Courses - Fall 2026
GVPT459R
Seminar in Comparative Politics; The Rise and Fall of Communism
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Restriction: Must be in Government & Politics or International Relations program.
The course focuses on the ideologies and institutions of Communism in the 20th and 21st century: Leninism, Stalinism, Maoism, Castroism, Yugoslavia, Romania, Albania, Ethiopia. Lectures and class discussions will focus on the main crises of communism and the rise of dissident, oppositional, democratic movements. The questions we will attempt to answer are: What were the appeals of communism, what were its main goals, and which were the main causes of its collapse?
The course focuses on the ideologies and institutions of Communism in the 20th and 21st century: Leninism, Stalinism, Maoism, Castroism, Yugoslavia, Romania, Albania, Ethiopia. Lectures and class discussions will focus on the main crises of communism and the rise of dissident, oppositional, democratic movements. The questions we will attempt to answer are: What were the appeals of communism, what were its main goals, and which were the main causes of its collapse?
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