Instructors
Michael A. McFaul - Stanford University

The sources of the collapse of the communist states in E. Europe and the former Soviet Union. The relationship between political reform and economic change, emphasizing democracy versus dictatorship, liberalization, stabilization and privatization, and the role of external actors in internal change in the region. Models and historical analogs for analyzing the emergence of post-communist politics. GERs: None

Level
Undergraduate

Units
5

Department
Department of Political Science
School of Humanities and Sciences