EUROPE DIVIDED: INTEGRATION, DEMOCRATISATION AND THE RISE OF RUSSIAN AUTHORITARIANISM (1989-2014)
POL5PIR
Not currently offered
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
This course examines the reshaping of European politics during the quarter century between Mikhail Gorbachev's appeal for a 'common European home' in 1989 and the outbreak of conflict in Ukraine in 2014. It seeks to illuminate the successes and failures of European integration and to provoke debate about the origins and significance of the emerging conflict between the EU and Putin's Russia. In particular, it poses questions about the EU's contribution to regional democratisation, the politics of energy, NATO expansion, and the nature of the Putin regime.
School: School of Humanities & Social Sciences
Credit points: 15
Subject Co-ordinator: Robert Horvath
Available to Study Abroad Students: Yes
Subject year level: Year Level 5 - Masters
Exchange Students: Yes
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites: Must be enrolled in International Relations Postgraduate Degrees or through subject coordinator's approval.
Co-requisites: N/A
Incompatible subjects: POL5RIP
Equivalent subjects: N/A
Special conditions: N/A
Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes
01. Students will have extensive knowledge of the divergent development of the EU and Russia in the post-Cold War era.
- Activities:
- Essay, seminar discussions
02. Students will have a nuanced understanding of concepts used to explain the European project and post-Soviet authoritarianism.
- Activities:
- Essay, seminar discussions
03. Students will employ original research to substantiate structured arguments about the transformation of European politics in the post-Cold War era
- Activities:
- Essay