By the end of the module the student will be able to:
- 1. To contextualise the key features of contemporary Russia's polity in terms of both Russia's past and comparative international experience;
- 2. To critically apply theories of transition, democratisation and party formation to the specifics of contemporary Russia and Ukraine;
- 3. To identify the key socio-political processes in independent Ukraine and assess their importance within Ukraine and the wider world
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