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Academic Year 2000/2001

United Kingdom and Japan
GOVT 299 FA
Crosslistings:
EAST 299

Japan and England share many features in common: Both are island nations and both are postindustrial societies; both are constitutional monarchies and parliamentary democracies; both evolved from feudal societies. Monarchy, parliament, cabinet government, political parties and political culture in Japan and England will be examined in a comparative and developmental context.

MAJOR READINGS

Anthony Birch, THE BRITISH SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT Anthony King, ed., BRITAIN AT THE POLLS 1992 Zevedei Barbu, PROBLEMS OF HISTORICAL PSYCHOLOGY Edwin O. Reischauer, THE JAPANESE TODAY Takeo Doi, THE ANATOMY OF DEPENDENCE

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Midterm and Final Examinations; two short interpretive essays.

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture/Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: SBS GOVT    Grading Mode: Graded   

Prerequisites: NONE Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-26-2001

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