компетенции аналитического чтения “трудных” текстов и развития организованного теоретического воображения.
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Не бояться чтения сложных текстов по социальным и гуманитарным наукам
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Реконструировать теоретические аргументы этих текстов
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Применять теоретические аргументы в собственных исследованиях
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Использовать Виатекст – онлайн-инструмент для аналитического чтения
1
Не бояться чтения сложных текстов по социальным и гуманитарным наукам
2
Реконструировать теоретические аргументы этих текстов
3
Применять теоретические аргументы в собственных исследованиях
4
Использовать Виатекст – онлайн-инструмент для аналитического чтения
About the Course
The course is focused on the emergence and development of political systems of post-Soviet countries within the context of regime changes and state-building. Starting with the Soviet system and collapse of the Soviet Union as a point of departure, the course traces making and unmaking of major political institutions in these newly established states by examining the impact of various legacies of the past and the role of domestic and international political and economic actors.
Special attention is devoted to patterns of political continuity and changes during the wave of so-called “color revolutions” and their aftermath. We will also discuss recent political developments with regard to the ongoing conflict over Ukraine and the role of Russia.
Who For?
The course is open to those who want to learn how to conduct research in the social and political sciences. We will consider all stages of the research process, from the formulation of a research puzzle to the publication of scholarly articles, discuss the role of theories, hypotheses and data, and talk about formats for presenting the results of research.
Special education in this field is not required to participate in the course.
The course aimed at helping students, scholars, researchers and professors in organizing their research in the field of social and political sciences.
Program
Territorial-state dimension in Soviet politics: legacies of ethnic federalism. Post-Soviet decentralization: market-distorting federalism, bilateral treaties, and building of sub-national fiefdoms. The politics of recentralization: “power vertical” and the rise of principal-agent problems. Varieties of sub-national authoritarianism in post-Soviet countries: issues in regional and local governance.
The weakness of post-Soviet competitive authoritarianism: problems of leadership succession and beyond. The wave of regime changes: Armenia, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova and Ukraine: elite conflicts, mass mobilization, and institutional changes. Russia as a “black knight” in post-Soviet Eurasia: conflict with the West over Ukraine and its aftermath. Dilemmas of political changes: democratization, state-building, and elite reconciliation.
The final class will be focused on analysis of political dynamics and prospects of political development in post-Soviet Eurasia in a comparative perspective.
Lecturer
Professor at the University of Helsinki and associate researcher at Yerevan Center for International Education (YCIE)
Political scientist Vladimir Gel’man is an author and editor of more than 20 books, author of over 150 scientific articles devoted to the problems of Russian politics from theoretical and comparative perspectives. He’s a winner of book awards of the Russian Association of Political Sciences (2002, 2007, 2013). Short- listed for the Enlightener Prize (2022).
Political scientist Vladimir Gel’man is an author and editor of more than 20 books, author of over 150 scientific articles devoted to the problems of Russian politics from theoretical and comparative perspectives. He’s a winner of book awards of the Russian Association of Political Sciences (2002, 2007, 2013). Short- listed for the Enlightener Prize (2022).
Отзывы студентов
Price
SPECIAL OFFER FOR PURCHASING TWO* COURSES
(~20,500₽, ~220$)
*YCIE will host two courses by Vladimir Gel’man in the Spring semester. The other one is titled “Methodology and Practice of Social and Political Research.”
WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THE PRICE?
12 lectures and seminars, 2 tasks, readings (journal articles and book chapters).
There are two ways you can take part in the course:
- Finish all tasks and obtain a Certificate of Completion;
- Participate as a free listener and obtain an Attendance Certificate.
