Course DescriptionEast Asia is an important region that includes the second and the third largest economies in theworld and has four countries in the G20. East Asian countries have achieved remarkableeconomic success in the post-war period but are facing many endogenous and exogenouschallenges. Focusing on Japan, China, Taiwan, and South Korea, this course will examine thepolitical, social, and economic pathways traveled by East Asian countries on their road toprosperity, democracy, and security.In this course, students will analyze comparatively the models of economic development, politicalchanges, and social transformations pursued in these countries. Topics examined in this courseinclude culture and values, war and colonialism, historical memory, the developmental state,development and politics in China, democratization in South Korea and Taiwan, socialmovements, economic crisis, nationalism, low fertility trap, precarious labor, and the East Asianwelfare state.
Learning Objectives
describe historical and cultural context of East Asian countries
understand the success and challenges of economies within East Asia.
understand the variation of state-society relations within East Asia.
apply concepts and theories to analyze East Asian societies
think critically about the roles of history, culture, government and non-government actors
in the society of East Asia.
Expected Learning Outcomes
In this course, students will analyze comparatively the models of economic development, political
changes, and social transformations pursued in these countries. Topics examined in this course
include culture and values, war and colonialism, historical memory, the developmental state,
development and politics in China, democratization in South Korea and Taiwan, social
movements, economic crisis, nationalism, low fertility trap, precarious labor, and the East Asian
welfare state.
Course Contents
Introduction
Week 2: Political Institutions in China: The Party-State
Week 3: Political Institutions in Japan: Parliamentary Democracy
Week 4: Political Institutions in South Korea: Presidentialism
Week 5: Democratic Transitions in Korea and Taiwan
Week 6: East Asian Model of Development: Japan
Week 7: East Asian Model of Development: South Korea
Week 8: East Asian Model of Development: China
Week 9: Midterm Exam
Week 10: Economic Crisis in East Asia
Week 11: Rightful Resistance in China
Week 12: Precarity, Poverty, and Inequality in East Asia
Week 13: Youth and Labor Question in East Asia
Week 14: Gender, Work, and Family in East Asia
Week 15: Transnational Migration in East Asia
Week 16: Final Exam
Assessment Elements
Final exam
Quiz
Mid-term exam (1 module)
The midterm exam will be administered during week 8. It will cover the background material
from week two to week seven of the course. The midterm exam will consist primarily of
multiple-choice questions, identification questions, and short-answer questions. The test will be
worth 15% of your course grade. A make-up exam will not be available.
Japanese politics and government, Gaunder, A., 2017
Олейников И.В. - Международные отношения и внешняя политика стран Восточной Азии - 978-5-7782-3509-0 - Новосибирский государственный технический университет - 2018 - https://znanium.ru/catalog/document?id=397742 - 397742 - ZNANIUM
Recommended Additional Bibliography
Кудин А.П., Карлусов В.В. - Частные предприятия в Китае: политика и экономика. Ретроспективный анализ развития в 1980-2010-е годы - 978-5-394-02868-7 - Дашков и К - 2017 - https://znanium.ru/catalog/document?id=376256 - 376256 - ZNANIUM
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Course Syllabus
Abstract
Learning Objectives
Expected Learning Outcomes
Course Contents
Assessment Elements
Interim Assessment
Bibliography
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