Summer Timetable
POL302H1F L0101
Politics and Society in 20th Century China
Themes
This course will explore China’s efforts to construct a modern and effective political order in face of powerful demographic and revolutionary challenges. The first half of the course will trace China’s political evolution from the end of the last dynasty through the end of the Mao era. The second half will be organized thematically to focus on the clash between competing ideologies, political and social movements and institutional alternatives in the context of rapid social and economic change will be analyzed.
Texts
TBA
Format and Requirements
One essay, participation, and two term tests
Exclusions
POL302Y1/POLC16H3
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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 &...