Post-Communist Politics, Political Science 949 University of Wisconsin, Madison Spring 2012 Mondays, 12:05 pm - 2:00 pm, EDUCATION L150

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1 Post-Communist Politics, Political Science 949 University of Wisconsin, Madison Spring 2012 Mondays, 12:05 pm - 2:00 pm, EDUCATION L150 Yoshiko M. Herrera 316 North Hall Associate Professor, Department of Political Science Office hours: Tues University of Wisconsin, Madison yherrera@wisc.edu See Learn@UW for more course information Course Description This course is an overview of the politics of the states of the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. More than 20 years after the collapse of the Soviet Union and its satellite regimes in Eastern Europe, the post-communist states have evolved into vastly different polities. Some are market-oriented democracies and have joined the European Union and NATO, while others still oscillate between semi-authoritarian and semi-democratic governance, and a few have reverted to full-blown dictatorship. In this course, we will explore the unprecedented "triple transition" in political institutions, economic systems, and national identities that resulted from this systemic breakdown of communism in the region. The focus of this course will be on politics broadly understood to include not only on the transformation of explicitly political institutions, but also on changes in market institutions and social identities. Course Requirements (1) Reading: Reading is perhaps the core activity of the course; keeping up with all readings is essential for making the most of the opportunity that this course provides. Readings will consist of assigned articles and books for each week, plus brief discussion papers and questions written by students. a. Availability of readings: Books that are available for electronic download from the UW libraries are marked as such. All other readings will be on Learn@UW under the "content" tab. In two cases entire books are assigned and probably should be purchased. Chapters will not be on Learn@UW, but books will be on reserve: o Mary Elise Sarotte, 1989: The Struggle to Create Post-Cold War Europe, Princeton University Press, o Peter Andreas, Blue Helmets and Black Markets: The Business of Survival in the Siege of Sarajevo, Cornell University Press, Discussion papers will be posted on Learn@UW by Sunday at 8 pm. b. It is recommended that you read the material in order that it appears on the syllabus. 1

2 (2) Writing: There are two writing components in the course: six short discussion papers and one final paper. For six of the weekly sessions, students will write a short discussion paper which critically reviews the readings. In the discussion paper, consider your job to be that of a discussant on a panel; you can't ignore one or more of the readings, even if you don't like it, and you have to think of a way to make connections between readings so that your comments are coherent. Also rather than just summarizing the readings, you should highlight positive or negative aspects of the works, and raise questions for discussion. All papers should: a. Discuss all of the week's readings, though there does not have to be an equal amount of space for each reading; b. Include two discussion questions at the end; c. Be completed by 8 PM on the evening before the seminar (Sunday night) and posted on the "discussion" tab of the class website; d. Be no longer than 1,000 words (approximately 2 single-spaced pages), and include page numbers and a word count at the top next to your name. Single spacing saves paper for those that print the papers. e. Paper grading criteria (point values given in parentheses): A = Raised interesting or innovative points in essay and questions + fulfilled all A/B requirements (100) A/B = Made connections between readings in essay and questions + fulfilled all B requirements (90) B = Accurately captured the main arguments or critical points in all of the readings in the essay and provided relevant discussion questions (85) B/C = Discussed some readings and provided discussion questions (80) C = Egregiously inaccurate or incomplete discussion of readings or missing questions (75) Late papers will be marked down one grade if not posted by 8 pm Sunday, 2 grades down if not posted by 9 am on Monday. Papers with a significant number of grammatical or spelling errors will be marked down one grade. Make sure to proofread. In addition, there is a final paper. The final paper should be related to post-communist politics on a substantive topic of your choosing and should contain original research. You should not be constrained by the course readings, but should discuss them where appropriate. I recommend you discuss your final paper with me in office hours A one-page, single-spaced, paper proposal will be due on March 5, in class. For the paper proposal, include the following three sections under separate headings: 1. Description of substantive topic, including research question to be addressed 2. Short description of course readings to be analyzed 3. Data sources Other important requirements: 1. The final paper is due Monday, May 14, 2012, at 9 am by as a.pdf. 2. The paper should be no longer than 10,000 words total (20-25 double-spaced pages); 2

3 please double-space, use at least 1 inch margins, and font not smaller than 12 points. 3. Cite all your sources fully and properly; and proofread before turning in. Plagiarism or failure to cite sources properly will result in an F on the paper and in the course. 4. Any paper extensions must be approved in advance; late papers will be marked down. (3) Participation: This course is a discussion seminar and your active participation will determine how much you get out of this course. Students should come to class prepared to discuss the material and student papers. Grades for participation will be posted to Learn@UW each week and will be based on the following scheme: A = Actively participated and seemed in command of readings (100) A/B = Spoke only minimally or not in command of the readings (87) C = Attended but did not speak (75) F = Did not attend (0) Grading: Class participation: 10% Six critical review papers (5% each): 30% Final paper: 60% Note: Final grades are calculated using a 100-point scale; point values for letter grades are given in parentheses. Class Schedule: Week 1, January 23: Introduction to the course No assigned readings Week 2, January 30: Communism and its Collapse Janos Kornai, The Socialist System: The Political Economy of Communism, Princeton University Press, o Chp. 15, The Coherence of the Socialist System, pp o Chp. 16, The Dynamics of the Changes, pp Ken Jowitt, New World Disorder: The Leninist Extinction, University of California Press, 1993, o Chp. 1, "The Leninist Phenomenon," pp Katherine Verdery. What Was Socialism and What Comes Next, Princeton University Press, 1996, o Chp. 1, "What was socialism and Why Did it Fall?" pp Timur Kuran, "Now Out of Never: The Element of Surprise in the East European Revolution of 1989," World Politics 44:1 (1991), pp Steven L. Solnick, The Breakdown of Hierarchies in the Soviet Union and China: A Neoinstitutional Perspective, World Politics, 48:2 (January 1996), pp

4 Grzegorz Ekiert and Stephen E. Hanson, "Time, Space, and Institutional Change in Central and Eastern Europe," in G. Ekiert and S. Hanson, eds., Capitalism and Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe, Cambridge University Press 2003, pp Stephen G. Brooks and William C. Wohlforth, "Power, Globalization, and the End of the Cold War: Reevaluating a Landmark Case for Ideas," International Security 25:3 (winter 2000/01), pp Hale, Henry E., "The Makeup and Breakup of Ethnofederal States: Why Russia Survives Where the USSR Fell," Perspectives on Politics 3:1 (2005), pp Paul R. Gregory, The Political Economy of Stalinism, Cambridge University Press, Grzegorz Ekiert and Stephen E. Hanson, eds., Capitalism and Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe, Cambridge University Press Valerie Bunce, Subversive Institutions: The Design and Destruction of Socialism and the State, Cambridge University Press, 1999, Solnick, Stealing the State: Control and Collapse in Soviet Institutions, Harvard University Press, Week 3, February 6: Political Change, Transition, and Regime Diversity Herbert Kitschelt, Accounting for Postcommunist Regime Diversity: What Counts as a Good Cause? in G. Ekiert and S. Hanson, eds., Capitalism and Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe, Cambridge University Press, 2003, pp Grzegorz Ekiert et al., "Democracy in the Post-Communist World: An Unending Quest?" East European Politics and Societies 21:1 (2007), pp Keith Darden and Anna Grzymala-Busse, "The Great Divide: Precommunist Schooling and Postcommunist Trajectories," World Politics 59:1 (October 2006), pp Steven Levitsky and Lucan A. Way, Competitive Authoritarianism: Hybrid Regimes After the Cold War, Cambridge University Press, (Ebook downloadable from library) o Chp. 1, "Introduction," pp o Chp. 3, "Linkage, Leverage, and Democratization in Eastern Europe," pp o Chp. 5, "The Evolution of Post-Soviet Competitive Authoritarianism," pp Janos Kornai, The Great Transformation of Central Eastern Europe, Economics of Transition, 14:2 (April 2006), pp Thomas Carothers, "The End of the Transition Paradigm," Journal of Democracy 13:1 (January 2002), pp Charles King, Transition, Comparison, and the End of Eastern Europe, World Politics, 53:1 (October 2000), pp

5 Lucan A. Way and Steven Levitsky, "Linkage, Leverage, and the Post-Communist Divide," East European Politics and Societies 21:1 (2007), pp Grigore Pop-Eleches, "Historical Legacies and Post-Communist Regime Change," Journal of Politics 69:4 (November 2007), pp M. Steven Fish, Democracy Derailed in Russia: The Failure of Open Politics. Cambridge University Press, Henry F. Carey and Rafal Raciborski, "Postcolonialism: A Valid Paradigm for the Former Sovietized States and Yugoslavia?" East European Politics And Societies 18:2 (May 2004), pp Valerie Bunce, "Rethinking Recent Democratization: Lessons from the Postcommunist Experience," World Politics 55: 2 (January 2003), pp Jon Pevehouse, "Democracy from the Outside In? International Organizations and Democratization," International Organization 56:3 (August 2002), pp Week 4, February 13: Social Identities, Nationalism, and Conflict Mark R. Beissinger, Nationalist Mobilization and the Collapse of the Soviet State, Cambridge University Press, 2002, o Chp. 1, "From the Impossible to the Inevitable," pp o Chp. 4, "'Thickened' History and the Mobilization of Identity," pp Elise Giuliano, Constructing Grievance: Ethnic Nationalism in Russia's Republics, Cornell University Press, o Chp 1, "Ethnic Entrepreneurs, Group Grievance, and Ordinary People," pp Charles King, "The Benefits of Ethnic War: Understanding Eurasia s Unrecognized States," World Politics 53:4 (July 2001), pp Donna Bahry et al., "Ethnicity and Trust: Evidence from Russia," American Political Science Review 99:4 (November 2005), pp Yoshiko M. Herrera, "National Identity and Xenophobia in Russia: Opportunities for Regional Analysis" unpublished manuscript, September 30, Veljko Vujacic, Stalinism and Russian Nationalism: A Reconceptualization, Post-Soviet Affairs, 2007, 23, 2, pp Kristen Ghodsee, Muslim Lives in Eastern Europe: Gender, Ethnicity, and the Transformation of Islam in Postsocialist Bulgaria, Princeton University Press, (Ebook downloadable from library) o Chp 1, "Introduction: The Changing Face of Islam in Bulgaria," pp Marlène Laruelle, In the Name of the Nation: Nationalism and Politics in Contemporary Russia, Palgrave Macmillan, (Ebook downloadable from library) Philip G. Roeder, Where Nation-States Come From? Institutional Change in the Age of Nationalism, Princeton University Press,

6 Susan L. Woodward. Balkan Tragedy: Chaos and Dissolution after the Cold War. Brookings Institution, 1995, Yuri Slezkine, "The USSR as a Communal Apartment, or How a Socialist State Promoted Ethnic Particularism," Slavic Review 53:2 (Summer 1994), pp Kathleen Collins, "The Political Role of Clans in Central Asia" Comparative Politics 35:2 (January 2003), pp David D. Laitin, Identity in Formation, Cornell University Press, Ronald Suny, Revenge of the Past: Nationalism, Revolution, and the Collapse of the Soviet Union, Stanford University Press, Barnett R. Rubin, "Russian Hegemony and State Breakdown in the Periphery: Causes and Consequences of the Civil War in Tajikistan," in Barnett R. Rubin and Jack Snyder, eds., Post-Soviet Political Order: Conflict and State Building, Routledge, 1998, pp Yoshiko M. Herrera, Imagined Economies: The Sources of Russian Regionalism, Cambridge University Press, Week 5, February 20: Institutions, Rules, and Corruption Juliet Johnson, "Path Contingency in Postcommunist Transformations," Comparative Politics 33:3 (April 2001), pp Alena V. Ledeneva, How Russia Really Works: The Informal Practices That Shaped Post- Soviet Politics and Business, Cornell University Press, o Introduction, pp o Chp. 1, Why Are Informal Practices Still Prevalent in Russia? pp o Chp. 2, Chernyi Piar : Manipulative Campaigning and the Workings of Russian Democracy, pp o Chp. 7, "Post-Soviet Tolkachi," pp Andrew Barnes, "Comparative Theft: Context and Choice in the Hungarian, Czech, and Russian Transformations," East European Politics and Societies 17:3 (2003), pp Venelin Ganev, "The Dorian Gray Effect: Winners as State Breakers in Postcommunism," Communist and Post-Communist Studies 34:1 (2001), Jozsef Borocz, "Informality Rules," East European Politics and Societies, 14:2 (2000), pp Vadim Volkov, Violent Entrepreneurship in Post-Communist Russia, Europe-Asia Studies 51:5 (July 1999), pp Henry E. Hale, "Formal Constitutions in Informal Politics: Institutions and Democratization in Post-Soviet Eurasia, World Politics, 63:4, October 2011, pp Recommended Vladimir Shlapentokh, "Russia's Acquiescence to Corruption Makes the State Machine Inept," Communist and Post-Communist Studies 36:2 (2003), pp Vadim Volkov, Violent Entrepreneurs, Cornell University Press, Keith Darden, "Blackmail as a Tool of State Domination: Ukraine under Kuchma," East European Constitutional Review 10:2/3 (Spring/Summer 2001). 6

7 Joel Hellman et al., "Seize the State, Seize the Day," State Capture, Corruption, and Influence in Transition. Policy Research Working Paper The World Bank and the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development. Washington: The World Bank, Vadim Volkov, "Between Economy and the State: Private Security and Rule Enforcement in Russia," Politics & Society 28:4 (December 2000), pp David M. Woodruff, "Rules for Followers: Institutional Theory and the New Politics of Economic Backwardness in Russia," Politics & Society 28:4 (December 2000), pp Yan Sun, "Reform, State, and Corruption: Is Corruption Less Destructive in China than in Russia?" Comparative Politics 32:1 (1999), pp Tanya Frisby, "The Rise of Organized Crime in Russia: Its Roots and Social Significance," Europe- Asia Studies 50:1 (1998), pp Alena V. Ledeneva, Russia s Economy of Favours: Blat, Networking, and Informal Exchanges, Cambridge University Press, Federico Varese, "Is Sicily the future of Russia? Private Protection and the Rise of the Russian Mafia," Archives of European Sociology 35 (1994), pp Week 6, February 27: Remaking the State Anna Grzymala-Busse and Pauline Jones Luong, "Reconceptualizing the State: Lessons from Post-communism," Politics & Society 30:4 (December 2002), pp Venelin I. Ganev, "Post-communism as an Episode of State Building: A Reversed Tillyan Perspective," Communist and Post-Communist Studies 38:4 (December 2005), pp Conor O Dwyer, "Reforming Regional Governance in ECE," East European Politics and Societies 20:2 (2006), pp Anna Grzymala-Busse, "Encouraging Effective Democratic Competition," East European Politics and Societies 21:1 (2007), pp J. David Brown, John S. Earle, and Scott Gehlbach, Helping Hand or Grabbing Hand? State Bureaucracy and Privatization Effectiveness, American Political Science Review, 103(2) (May 2009), pp Yoshiko M. Herrera, Mirrors of the Economy: National Accounts and International Norms in Russia and Beyond, Cornell University Press, o Introduction, pp o Chp. 1, " A System of National Accounts: The Postcommunist: Transformation of Russian Statistics", pp o Chp. 7, Statistics as a Mirror of the Economy: The SNA as a Conditional Norm pp o Conclusion, pp Brian D. Taylor, State Building in Putin's Russia: Policing and Coercion after Communism, Cambridge University Press, (Ebook downloadable from library) o Introduction, pp. 1-7 o Chp. 1, Bringing the Gun Back In: Coercion and the State pp

8 Lucan A. Way, "Authoritarian State-Building and the Source of Regime Competitiveness in the Fourth Wave," World Politics 57:2 (2005), pp Venelin I. Ganev, Preying on the State: The Transformation of Bulgaria after 1989, Cornell University Press, Scott Gehlbach, What is a Big Bureaucracy? Reflections on Rebuilding Leviathan and Runaway State-Building, Czech Sociological Review 44:6 (December 2008), pp Anna Grzymala-Busse, Rebuilding Leviathan, Cambridge University Press, Stephen Hanson, "The Uncertain Future of Russia s Weak State Authoritarianism" East European Politics & Societies 21:1 (February 2007), pp Conor O Dwyer, Runaway State-Building: Patronage Politics and Democratic Development, Johns Hopkins University Press, Lucan A. Way, "Weak States and Pluralism: The Case of Moldova," East European Politics And Societies 17:3 (August 2003), pp Week 7, March 5: Law: Judicial Politics, Courts, and Transitional Justice Maria Popova, "Political Competition as an Obstacle to Judicial Independence: Evidence From Russia and Ukraine" Comparative Political Studies, October 2010; vol. 43, 10: pp Bruno Schönfelder, "Judicial Independence in Bulgaria: A Tale of Splendour and Misery," Europe-Asia Studies 57:1 (January 2005), pp Alexei Trochev Judging Russia: The Role of the Constitutional Court in Russian Politics (New York: Cambridge University Press) o Chp. 1. Introduction: three puzzles of post-communist judicial empowerment, pp o Conclusion, pp Hendley, Kathryn " Telephone Law and the Rule of Law : The Russian Case" Hague Journal on the Rule of Law, 1: Monika Nalepa, Skeletons in the Closet: Transitional Justice in Post-Communist Europe, Cambridge University Press, (Ebook downloadable from library) o Introduction, pp Lara J. Nettelfield, Courting Democracy in Bosnia and Herzegovina: The Hague Tribunal's Impact in a Postwar State, Cambridge University Press, o Introduction, pp o Chp. 1, "Crafting the Polity: Transitional Justice and Democratization," pp Solomon, Peter H., Jr Judicial Power in Russia: Through the Prism of Administrative Justice, Law and Society Review, Vol. 38, No. 3 (September), pp Maria Popova, "Watchdogs or attack dogs? The role of the Russian courts and the Central Election Commission in the resolution of electoral disputes" Europe-Asia Studies, 58:3 (May 2006), Monika Nalepa, "Captured Commitments: An Analytic Narrative of Transitions with 8

9 Transitional Justice," World Politics, Volume 62, Number 2, April 2010, pp Marek M. Kaminski and Monika Nalepa, Judging Transitional Justice: A New Criterion for Evaluating Truth Revelation Procedures, Journal of Conflict Resolution 50:3 (June 2006), pp Kathryn Hendley, Enforcing Judgments in Russian Economic Courts, Post-Soviet Affairs, 20:1 (January-March 2004), pp Kathryn Hendley, "Suing the State in Russia," Post-Soviet Affairs 18:2 (2002), pp Vladimir Pastukhov, "Law under Administrative Pressure in Post-Soviet Russia," East European Constitutional Review 11:3 (Summer 2002), pp Ilian G. Cashu and Mitchell Orenstein, "The Pensioners Court Campaign: Making Law Matter in Russia," East European Constitutional Review 10:4 (Fall 2001). Kathryn Hendley, "'Demand' for Law in Russia A Mixed Picture," East European Constitutional Review 10:4 (Fall 2001), pp Week 8, March 12: Elections Karen Dawisha and Stephen Deets, "Political Learning in Post-Communist Elections" East European Politics and Societies 20:4 (2006), pp William Mishler and Richard Rose, Generation, Age, and Time: The Dynamics of Political Learning during Russia s Transformation, American Journal of Political Science 51:4 (October 2007), pp Valerie J. Bunce, Defeating Authoritarian Leaders in Postcommunist Countries, Cambridge University Press, (Ebook downloadable from library) o Part I, pp o Part III, pp Mikhail Myagkov, Peter C. Ordeshook, and Dimitri Shakin, The Forensics of Election Fraud: Russia and Ukraine, Cambridge University Press, (Ebook downloadable from library) o Introduction and chapters 1-5, pp Valerie J. Bunce, Sharon L. Wolchik, "Defeating Dictators: Electoral Change and Stability in Competitive Authoritarian Regimes" World Politics, Volume 62, Number 1, January 2010, pp Mikhail Myagkov and Peter Ordeshook, "The Trail of Votes in Ukraine's 1998, 1999, and 2002 Elections" Post-Soviet Affairs 21:1, January 2005, pp Joshua Tucker, Regional Economic Voting: Russia, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic, , Cambridge University Press 2006, Timothy Colton and Michael McFaul, Popular Choice and Managed Democracy: The Russian Elections of 1999 and 2000, Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2003, Hubert Tworzecki, Learning to Choose: Electoral Politics in East-Central Europe, Stanford University Press, Robert G. Moser, Unexpected Outcomes: Electoral Systems, Political Parties, and Representation in Russia, Pittsburgh University Press,

10 Timothy J. Colton, Transitional Citizens: Voters and What Influences Them in the New Russia, Harvard University Press, Denise V. Powers and James H. Cox, "Echoes from the Past: The Relationship between Satisfaction with Economic Reforms and Voting Behavior in Poland," American Political Science Review 91:3 (1997), pp Week 9, March 19: Political Parties Robert G. Moser, "Electoral Systems and the Number of Parties in Post-Communist States," World Politics 51:3 (April 1999), pp Anna Grzymala-Busse, "The Organizational Strategies of Communist Parties in East Central Europe, ," East European Politics and Societies 15:2 (2001), pp Henry Hale, "Why Not Parties? Supply and Demand on Russia's Electoral Market," Comparative Politics 27:2 (January 2005), pp (not generally available online) Margit Tavits and Natalia Letki, "When Left Is Right: Party Ideology and Policy in Post- Communist Europe, The American Political Science Review, (Nov 2009), pp Grigore Pop-Eleches, Throwing Out the Bums: Protest Voting and Unorthodox Parties after Communism, World Politics, Volume 62, Number 2, April 2010, pp Stephen E. Hanson. Post-Imperial Democracies: Ideology and Party Formation in Third Republic France, Weimar Germany, and Post-Soviet Russia. Cambridge University Press, (Ebook downloadable from library) o Chp. 2-3, pp o Chp. 6- Conclusion, pp Anna Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming the Communist Past, Cambridge University Press, Bryon Moraski, "Mandating Party Development in the Russian Federation: Effects of the 2001 Party Law," Journal of Elections, Public Opinion, and Parties 16:3 (2006), pp Marek Kaminski, "Do Parties Benefit from Electoral Manipulation? Electoral Laws and Heresthetics in Poland, ," Journal of Theoretical Politics 14:3 (2002), pp Kelly M. McMann, "The Personal Risks of Party Development," in Dilemmas of Transition in Post-Soviet Countries, ed. Joel C. Moses, Burnham Publishers, 2002, pp Arthur H. Miller et al., "Emerging Party Systems in Post-Soviet Societies," Journal of Politics 62:2 (May 2000), pp Mikhail G. Filippov, Peter C. Ordeshook and Olga V. Shvetsova, "Party Fragmentation and Presidential Elections in Post-Communist Democracies," Constitutional Political Economy 10:1, March 1999, pp Herbert Kitschelt et al., Post-Communist Party Systems, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, Herbert Kitschelt, "The Formation of Party Cleavages in Post-Communist Democracies. Theoretical Propositions," Party Politics 1, 1995, pp (not generally available online) 10

11 Week 10, Mar. 26: Civil Society Jan Kubik, "How to Study Civil Society: The State of the Art and What to Do Next," East European Politics and Societies 19:1 (2005), pp Marc Howard, "The Weakness of Postcommunist Civil Society," Journal of Democracy 13:1 (January 2002), pp Sarah Henderson, "Selling Civil Society: Western Aid and the Nongovernmental Organization Sector in Russia," Comparative Political Studies, 35 (March 2002), pp James L. Gibson, "Social Networks, Civil Society, and the Prospects for Consolidating Russia's Democratic Transition," American Journal of Political Science, 45:1 (2001), pp Graeme B. Robertson, The Politics of Protest in Hybrid Regimes: Managing Dissent in Post- Communist Russia, Cambridge University Press, (Ebook downloadable from library) o Introduction, pp o Chp. 2, pp o Chp. 5-8, pp Scott Radnitz, "Weapons of the Wealthy: Predatory Regimes and Elite-Led Protests in Central Asia" Cornell University Press, 2010 o Chapters TBA. Laura A. Henry, Red to Green: Environmental Activism in Post-Soviet Russia. Cornell University Press, o Chapters TBA. Television, Power, and the Public in Russia. By Ellen Mickiewicz. New York: Cambridge University Press, Robertson, Graeme, "Strikes and Labor Organization in Hybrid Regimes," The American Political Science Review, (Nov 2007), pp Mark Beissinger, "Structure and Example in Modular Political Phenomena: The Diffusion of Bulldozer/Rose/Orange/Tulip Revolutions" Perspectives on Politics 5:2 (June 2007), pp Debra Javeline, "The Role of Blame in Collective Action: Evidence from Russia," American Political Science Review, 97:1 (February 2003), pp Paul Kubicek, "Organized Labor in Postcommunist States: Will the Western Sun Set on It, Too?" Comparative Politics 32:1 (1999), pp Grzegorz Ekiert, State Against Society, Princeton University Press, William M. Reisinger et al., "Public Behavior and Political Change in Post-Soviet States," Journal of Politics 57:4 (1995), pp Giuseppe Di Palma, Legitimation from the Top to Civil Society: Politico-Cultural Change in Eastern Europe, World Politics 44:1 (October 1991), pp April 2: SPRING BREAK NO CLASS 11

12 Week 11, April 9: Political Economy and Economic Reform Gerald M. Easter, Politics of Revenue Extraction in Post-Communist States: Poland and Russia Compared, Politics & Society 30:4 (December 2002), pp Scott Gehlbach, Representation through Taxation: Revenue, Politics, and Development in Postcommunist States, Cambridge University Press, o Chp. 1, Taxes, Representation, and Economic Development in the Russian Heartland, pp o Chp. 2, The Creation of Tax Systems, pp o Chp. 5, Revenue Traps, pp Hilary Appel, Tax Politics in Eastern Europe: Globalization, Regional Integration, and the Democratic Compromise, University of Michigan Press, o Chapters TBA. Timothy Frye, Building States and Markets After Communism: The Perils of Polarized Democracy, Cambridge University Press, 2010, (Ebook downloadable from library). o Introduction, pp o Conclusion, pp Pauline Jones Luong and Erika Weinthal, Oil Is Not a Curse: Ownership Structure and Institutions in Soviet Successor States, Cambridge University Press, 2010 (Ebook downloadable from library) o Chp. 1-3, pp o Chp. 6, pp o Chp. 9-10, pp Irina Denisova, Markus Eller, Timothy Frye, and Ekaterina Zhuravskaya, Who Wants to Revise Privatization? The Complementarity of Market Skills and Institutions, American Political Science Review, 103(2) (May 2009), pp Hilary Appel, A New Capitalist Order, Pittsburg University Press, Pauline Jones Luong and Erika Weinthal, "Contra Coercion: Russian Tax Reform, Exogenous Shocks, and Negotiated Institutional Change," American Political Science Review 98:1 (February 2004), pp Timothy Frye, "The Perils of Polarization: Economic Performance in the Postcommunist World," World Politics 54:3 (April 2002), pp Jan Svejnar, Transition Economies: Performance and Challenges. Journal of Economic Perspectives. 16:1 (Winter 2002), pp Gerard Roland, The Political Economy of Transition, Journal of Economic Perspectives, 16:1 (Winter 2002), pp Yoshiko M. Herrera, "Russian Economic Reform ," in Challenges To Democratic Transition In Russia, ed. Zoltan Barany and Robert Moser, Cambridge University Press, 2001, pp Joel Hellman, "Winners Take All: The Politics of Partial Reform in Post-Communist Transitions," World Politics 50:2 (1998), pp

13 Stanley Fischer and Alan Gelb, The Process of Socialist Economic Transformation, Journal of Economic Perspectives, 5:4 (Autumn 1991), pp Week 12, April 16: Inequality and Social Welfare Linda J. Cook, Postcommunist Welfare States: Reform Politics in Russia and Eastern Europe, Cornell University Press, o Chapters TBA. Sergei Guriev and Ekaterina Zhuravskaya, (Un)Happiness in Transition, Journal of Economic Perspectives, 23:2 (Spring 2009), pp Olga Shevchenko, Crisis and the Everyday in Post-Socialist Moscow, Indiana University Press, o Chapters TBA. Thomas F. Remington, The Politics of Inequality in Russia, Cambridge University Press, (Ebook downloadable from library) o Chp. 1-4, pp o Chp. 7-8, Caroline Humphrey, The Unmaking of Soviet Life: Everyday Economies After Socialism, Cornell University Press, Mieke Meurs and Rasika Ranasinghe, "De-Development in Post-Socialism: Conceptual and Measurement Issues," Politics & Society 31:1 (March 2003), pp Week 13, April 23: Joining Europe and International Institutions (or not) Frank Schimmelfennig, "The Community Trap: Liberal Norms, Rhetorical Action, and the Eastern Enlargement of the European Union," International Organization 55:1 (winter 2001), pp Anna Grzymala-Busse and Abby Innes, "Great Expectations: The EU and Domestic Political Competition in East Central Europe" East European Politics and Societies 17:1 (2003), pp Judith Kelley, "International Actors on the Domestic Scene: Membership Conditionality and Socialization by International Institutions," International Organization 58:3 (Summer 2004), pp Milada Vachudova, Europe Undivided: Democracy, Leverage, & Integration After Communism, Oxford University Press, 2005, o Introduction, pp o Chp. 3, "The Passive Leverage of the European Union," pp o Chp. 5, "The Active Leverage of the European Union," pp Keith Darden, Economic Liberalism and Its Rivals: The Formation of International Institutions among the Post-Soviet States, Cambridge University Press, (Ebook downloadable from library) o Part I (chp. 1-4), pp o Part III (chp. 9-11), pp

14 Recommended Wade Jacoby, The Enlargement of The European Union and NATO, Cambridge University Press Rawi Abdelal, National Purpose in the World Economy: Post-Soviet States in Comparative Perspective, Cornell University Press, Frank Schimmelfennig and Ulrich Sedelmeier, "Governance by Conditionality: EU Rule Transfer to the Candidate Countries of Central and Eastern Europe," Journal of European Public Policy 11:4 (August 2004), pp Gerda Falkner, "How Pervasive are Euro-Politics? Effects of EU Membership on a New Member State," The Journal of Common Market Studies 38:2 (2000), pp Karen Henderson, "The Challenges of EU Eastward Expansion," International Politics 37:1 (2000), pp Jeffrey Kopstein and David Reilly, "Geographic Diffusion and the Transformation of the Postcommunist World," World Politics 53:1 (October 2000), pp Lykke Friis and Anna Murphy, "The European Union and Central and Eastern Europe: Governance and Boundaries," The Journal of Common Market Studies 37:2 (1999), pp Week 14, April 30: Transnational Movements and International Relations Matthew Evangelista, "The Paradox of State Strength: Transnational Relations, Domestic Structures, and Security Policy in Russia and the Soviet Union," International Organization 49:1 (winter 1995), pp Valerie Sperling Altered States: The Globalization of Accountability, Cambridge University Press. (Ebook downloadable from library) o Chp. 1, pp o Chp. 5, pp Mary Elise Sarotte, 1989: The Struggle to Create Post-Cold War Europe, Princeton University Press, (on reserve at the College library) Entire Peter Andreas, Blue Helmets and Black Markets: The Business of Survival in the Siege of Sarajevo, Cornell University Press, (on reserve at the College library) Entire Thomas Risse-Kappen, "Ideas do not Float Freely: Transnational Coalitions, Domestic Structures, and the End of the Cold War," International Organization 48:2 (spring 1994), pp Erika Weinthal, "Beyond the State: Transnational Actors, NGOs, and Environmental Protection in Central Asia," in The Transformation of Central Asia: States and Societies from Soviet Rule to Independence, ed. Pauline Jones Luong, Cornell University Press, 2003, pp Week 15, May 7: Discussion of Student Papers No assigned readings Final Paper due Monday, May 14, 2012, at 9:00 am by as a pdf. 14