Please see AACR2 21.2C

"First 5 significant words" is a little ambiguous (is an article a 'significant' word?).  21.2C indicates any change of first five words (after any initial article is considered major and then lists nine exceptional kinds of changes that are not considered major.

The OP is not crystal clear on what the title presentation is on the chief source (substitute) for the 11th ed (with or without the common title "Global studies").  With a title proper consisting of common title and part title, the first five words start with the common title and read through the part title.  So:

Global studies. $p Russia, the Eurasian...   to:

Global studies. $p Russia, the Baltic...    to:

Global studies. $p Russia and the near...

are all considered major changes.

In addition, one could likely consider them major changes because of this rule:

"Consider also as a major change the addition, deletion, or change of any word after the first five words (the first six words if the title begins with an article) that changes the meaning of the title or indicates a different subject matter."

So if that no matter which words are changed in the title (first five or later), if the meaning of the title changes or if it indicates treatment of a different subject, then the change is also considered major.

But also remember, that the "in case of doubt" is "In case of doubt, consider the change to be a minor change."

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On Wed, 9 Jun 2010, Spila, Mary wrote:

> Technically a word change within the first 5 significant words in the title constitutes a major change.   I would give it a new record.
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> Subject: [SERIALST] Major or Minor title change? -->McGraw Hill's Global studies. Russia & the near abroad
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> I was just handed the 12th ed. of the Global studies title for Russia and asked whether the current edition needs a new record.
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> Our catalog (& OCLC) has 3 separate serial records for this work, marking changes from
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> Global studies. $p The Soviet Union and Eastern Europe.   to:
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> Global studies. $p Commonwealth of Independent States and Central/Eastern Europe   to:
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> Global studies. $p Russia, the Eurasian The Soviet Union and Eastern Europe
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> I don’t catalog serials much of late, so I’m a bit hazy on what constitutes a major/minor title change these days.   I note that there is no serial record in OCLC since 1994 since the title has started with Russia …
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> We’ve added a 246 to our record  for the 11th ed.  indicating:
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> 11th ed. has additional title: ‡a Russia, the Baltic and Eurasian republics, and Central/Eastern Europe.
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> The 12th edition’s title is now: Global studies. $p Russia and the near abroad.
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> Can someone clarify for me whether this would be a major or minor title change and why so that I can explain it to my colleagues?
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