Junior Economics Tutorial: Economies in Transition
CSS 320
Spring 2010
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| Certificates: International Relations |
The transition of the formerly centrally planned and bureaucratically managed economies of the now-defunct Soviet bloc to market economies based on private property and individual initiative is an event unparalleled in history. The tutorial begins by examining carefully the early period of transition, focusing on the legacies and initial conditions, and traces the progress of European transition countries over the last decade and a half. The topics covered are the nature of transition, macroeconomic stabilization, sustainable growth, privatization and enterprise restructuring, and financial sector reform. Comparisons across two or more countries are made to draw policy implications. The tutorial concludes with an in-depth analysis of China, which illustrates a more gradual transition to a market-oriented economy. |
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Essential Capabilities:
Effective Citizenship, Writing
Consideration of many other countries enhances world view and policy thinking; regular writing assignments
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS ECON |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (CSS) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 - 3rd Quarter |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Aslund, Anders, How Capitalism Was Built: The Transformation of Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia, Cambridge University Press, 2007
Naughton, Barry, The Chinese Economy: Transitions and Growth, MIT Press, 2007
Selected journal articles
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Examinations and Assignments:
The course is divided into five conceptual modules, each with a weekly paper assignment. The topics are the nature of transition, macroeconomic stabilization, sustainable growth, privatization and enterprise restructuring, and financial sector reform. Each student will become an expert adviser to one transition country and prepare a policy paper in the last two weeks of the course dealing with an issue of concern to that country. If the country chosen is one that we use to illustrate a core topic, the policy paper must be on a different topic. |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
Open to CSS Juniors Only |
| Instructor(s): Bonin,John P. Times: .....F. 02:00PM-04:00PM; Location: PAC422; |
Permission of Instructor Required
Enrollment capacity: 15 | Permission of instructor will be granted during the drop/add period. Students must submit either a ranked or unranked drop/add request for this course. |
| Web Resources: Syllabus |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 0 | 1st Ranked: 0 | 2nd Ranked: 0 | 3rd Ranked: 0 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 0 |
| SECTION 02 - 4th Quarter |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Same as Section 01 Above |
| Examinations and Assignments: Same as Section 01 Above |
| Additional Requirements and/or Comments: Same as Section 01 Above |
| Instructor(s): Bonin,John P. Times: .....F. 02:00PM-04:00PM; Location: PAC422; |
Permission of Instructor Required
Enrollment capacity: 15 | Permission of instructor will be granted during the drop/add period. Students must submit either a ranked or unranked drop/add request for this course. |
| Web Resources: Syllabus |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 0 | 1st Ranked: 0 | 2nd Ranked: 0 | 3rd Ranked: 0 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 0 |
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