PSCI 3620 - Government and Politics of Central/Eastern Europe and Russia

Goals: To examine and analyze the political systems of Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Russia, and the former states of Yugoslavia. To understand the social, economic, and ideological contexts of these political systems in the postwar era and their movement toward economic and political transition.

Content: Postwar development of Eastern European political systems, state institutions, political culture, and policy processes; relations with the United States, Europe, and Russia, with particular emphasis on changes after 1989.

Taught: Alternate years.

Prerequisite: PSCI 1430: World Politics is recommended.

Credits: 4 credits