Economic transformation in the post-Soviet area - JMM188

• Anglický název: Economic transformation in the post-Soviet area
• Zajišťuje: Katedra ruských a východoevropských studií (23-KRVS)
• Fakulta: Fakulta sociálních věd
• Platnost: od 2010 do 2011
• Semestr: zimní
• E-Kredity: 6
• Způsob provedení zkoušky: zimní s.:
• Rozsah, examinace: zimní s.:1/1, Zk [HT]
• Počet míst: 30 / neurčen (40)
• Minimální obsazenost: neomezen
• 4EU+: ne
• Virtuální mobilita / počet míst pro virtuální mobilitu: ne
• Stav předmětu: vyučován
• Jazyk výuky: angličtina
• Způsob výuky: prezenční
• Poznámka: předmět je možno zapsat mimo plán; povolen pro zápis po webu
• Garant: Mgr. Karel Svoboda, Ph.D.
• Vyučující: Mgr. Karel Svoboda, Ph.D.

Anotace

The course analyzes the processes of economic transformation of the post-Soviet space. It covers both macro and micro economic perspective through analyses of selected topics. Main emphasis is given on practical consequences of the reforms and their theoretical basis. It concentrates mostly on the European countries of the former Soviet Union.

Poslední úprava: Trejbal Václav, Ing. (21.02.2013)

Literatura

1. Hanson P., The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Economy: An Economic History of the USSR from 1945. Pearson Education, 2003.

2. Aslund A., Russia's capitalist revolution: why market reform succeeded and democracy failed?, Washington : Peterson Institute for International Economics, 2007.

3. Goldman M., The piratization of Russia : Russian reform goes awry, London : Routledge, 2003.

4. Tompson, W., Ahrend, R., Fifteen years of economic reforms in Russia: What has been achieved, what remains to be done?

5. Aslund A., How Ukraine Became a Market Economy and Democracy, Washington : Peterson Institute for International Economics, 2008.

6. Konoczuk W., The failure of integration. The CIS and other international organisations in the post-Soviet area 1991-2006, OSW, Warsawa 2007.

7. Chubrik A. , Haiduk K., Pelipas I., Growth for All? Economy of Belarus: Challenges ahead, Minsk 2007, http://research.by/pdf/growthforall2007en.pdf.

8. Sutela P., Russian market Economy, Alexanteri Institute, Helsinki, 2003.

9. ?slund A., How capitalism was built : the transformation of Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia, Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007.

10. Schleifer A., Treisman D., A normal country, October 2003, http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=460920.

!!. Daniel Gros, Alfred Steinherr, Economic Transition in Central and Eastern Europe, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006

Poslední úprava: Trejbal Václav, Ing. (21.02.2013)

Požadavky ke zkoušce

čeština

-active participation in the classes
-attendance is obligatory (one unexcused missing allowed)
-reading and position paper of one page to each of the texts
-Oral presentation (fifteen minutes)
-Essay-ten pages long. The topics will be discussed with the lecturer up to  October 31, the deadline for submission is January 10
-The essay must be typed, Times New Roman, 12 pt., double spaced, using footnotes according to the chosen norm and must be delivered to the email address: It must be well written and contain authors statement, argumentation and conclusion. - -Please, DO NOT use Wikipedia as a source! Encyclopedias in general are not considered as sources for the academic papers.
-Any instance of plagiarism will result to the failed evaluation and will be delivered to the Disciplinary Commission for further decision.

Poslední úprava: Trejbal Václav, Ing. (21.02.2013)

angličtina

Requirements:

Presentation

• approx. 20 minutes

• PowerPoint recommended

• handout (notes) has to be submitted to my email no later than on Wednesday 22:00 or printed out by the presenter(s) so that it is available to the other students in the respective seminar

Activity in the class

• based on assigned readings,

• meaningful participation (commentaries, questions) in discussion following your colleagues’ presentations,

• minimum attendance - 70 % (9 seminars)

Term paper

• academic text (including footnotes and references)

• 2.500 - 3.000 words

• at least six independent sources

• the topical choice could be identical with that of presentation but students are welcome to come up with their own choice of topic (by agreement with me)

• the term paper has to be submitted to my e-mail address ([e-mail]) no later than May 31

Poslední úprava: Trejbal Václav, Ing. (21.02.2013)

Sylabus

1. October 7- Presentations, course introduction, basic terms.

2. October 14- Command economy, economy of shortage

a. Planning and its deficiencies, Innovations, Pricing system

3. October 21- perestroika - reform plans

a. Agabegyan, Yavlinskii, Shatalin

4. October 28- reading assignment

5. November 4- post-Soviet transformation - concepts, ideas

a. Shock therapy vs. gradualism

b. Other approaches

c. Liberalization

d. Privatization

e. Stabilization

6. November 11 - Ukraine, Belarus

a. Specific ways towards capitalism

7. November 18 - reading assignment

8. November 25 - 1998 - problems and consequences

a. Russia’s default and the effects on the post-Soviet space

9. December 2-  Economic integration in the CIS

a. Oil prices and their impact

10. December 9 - Vladimir Putin’s reforms

11. December 16 - crisis of 2009 and the prospects

a. Debt crisis in the CIS

Poslední úprava: Trejbal Václav, Ing. (21.02.2013)