POL 150C1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Vladimir Putin, Maoism
14 Nov 2014
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Pol 150- politics of happiness - lecture 14: russia. Russia is on the way back & is again a major global power. Most russians are happy with the direction of their country"s development. Vladimir putin is now in the pantheon of russia"s (six) greatest leaders. A realisitc prism for evaluating russian development is via. (a) state consolidation and institution building rather than. Advancing russia & the growing middle class. Russians" level of approval of the job president vladimir putin is doing keeps rising. Russia is not what it used to be (u. s. s. r. ), is is more progressive with an excessive nightlife. Do we need to qualify every discussion of contemporary russia with references to. Do we need to qualify every discussion of the contemporary u. s. with references to slavery, genocide of native peoples, etc. North america - genocide of native americans slavery & indenturing of chinese. Asia - maoism - middle kingdom, persian empire.
