31501
Lecture
WiSe 15/16: Economic History of Russia and Eurasia
Theocharis Grigoriadis
Information for students
Grade:
Final Exam: Economics and Public Economics Masters Students.
Research Paper: East European Studies/Political Science/IR Masters Students
Comments
This is a course on the economic history of Russia and Eurasia. The first part of the course will focus on the economic system of the Russian Empire. The second part of the course will concentrate in the analytical and structural determinants of communist economic organization with reference to the Soviet Union. The third part of the course will deal with the political economics of post-Soviet transition. Lectures will cover both rigorous economic concepts and historical debates. Exercises will offer training in formal methods in economic history. Students are expected to become conversant with the analytical tools and theoretical discussions presented in the literature. Slides, which have been graciously provided by Gérard Roland, will be used to facilitate the learning process. Attendance in all sessions is required. Students are expected to make a 20-minute presentation in a week of their choice. The course grade is defined by a final exam/research paper (depending on degree program pursued) in the end of the semester. close
Suggested reading
Required Textbooks:
Lecture
1. Kotsonis, Yanni. States of Obligation: Taxes and Citizenship in the Russian Empire and the Early Soviet Republic, University of Toronto Press 2014.
2. Harrison, Mark (Ed.). Guns and Rubles: the Defense Industry in the Stalinist State. Yale-Hoover Series on Stalin, Stalinism, and the Cold War. Yale University Press 2008.
3. Harrison, Mark. Accounting for War: Soviet Production, Employment, and the Defense Burden, 1940-1945. Cambridge University Press, Russian, Soviet, & Post-Soviet Studies 1996.
4. Gregory, Paul. The Political Economy of Stalinism: Evidence from the Soviet Secret Archives. Cambridge University Press 1994.
5. Kornai, Janos. The Socialist System: The Political Economy of Communism. Princeton University Press 1992.
6. Roland, Gérard. Transition and Economics: Politics, Markets and Firms. MIT Press 2004.
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16 Class schedule
Additional appointments
Wed, 2016-01-20 08:00 - 10:00
Location:
Boltzmannstr.20 - Anbau Hörsaal (K 019) (Boltzmannstr. 16-20)
Regular appointments
Mon, 2015-10-12 10:00 - 12:00
Mon, 2015-10-19 10:00 - 12:00
Thu, 2015-11-05 08:00 - 10:00
Mon, 2015-11-09 10:00 - 12:00
Thu, 2015-11-12 08:00 - 10:00
Mon, 2015-11-16 10:00 - 12:00
Mon, 2015-11-23 10:00 - 12:00
Mon, 2015-11-30 10:00 - 12:00
Mon, 2015-12-07 10:00 - 12:00
Mon, 2015-12-14 10:00 - 12:00
Mon, 2016-01-04 10:00 - 12:00
Mon, 2016-01-11 10:00 - 12:00
Mon, 2016-01-18 10:00 - 12:00
Mon, 2016-01-25 10:00 - 12:00
Mon, 2016-02-01 10:00 - 12:00
Mon, 2016-02-08 10:00 - 12:00