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Course Syllabus

Bachelor 2021/2022

Understanding Korean Politics

Type: Elective course (Asian and African Studies)
Area of studies: Asian and African Studies
Delivered by: School of Asian Studies
Where: Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs
When: 5 year, 1 module
Mode of studies: distance learning
Open to: everyone
Instructors: Natalia Kim
Language: English
ECTS credits: 4
Contact hours: 4

Course Syllabus

Full Syllabus

Abstract

This course will select six most outstanding issues in contemporary Korean politics and will engage in an in-depth, interactive inquiry of those issue. They include Korean politics in history, institutional setting of Korean politics, and dynamics of political culture in Korea, profiles of political leadership, myth and reality of the developmental state and the Korean economic miracle, and debates on Korean unification. The course will expose students to contending theories and empirical reality at first hand.
Learning Objectives

Learning Objectives

  • Mastering the basic concepts of competing theories and empirical reality in the field of Korean politics.
Expected Learning Outcomes

Expected Learning Outcomes

  • Analyses different parties on reform of South Korea's political system.
  • Formulates the process of Korean political elite with focus on the candidates' education and social background.
  • Gains knowledge about South Korea’s constitutional foundation, its evolution and the structure and features of South Korean government.
  • Has fundamental understanding of the historical development of Korean Politics.
  • Seizes the key points of the four legacies of South Korea’s politics from 1948 to 1987 along with the major concepts and models of democratic transition.
  • Student can evaluate President Rhee Syngman, Park Chung-hee and Kim Dae-jung by using the criteria of political leadership.
  • Student understands how the course works.
Course Contents

Course Contents

  • Introduction
  • Theme 1: Korean Politics in Historical Perspective
  • Theme 2: Dynamics of Democratic Transition in South Korea: Structure, Culture, and Leadership Choice
  • Theme 3: Evolution of Political Institutions in South Korea
  • Theme 4: Current Debates on Reform of Political Institutions
  • Theme 5: Profiles of Political Leadership
  • Theme 6: Political Elite in Korea
  • final lesson
Assessment Elements

Assessment Elements

  • non-blocking Successful completion of online courses: Test 1
  • non-blocking Successful completing of the online courses: Test 2
  • non-blocking Successful completing of the online courses: Test 3
  • non-blocking Successful completing of the online courses: Test 4
  • non-blocking Successful completing of the online courses: Test 5
  • non-blocking Successful completing of the online courses: Test 6
Interim Assessment

Interim Assessment

  • 2021/2022 1st module
    0.17 * Successful completing of the online courses: Test 4 + 0.16 * Successful completion of online courses: Test 1 + 0.17 * Successful completing of the online courses: Test 6 + 0.16 * Successful completing of the online courses: Test 2 + 0.17 * Successful completing of the online courses: Test 3 + 0.17 * Successful completing of the online courses: Test 5
Bibliography

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

  • Breaking deadlock on the Korean peninsula? : Four perspectives / Institute for Security & Development Policy. (2018). Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edswao&AN=edswao.502205954
  • Chŏn, S. V. (DE-588)1159227012, (DE-576)504688871, aut. (2017). Managing a nuclear-armed North Korea : a grand strategy for denuclearized and peacefully unified Korea / Seong Whun Cheon, visiting research fellow, Asan Institute for Policy Studies. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edswao&AN=edswao.505422255

Recommended Additional Bibliography

  • Chiang, M. V. V. (DE-588)141478543, (DE-576)324057873, aut, aut. (2017). Contemporary South Korean economy : challenges and prospects / CHIANG Min-Hua, East Asian Institute,National University of Singapore, Singapore. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edswao&AN=edswao.505358549
  • Feffer, J. (2014). North Korea/South Korea : U.S. Policy at a Time of Crisis (Vol. Unabridged). New York: Seven Stories Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=nlebk&AN=731284
  • McGibbon, I. (n.d.). Reflections on the sunshine policy. New Zealand International Review, 44(4), 14. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsnzc&AN=494058937727759