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Course Syllabus

Master 2021/2022

Understanding Russian Economy. Problems of Transition

Type: Elective course (Socioeconomic and Political Development of Modern Asia)
Area of studies: Asian and African Studies
Delivered by: School of Asian Studies
Where: Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs
When: 1 year, 4 module
Mode of studies: distance learning
Online hours: 40
Open to: everyone
Instructors: Sergei Shaposhnikov
Master’s programme: Socioeconomic and Political Development of Modern Asia
Language: English
ECTS credits: 3
Contact hours: 2

Course Syllabus

Full Syllabus

Abstract

The purpose of the course is to bring the basic knowledge on the specific aspects of Russian economy that had significant impact on the latest development trends in Russia. This course will provide you with knowledge on: the basics of economy; understanding the role of market reforms in developing the key features of modern Russian economy; understanding specific aspects of Russian economy; cause-effect relationship of the most significant trends in Russia’s economic development; instruments for analysis of Russian economy; business climate in Russia and skills required for doing business in. https://online.hse.ru/local/showcase/?cid=3479
Learning Objectives

Learning Objectives

  • To understand the principles of currency exchange rates, inflation and other things define the way in which we distribute our income between savings and investments.
  • To develop knowledge on the basics of economy as such. The course will disclose universal patterns by analyzing trends in Russian economy.
Expected Learning Outcomes

Expected Learning Outcomes

  • Analyses the business climate in Russia and the skills necessary for doing business in Russia
  • Formulates, states and reasonably defends their own vision of the economic problems under consideration and ways to solve them
  • Seizes the basics of economy; on the causal relationship of the most significant trends in the economic development of Russia
  • Uses tools for analysing the Russian economy
Course Contents

Course Contents

  • Introduction to the course
  • Brief History of Russian Economics
  • The basics of market reforms
  • Lost Transition Opportunities
  • Understanding the golden decade and the ensuing crisis
  • Transition lessons. Looking for solutions
Assessment Elements

Assessment Elements

  • non-blocking Test after the 1st week (10 minutes)
  • non-blocking Test after the 2nd week (10 minutes)
  • non-blocking Test after the 3rd week (10 minutes)
  • non-blocking Test after the 5th week (10 minutes)
  • non-blocking Test after the 6th week (10 minutes)
  • non-blocking Debates
  • non-blocking Test after the 4th week (10 minutes)
Interim Assessment

Interim Assessment

  • 2021/2022 4th module
    0.2 * Test after the 6th week (10 minutes) + 0.2 * Debates + 0.15 * Test after the 3rd week (10 minutes) + 0.15 * Test after the 5th week (10 minutes) + 0.15 * Test after the 1st week (10 minutes) + 0.15 * Test after the 2nd week (10 minutes)
Bibliography

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

  • Connolly, R. V. (DE-588)1139175637, (DE-576)187690448, aut. (2018). Stagnation and change in the Russian economy / Richard Connolly, University of Birmingham and Chatham House. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edswao&AN=edswao.500384940
  • Ekaterina V. Slesarenko. (2019). Structural modernization as the basis of progressive and safe social-economic development of the Russian economy. Aktualʹnye Problemy Èkonomiki i Prava, (1), 993. https://doi.org/10.21202/1993-047X.13.2019.1.993-1006
  • Kudrin, A. L. (2015). A new growth model for the Russian economy [Elektronische Ressource] / Alexey Kudrin and Evsey Gurvich. Helsinki: Bank of Finland, Institute for Economies in Transition. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edswao&AN=edswao.444956530
  • Экономика России в мировом контексте, Кудров, В. М., 2007

Recommended Additional Bibliography

  • Khmeleva, G. A., & Bulavko, O. A. (2016). From the 2008 to the 2014 Crisis: Response of the Labor Market of Russia’s Largest Cities. International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 11(10), 3791–3806. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=eric&AN=EJ1114686
  • Osipian, A. L. . V. aut. (2019). Political and Economic Transition in Russia : Predatory Raiding, Privatization Reforms, and Property Rights / by Ararat L. Osipian. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edswao&AN=edswao.516263560

Authors

  • SHAPOSHNIKOV SERGEY VYACHESLAVOVICH