GOVT299

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GOVT299

United Kingdom and Japan GOVT299 FA

Crosslistings: EAST299

Fall 96 Availability (Last Updated on Thu Apr 17 05:01:13 EDT 1997 )

Section  Limit  Enrollment  Available
  01       999      0         Open

Next Offered in 9798 FA

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

Dennis Kavanaugh, BRITISH POLITICS:
CONTINUITIES AND CHANGE
Anthony King, ed., BRITAIN AT THE POLLS 1992
Zevedei Barbu, PROBLEMS OF HISTORICAL PSYCHOLOGY
Edwin O. Reischauer, THE JAPANESE TODAY
Gerald L. Curtis, THE JAPANESE WAY OF POLITICS
Takeo Doi, THE ANATOMY OF DEPENDENCE

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Midterm and Final Examinations; two short interpretive essays.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

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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