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GOVT297

Politics and Political Development in the People's Republic of China GOVT297 SP

Crosslistings: EAST297

Spring 97 Availability (Last Updated on Thu Apr 17 05:00:17 EDT 1997 )

Section  Limit  Enrollment  Available
  01       44      0         44

Next Offered in 9798 SP

Despite the collapse of the USSR and Eastern European communist regimes since 1989, the PRC has retained a one party regime while it continues its economic reforms begun in 1978, before reforms in other communist counties got under way. In contrast to former communist regimes, the PRC is attemptiong "socialist market: reforms while retaining the "people's democratic dictatorship: under the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party. We shall examine the politics of this "anonmaly" looking into the "traditional: and "Republican" antecedents to the PRC regime, and evaluate the potential for China's democratization.

MAJOR READINGS

Andrew Nathan, CHINA'S CRISIS
Lucien Pye, CHINA: AN INTRODUCTION
Arthur Waley, THE ANALECTS OF CONFUCIUS
Richard Madsen, MORALITY AND POWER IN A CHINESE VILLAGE

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Midterm examination, term paper, final examination.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate dirctly 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: Discussion Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UG Credit: 1.00 Gen Ed Area & Dept: SBS GOVT

Prerequisites: None

Last Updated on MAR-10-1997

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