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Lecturer(s)
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Žídková Markéta, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1) THE SOVIET LEGACY. THE PERIOD OF TRANSITION IN THE USSR/POST-SOVIET AREA. 2) RUSSIA. POLITICS AND SOCIETY. 3) BELARUS. POLITICS AND SOCIETY. BELARUS 2020-2022. 4) UKRAINE. POLITICS AND SOCIETY. IMPACT OF THE RUSSIAN INVASION. 5) SOUTH CAUCASUS: AN INTRODUCTION. GEORGIA: POLITICS AND SOCIETY. 6) ARMENIA AND AZERBAIJAN: ETERNAL RIVALS? INTERNAL POLITICS AND MUTUAL RELATIONS. 7) CENTRAL ASIA. POLITICS, SOCIETIES, RELIGION, GEOPOLITICS. 8) KAZAKHSTAN: TOWARDS DEMOCRATIZATION? TAJIKISTAN: THE RAKHMON REGIME AND THE PAMIRIS. 9) POST-SOVIET EURASIA: INTEGRATION ATTEMPTS. ROLE OF RUSSIA IN THE REGION. IMPACT OF R-U WAR ON THE RELATIONS IN THE REGION.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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unspecified
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Learning outcomes
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This course is focused on the emergence and development of political systems of post-Soviet countries. Lectures and seminars provide students with basic understanding of politics of Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, South Caucasus, and Central Asian countries. Most pressing issues of the region, often referred to as post-Soviet Eurasia, are discussed.
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Prerequisites
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Assessment methods and criteria
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- Presentations: one team presentation; one academic article presentation in pairs - Participation in seminars - Final exam (written; two open questions). Moodle platform.
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Recommended literature
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