Summer Timetable
POL328Y1F L0101
Politics and Government in South Asia
Themes
The course introduces students to politics and government in South Asia in the period after independence from colonial rule. The first section focuses on the historical legacies of colonialism on agrarian political economy, and the ways in which nationalist movements negotiated rural aspirations. The second section examines the continuities and changes from colonial rule, as post-colonial regimes sought to maintain political power while managing popular pressures and boost economic productivity. The third section examines contemporary issues as agriculture in South Asia faces crisis and rural and urban livelihoods are increasingly diversified, demonstrating how new political strategies and movements respond to or emerge from the intersections of longstanding problems and changing political economic dynamics.
Texts
Mainly journal articles.
Format and Requirements
Essays, class participation.
Prerequisites
POL201Y1 or (POLB90H3 and POLB91H3)
Exclusions
POL328H1 or POL357Y1 (taken in 2012-13)
January 29, 2024
The winners of the 2022-2023 undergraduate awards were announced at the annual celebration, held this year on the evening of January 25. Presiding over the award ceremony were Undergraduate Director...
January 26, 2023
Congratulations to our 2021/22 undergraduate award & scholarship recipients! Following a two-year hiatus, the department was delighted to return to hosting our undergraduate awards in-person this year to celebrate our...
June 3, 2021
In a bid to motivate her students in what has been a very difficult academic year, Professor Rebecca Kingston decided to give those enrolled in the winter 2021 term of...
May 21, 2020
Congratulations to undergraduate student Cheryl Cheung who has received a University of Toronto Excellence Award (UTEA). Going into her third year majoring in political science, with minors in visual studies...
January 29, 2020
Congratulations to all our amazing undergraduate students who picked up one the department’s twenty-three awards and scholarships at our annual undergraduate awards ceremony. In attendance were Dean of Arts &...