READING ASSIGNMENTS Jan 20 Revolution: Lenin Comes to Power The Creation of the USSR Jan 25 Becoming a World Power: The Soviet Union Under Stalin

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1 READING ASSIGNMENTS Jan 20 Jan 25 Jan 27 Feb 1 Revolution: Lenin Comes to Power The Creation of the USSR McAuley, Soviet Politics, ch. 1-2 Litveiko, In 1917, In the Shadow of the Revolution, pp Zoshenko, Housing Crisis, The Fatal Eggs and Other Soviet Satire, pp Chivers, With Lenin s Ideas Dead, What to Do With His Body? New York Times, October 5, 2005, p. A3 Becoming a World Power: The Soviet Union Under Stalin McAuley, Soviet Politics, ch. 3-4 Ilf and Petrov, How the Soviet Robinson Was Written, The Fatal Eggs and Other Soviet Satire, pp Figes, The Whisperers, pp Myers, Still the Tyrant, Stalin Refuses to Be Wished Away, New York Times, May 4, 2005, p. A4 Levy, A New View of a Famine that Killed Millions, New York Times, March 16, 2009, p. A11 Muddling Through: The Soviet Union Under Khrushchev and Brezhnev McAuley, Soviet Politics, ch. 5-6 Safire, The Cold War s Hot Kitchen, New York Times, July 24, 2009 Taubman, How a Speech Won the Cold War, February 25, 2006, New York Times, p. A15 Young, Growing Up in Moscow: Memories of a Soviet Girlhood, pp The Unraveling of the Soviet s Union Under Gorbachev & the Revival of Russia Under Yeltsin McAuley, Soviet Politics, ch. 7-8 Brown, When Gorbachev Took Charge, International Herald Tribune, March 11, 2010, p. 8 Gwyn, Secrecy May Be Inevitable in the Soviet System, Toronto Star, May 7, 1986, p. A21 Yablokova, 15 Years On, Coup Is a Dim Memory, Moscow Times, August 18, 2006 Text of Yeltsin s Resignation Speech, New York Times, Jan. 1, 2000, p. A19 Applebaum, Russia's Agent of Change; For All His Flaws, Boris Yeltsin Started Something Big, Washington Post, April 24, 2007, p. A21 [Western perspective on Yeltsin at the time of his death] Lipman, Yeltsin the Revolutionary, Washington Post, April 25, 2007, p. A17 [Russian perspective on Yeltsin at the time of his death]

2 Feb 3 Feb 8 Understanding Russia s Place in the World: Past and Present Kennan, The United States and the Soviet Union, , Foreign Affairs, (1976), reprinted in Soviet Foreign Policy in a Changing World, pp Wegren & Herspring, eds, After Putin s Russia, chapter 10 Sarotte, Enlarging NATO, Expanding Confusion, New York Times, November 30, 2009, p. A31 Bohm, 5 Reasons Why Russia Will Never Join NATO, Moscow Times, November 19, 2010 Kramarenko, 5 Reasons Why Russia Could Join NATO, Moscow Times, December 9, 2010 Baker, Twists, Turns and Anger on Way to Arms Pact with Russia, New York Times, March 27, 2010, p. A4 Barry, Medvedev Praises Obama for New Start Treaty, New York Times, December 25, 2010, p. A16 Contemporary Challenges Wegren & Herspring, eds., After Putin s Russia, chapters 6 & 8 Korchagina, Putin Offers Mothers Cash for More Babies, Moscow Times, May 11, 2006 Kramer, Ikea Tries to Build Public Case Against Russian Corruption, New York Times, September 12, 2009, p. B1 Levy, Russia Tries, Once Again, To Rein in Vodka Habit, New York Times, November 3, 2009, p. A4 Levy, Russians Comment on Ways to Curb the Use of Alcohol, New York Times, November 3, 2009, p. A6 Trudolyubov, Who Runs Russia, Anyway? International Herald Tribune, November 20, 2009 Levy, Videos Rouse Russian Anger Toward Police, New York Times, July 28, 2010, p. A1 Video of Russian policemen confessing to corruption: PART II: IS RUSSIA MAKING A TRANSITION TO DEMOCRACY? Feb 10 Feb 15 Defining Democracy & Applying it to the Soviet Reality Schmitter & Karl, What Democracy is... and is Not, in The Global Resurgence of Democracy (1996), pp Hazard, The Soviet System of Government, pp , 41-56, McAuley, Soviet Politics, chs. 1-3 (review) Stalinist Terror: Authoritarianism in Action Chukhovskaya, Sofia Petrovna Excerpt from Stalinist criminal code (Article 58) Solzhenitsyn, Gulag Archipelago, pp Figes, The Whisperers, pp , Kramer, Yes, a Lot of People Died, But..., New York Times, August 12, 2007 Barry, Recall Stalin s Horrors, Medvedev Says, New York Times, October 31, 2009, p. A4

3 Feb 17 Feb 22 Feb 24 March 1 March 3 March 8 Demokratizatsiya: Institutional Innovations During the Gorbachev Era White, Russia s New Politics, pp Gorbachev, Memoirs, pp , , Political Parties and Elections Part I Moser, The Impact of Parliamentary Electoral Systems in Russia, in Contemporary Russian Politics, pp Rose, How Floating Parties Frustrate Democratic Accountability, in Contemporary Russian Politics, pp Political Parties and Elections Part II Whitefield, Russian Citizens and Russian Democracy: Perceptions of State Governance and Democratic Practice, , Post-Soviet Affairs, vol. 25, no. 2, 2009 pp Rose and Mishler, How Do Electors Respond to an Unfair Election? The Experience of Russians, Post-Soviet Affairs, vol. 25, no. 2, 2009 pp Barry, Medvedev Says Backwardness Undermines Party, New York Times, November 22, 2009 Levy, In Siberia Race, Ruling Party Uses Clenched Fist, New York Times, December 11, 2010, p. A1 Excerpt from Putin s interview with Larry King, December 12, 2010 Reinventing Legislative and Executive Power Ryabov, Legislative-Executive Relations, Between Dictatorship and Democracy, pp Election Results President Wegren & Herspring, eds., After Putin s Russia, Chapter 2 Whitmore, Parliamentary Oversight in Putin s Neo-patrimonial State. Watchdogs or Show-dogs? Europe-Asia Studies, 62:6, 2010, pp Federalism: The Rise and Fall of Regional Leaders Hazard, The Soviet System of Government, pp Wegren & Herspring, eds., After Putin s Russia, Chapter 3 Latynina, Competence? Not Required for Governors, Moscow Times, September 21, 2005 Levy, Governor in Russia is Ousted by Kremlin, New York Times, March 22, 2009, p. A13 State-Society Relationship: Civil Society Sundstrom & Henry, Defining Civil Society, in Russian Civil Society: A Critical Assessment, pp Sundstrom & Henry, Russian Civil Society: Tension and Trajectory, in Russian Civil Society: A Critical Assessment, pp Shlapentokh, Trust in Public Institutions in Russia: The Lowest in the World, Communist and Post-Communist Studies, vol. 39, no. 2, 2006, pp Excerpts from Law on Public Associations, as amended in 2006 Richter, The Ministry of Civil Society? The Public Chambers in the Regions, Problems of Post-Communism, vol. 56, no. 6, 2009, pp Lipman, Protests Are Showing Cracks in Kremlin Policy, Washington Post, February 19, 2010, p. A19

4 PART III: IS RUSSIA MAKING A TRANSITION TO A MARKET ECONOMY? March 22 March 24 March 29 March 31 April 5 April 7 Starting Point: Plans and Markets in Theory Lindblom, Politics and Markets, pp , Millar, The ABCs of Soviet Socialism (1981), pp The Reality of the Planned Economy Schroeder, Soviet Economic Reform Decrees: More Steps on the Treadmill, Soviet Economy in the 1980s, pp , Grossman, The Second Economy of the USSR, Problems of Communism (1977), pp Ledeneva, Russia s Economy of Favors, pp. 1-9, Kramer, These Boots Were Made for 22 MPH, New York Times, March 17, 2007 Perestroika: Trying to Make the Planned Economy Efficient Hewett, Reforming the Soviet Economy (1988), pp Smith, The New Russians, pp Burawoy & Hendley, "Between Perestroika and Privatization: Divided Strategies and Political Crisis in a Soviet Enterprise," Soviet Studies, vol. 44, no. 3, pp , 1992 Privatization: The Impact of Market Reforms Murrell, What is Shock Therapy? What Did it Do in Poland and Russia? Post- Soviet Affairs, 9:2 (1993), pp Brady, Kapitalizm, pp Blasi, Kroumova, Kruse, Kremlin Capitalism, pp Post-Privatization Reality Brady, Kapitalizm, pp , Ledeneva, Russia s Economy of Favors, pp Hoffman, Russia in Reverse; Upheavals Threaten Free Market Goals, Washington Post, August 30, 1998, p. A1 Tolstaya, The Price of Eggs, from Pushkin s Children, pp LaFraniere, The Cashless Society: Bartering Chokes Russian Economy, The Washington Post, Sept. 3, 1998, p. A1 Desai & Idson, Work Without Wages, pp Recovery Under Putin: Real or Illusory? Wegren & Herspring, eds., After Putin s Russia, Chapter 7 Aslund & Kuchins, The Russia Balance Sheet, pp Illarionov, Russia, Inc., New York Times, February 4, 2006, p. A13 Kramer Falling Gas Prices Deny Russia a Lever of Power, New York Times, May 16, 2009, p. A1 Barry, Putin Lays Down the Law to Capitalists in a One-Company Town, New York Times, June 5, 2009, p. A4 Kramer, Innovation, By Order of the Kremlin, New York Times, April 11, 2010, p. B1

5 PART IV: IS RUSSIA MAKING A TRANSITION TO THE RULE OF LAW? April 12 April April 21 April 26 Starting Point: Defining the Rule of Law & the Role of Law During the Soviet Era Fuller, The Morality of Law (1969), pp Sharlet, Stalinism and Soviet Legal Culture, Stalinism, pp Excerpt from 1936 (Stalin) Constitution Excerpt from the 1977 (Brezhnev) Constitution Hazard, The Evolution of the Soviet Constitution, Toward the Rule of Law in Russia? (1992), pp Feofanov & Barry, The Trial of Ian Rokotov, Politics and Justice in Russia (1996), pp Confronting Terrorism: Chechnya, Beslan & Beyond Documentary (in class): Terror in Moscow Kipp, Putin and Russia s Wars in Chechnya, Putin s Russia, 2d ed., pp Birch, A Violinist Tells Tale of Ordeal as Hostage, Baltimore Sun, November 3, 2002, p. 1A Baker, Russian Lawmakers Vote to Curb News Media; Terrorism Reporting Restricted After Crisis, Washington Post, Nov. 2, 2002, p. A18 Baker & Glasser, Kremlin Rising, pp Mereu, Beslan Mothers an Island of Opposition, Moscow Times, November 30, 2007, p. 1 Pape, O Rourke & McDermit, What Makes Chechen Women So Dangerous? New York Times, March 31, 2010, p. A23 Reforms to the Legal System Under Gorbachev Hendley, Trying to Make Law Matter (1996), pp Shanker, Gorbachev Seeks Protests, Rally Ban, Chicago Tribune, April 10, 1991, p. C5 Excerpt from the 1977 Constitution, as revised Hazard, The Evolution of the Soviet Constitution, Toward the Rule of Law in Russia? (1992), pp Sharlet, The Fate of Individual Rights in the Age of Perestroika, Toward the Rule of Law in Russia? (1992), pp Reforms to the Legal System in Post-Soviet Russia Wegren & Herspring, eds., After Putin s Russia, Chapter 4 Trochev, Judicial Selection in Russia: Towards Accountability and Centralization, in Appointing Judges in an Age of Judicial Power, pp Baker & Glasser, Kremlin Rising, pp Barry, In Russia, Jury is Something to Work Around, New York Times, November 16, 2010, p. A1 Excerpt from the 1993 (Yeltsin) Constitution

6 April 28 May 3 Assessing the Present-Day Role of Law Part I Ledeneva, Telephone Justice in Russia, Post-Soviet Affairs, vol. 24, no. 4, 2008, pp On the Counteraction of Extremist Activity, passed in 2002, revised in 2006 Osadchuk, National Bolshevik Party Declared Extremist, Moscow Times, April 20, 2007 Meier, Who Fears a Free Mikhail Khodorkovsky? New York Times Magazine, November 22, 2009 Khodorkovsky, The Fate of Every Citizen is Being Decided, November 2, 2010 Schmidt, Khodorkovsky and the Rule of Law, International Herald Tribune, December 29, 2010 Levy, In Russia, an Advocate is Killed, and an Accuser Tried, New York Times, December 28, 2010, p. A1 von Twickel, 2 Senior Judges Quit After Criticism, Moscow Times, December 3, 2009 Kramer, Dissent Turns Into a Solo Act, New York Times, January 6, 2011, p. A13 Assessing the Present-Day Role of Law Part II Hendley, Telephone Law and the Rule of Law: The Russian Case, Hague Journal on the Rule of Law, vol. 1, no. 2, pp , 2009 Barry, Russian Attitudes Thaw on Rights Court, New York Times, January 15, 2010, p. A11 PART V: SUMMING UP WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD FOR RUSSIA? May 5 Rethinking Russian Exceptionalism Simes & Saunders, The Kremlin Begs to Differ, The National Interest, Nov/Dec 2009 Shevtsova, Lonely Power, pp Treisman, The Return, pp Gorbachev, Perestroika Lost, New York Times, March 14, 2010