Об этом курсе: This course offers a conceptual framework for understanding China that highlights the intersection of politics and economics. It shows that rather than develop into a full blown market economy, state and party officials at all levels of the political system maintain significant influence in economic development. Such a “political” economy has had both positive and negative outcomes, which we will assess in detail. We also look at the origins, views, backgrounds and relations among leaders, and how those leaders make decisions about public policy and try to get those decisions implemented down through the system. China has few formal institutions through which citizens can participate in politics, but we will study the strategies Chinese people use to try to influence their leaders’ decisions. Finally, we assess China’s future and whether rapid economic development and the emergence of a vibrant middle class will push China towards greater democracy or whether the single party system is likely to survive into the future. The course is a quite useful background for Chinese Politics Part 2 – China and the World. Course Overview video: https://youtu.be/7FpNL67EbE4
Автор: The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Преподаватели: David Zweig, Chair Professor of the Division of Social Science and Director of Center on China’s Transnational Relations
| Выполнение | 7 weeks of study, 3-4 hours/week |
| Язык | English |
| Как пройти курс | Чтобы пройти курс, выполните все оцениваемые задания. |
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Программа курса
НЕДЕЛЯ 1
Orientation and Module 1: Models of the Chinese Political System and the Structure of the Chinese Party/State
Before you start with the content for Module 1, please watch the Course Overview, review the Assignments and Grading page, and introduce yourself to other learners who will be studying this course with you.
9 видео, 3 материалов для самостоятельного изучения
- Видео: Course Overview
- Reading: Assignments and Grading
- Discussion Prompt: Meet and Greet
- Reading: Module 1 Required Pre-course Reading
- Видео: 1.1: Categorizing the System through Models
- Видео: 1.2: Bureaucratic Model and Chinese Politics
- Видео: 1.3: The Structure of the Political System
- Видео: 1.4: Key Party Structures
- Видео: 1.5: Government and the Party
- Видео: 1.6: China’s Legislature
- Видео: 1.7: The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and China’s Military
- Видео: 1.8: CCP Controls the Judiciary
- Reading: Module 1 Suggested Reading
Оцениваемый: Quiz 1
НЕДЕЛЯ 2
Module 2: Elite Politics in China
9 видео, 1 материал для самостоятельного изучения
- Видео: 2.1: Elite Politics affects Economics and Business
- Видео: 2.2: Leadership Values, Structures of Conflict and Political Stability
- Видео: 2.3: Key Strategies for Elite Success and Elite Mobility in China
- Видео: 2.4: Selection of Leaders: What do we know?
- Видео: 2.5: Retired Leaders and the Succession Process
- Видео: 2.6: New Leaders Bring Policy Changes
- Discussion Prompt: 2.6: Discussion
- Видео: 2.7: Characteristics of Chinese Middle-level Leadership
- Discussion Prompt: 2.7: Discussion
- Видео: 2.8: Generations among Chinese Elites
- Discussion Prompt: 2.8: Discussion
- Видео: 2.9: International Experience of Top Chinese Leaders
- Reading: Module 2 Required Reading
Оцениваемый: Quiz 2
НЕДЕЛЯ 3
Module 3: Policy Process in China
8 видео, 1 материал для самостоятельного изучения
- Видео: 3.1: Policy Process in Chinese Politics
- Видео: 3.2: The Politics of Policy Making in China
- Discussion Prompt: 3.2: Discussion
- Видео: 3.3: Selecting Policy Alternatives
- Видео: 3.4: Making the Decision
- Видео: 3.5: Social Interests and Policy Making
- Видео: 3.6: Policy Implementation through Campaigns
- Видео: 3.7: Local Response, Unintended Consequences and Policy Adjustment
- Discussion Prompt: 3.7: Discussion
- Видео: 3.8: Policy Failures and Successes
- Reading: Module 3 Course Reading
Оцениваемый: Peer-reviewed Written Assignment 1
НЕДЕЛЯ 4
Module 4: Understanding Societal Engagement in Politics in China
9 видео, 1 материал для самостоятельного изучения
- Видео: 4.1: Political Culture in China
- Видео: 4.2: Political Culture as Empirically Measurable Variable
- Видео: 4.3: Political Culture in Rural China
- Видео: 4.4: Political Participation
- Видео: 4.5: Details on the Modes of Participation
- Видео: 4.6: Group Activity and Group Politics
- Видео: 4.7: Collective Action and Protest
- Видео: 4.8: Key Social Groups who Participate in Politics
- Видео: 4.9: Concluding the Modes of Participation
- Reading: Module 4 Course Reading
Оцениваемый: Quiz 3
НЕДЕЛЯ 5
Module 5: China’s Domestic and International Political Economy
10 видео, 1 материал для самостоятельного изучения
- Видео: 5.1: Six Components of China's Political Economy
- Видео: 5.2: China’s Political Economy on the Eve of Reform
- Видео: 5.3: Impact of Reforms on China’s Political Economy
- Видео: 5.4: The Impact of Reform on Rural Income
- Видео: 5.5: China’s Township and Village Enterprises (TVEs), 1984-1994
- Видео: 5.6: Role of the Public Sector in China's Political Economy
- Видео: 5.7: Central-Local Financial Relations
- Видео: 5.8: China as a “Trading State”
- Видео: 5.9: Dilemmas of a “Trading State”
- Видео: 5.10: Chinese Firms “Going Out”
- Reading: Module 5 Course Reading
Оцениваемый: Peer-reviewed Written Assignment 2
НЕДЕЛЯ 6
Module 6: China’s Future: Democratization or “Flexible Authoritarianism”
12 видео, 1 материал для самостоятельного изучения
- Видео: 6.1: China’s Future
- Видео: 6.2: Scenario 1: Political Development and Democratic Transition
- Видео: 6.3: Scenario 1: Further Forces for Political Development and Democratic Transition
- Видео: 6.4: Lessons from Scenarios of Democratic Transition
- Видео: 6.5: Scenario 2: Continued Market Leninism
- Видео: 6.6: Constraints on Society and Ideology
- Видео: 6.7: Xi Jinping’s Intense Attack on Corruption
- Видео: 6.8: Jiang Zemin’s “Three Representatives” and the Role of the Middle Class
- Видео: 6.9: Scenario 3: Collapse of the CCP
- Видео: 6.10: Sources of Political Instability
- Видео: 6.11: Inequality, Corruption and CCP Rule
- Видео: 6.12: Conclusion
- Discussion Prompt: 6.12: Discussion
- Reading: Module 6 Course Reading
Оцениваемый: Quiz 4
НЕДЕЛЯ 7
Final Exam and Course Evaluation
Now is time to test your understanding on the entire course. Take the final exam and complete the post-course survey. Your valuable feedback will certainly help us improve future iterations of the course.
1 материал для самостоятельного изучения, 1 practice quiz
- Practice Quiz: Post-course Survey
- Reading: Rate this course
Оцениваемый: Final Exam
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