EUROPE DIVIDED: INTEGRATION, DEMOCRATISATION AND THE RISE OF RUSSIAN AUTHORITARIANISM (1989-2014)
POL5PIR
2019
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 a HUSS Postgraduate Degree 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. Demonstrate extensive knowledge of the divergent development of the EU and Russia in the post-Cold War era.
- Activities:
- Essay, seminar discussions
02. Use nuanced understanding of concepts to explain the European project and post-Soviet authoritarianism.
- Activities:
- Essay, seminar discussions
03. Employ original research to substantiate structured arguments about the transformation of European politics in the post-Cold War era
- Activities:
- Essay
Melbourne, 2019, Semester 1, Day
Overview
Online enrolment: Yes
Maximum enrolment size: N/A
Enrolment information:
Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Robert Horvath
Class requirements
SeminarWeek: 10 - 22
Twelve 2.0 hours seminar per week on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via face-to-face.
Assessments
| Assessment element | Comments | % | ILO* |
|---|---|---|---|
| written seminar contributions (1,000 word equivalent) | Each week, four comments related to the reading are to submitted in written form and used as the basis for the student's contribution to seminar discussion. The written versions will be evaluated in three batches. | 20 | 01, 02, 03 |
| one 2,000 word essay | 40 | 01, 02, 03 | |
| one 2,000-word essay | 40 | 01, 02, 03 |