Putin's Russia
Osnova sekce
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October 3rd Introduction October 10th 1. Who is Mr. Putin? October 17th 2. The system October 24th 3. Opposition, Civil Society October 31st 4. Media November 7th 5. Religion, Culture November 14th 6. Nationalism, Neo-Eurasianism and Extreme Right November 21st 7. History in Russian Politics November 28th 8. Foreign Policy December 5th 9. Why Ukraine? December 12th
10. Current Situation and Outlook Course requirements and their share in the final grade:
1. Active participation – 15 %
2. Weekly reading summary – 20 %
3. Oral presentation – 20 - 25 mins – 30 %
4. Final paper/Essay – 10 pgs – 35 % (To be submitted until January 15th)
The final grade will be awarded in accordance with Dean’s Provision on using A-F grading scale at UK FSV (https://www.fsv.cuni.cz/opatreni-dekanky-c-172018aj).
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Goscilo, Helena. Putin as a celebrity and cultural icon. New York: Routledge, 2013. Chapter 1. pp. 6 - 37.
Zygar, Mikhail. All the Kremlin´s Men. New York: Public Affairs, 2016. Conclusion
Tefft, John. Understanding the Factors That Will Impact the Succession to Vladimir Putin as Russian President, RAND, 2020
Pipes, Richard. Russian Conservatism and Its Critics. New Haven&London, 2005. Chapter 1. pp. 1- 63.
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- Hill, Fiona. Mr. Putin. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press, 2013. Chpt. 1+2. pp 1-34. (JINONICE, ebrary)
- Kagarlitsky, Boris. Russia under Yeltsin and Putin : Neo-Liberal Autocracy. London: Pluto Press, 2002. Chp. 9. pp 223 - 250. (JINONICE, ebrary)
- Shevtsova, Lilia. Putin's Russia (Revised and Expanded Edition). Washington, D.C.: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2005. Chpt. 1. pp 7 – 43. (JINONICE, ebrary)
- Gessen, Masha. The Man without a face: the unlikely rise of Vladimir Putin. Chpt. 1. pp 11-22 (Slovanská knihovna)
the first three readings are available online from Jinonice library via ebrary
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Pirani, Simon. Change in Putin’s Russia: power, money and people. London: Pluto Press, 2010. Chpt. 8 (Ebrary)
Weiss, Michael. Rights in Russia. Navalny and the Opposition. World Affairs. November/December, 2013.
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Anderson, John. "Putin and the Russian Orthodox Church: Asymmetric Symphonia?" Journal of International Affairs, Fall/Winter 2007, vol. 61, no. 1.
Warhola, James W. "Religion and Politics under Putin Administration" Journal of Church and State. 2005
Dannreuther, Roland. "Islamic radicalization in Russia: an assesment." International Affairs, 86: 1, 2010.
Yatsyk Alexandra. Promoting Islam within the “Russian World”. PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo No. 383. August 2015.
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Shekhovtsov, Anton. “Aleksandr Dugin’s Neo-Eurasianism and the Russian-Ukrainian War”, in Mark Bassin, Gonzalo Pozo-Martin (eds), The Politics of Eurasianism: Identity, Popular Culture and Russia’s Foreign Policy (Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2017), pp. 185-204.
Umland, Andreas. "Alexander Dugin and Moscow’s New Right Radical Intellectuals Circles at the Start of Putin’s Third Presidential Term 2012-2013: The Anti-Orange Committee, The Izborsk Club and the Florian Geyer Club in Their Political Context", in: Europolity, vol. 10, no. 2, 2016
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