| Course Title: Chinese Politics |
| Start Date: 09/04/2019 End Date: 12/17/2019 |
| Term: Fall Semester 2019 |
| Description: This course examines the politics of contemporary China. Beginning with an assessment of the origins of the Chinese Revolution, the course then examines core institutions and events in the People's Republic, including the Great Leap Forward, Cultural Revolution, post-Mao reforms, and the Tiananmen Incident. In addition, the course analyzes the changing nature of state-society relations, the emergence of new social and political identities, and China's role in the international arena. |
| Distribution(s): III - Social Sciences |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Calvin Chen | 413-538-2668 | cchen@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 09/04/2019 - 12/17/2019 | Lecture | Monday and Wednesday | 09:30AM - 10:45AM | PORT - Porter Hall | 108 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| None |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags | ||
| EASIA0001 | EASIA: East Asian Studies major | This course has been approved to count towards the East Asian Studies major. |
| POLIT-COMPAR | POLIT-COMPAR: Politics - Comparative subfield | This course has been approved to count towards the Comparative Politics subfield of the Politics major (100-200-level courses only) and minor (all courses). |
| ASIAN0001 | ASIAN: Asian Studies minor | This course has been approved to count towards the Asian Studies minor. |
| IR0001 | INTREL: International Relations major | This course has been approved to count towards the International Relations major. |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| None |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open | Capacity: 18 | Enrollment: 16 | Available: 2 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: Mao's China and after : a history of the People's Republic Author: Meisner, Maurice Copyright: 1999 Edition: 3rd Volume: ISBN: 9780684856353 Publisher: Free Press |
Required | 29.36 |
| Title: Origins of the Chinese Revolution, 1915-1949 Author: Bianco, Lucien Copyright: 1967 Edition: 1st Volume: ISBN: 9780804708272 Publisher: Stanford University Press |
Required | 21.60 |
| Title: Chen Village Under Mao and Deng Author: Chan, Anita Copyright: 2009 Edition: 3rd Volume: ISBN: 9780520259317 Publisher: University of California Press |
Required | 34.95 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is the complete book list for this class. |