Summer Timetable
POL431Y1F L0101
Graduate Course Code: POL2416Y1F L0101
Politics and Society in Contemporary China
Themes
Selective examination of issues and themes in China's post-Mao reform effort with particular emphasis on the challenges faced by China’s leadership in managing an increasingly complex market authoritarian state and society. contemporary social, political and economic developments. Emphasis is on the period since Xi Jinping’s assumption of power in 2012
Texts
Course Reader
Format and Requirements
Four two-hour seminars per week. Course requirements: essay and presentation, tests, and class participation.
Prerequisites
2.0 POL credits; minimum 14 credits
Exclusions
POL431H1
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