GV432 Half Unit
Government and Politics in China
This information is for the 2015/16 session.
Teacher responsible
Dr Chun Lin CON3.10
Availability
This course is available on the MSc in Comparative Politics and MSc in Global Politics. This course is available with permission as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit.
This course is capped at two groups. The deadline for receipt of applications will likely be between Friday 25 September and Friday 9 October 2015, depending on the course.The exact deadline for applications will be confirmed at your programme induction. You will be expected to provide a rationale setting out your motivations for selecting this course via the ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ for You system.
Course content
Historical and international conditions and domestic contradictions of economic, social and political transformations in the People's Republic of China; their rival explanations and interpretations: Often in comparison with other postcommunist transitions, other Asian states and other developing countries, discussions of China will cover its historical and international contexts, geopolitics and political demography, central and local state power, central-local relations, and semi-federalism; bureaucracy as tradition and as invention; political economy and market transition