150086 SE Political Systems in East Asia (2015W)
Continuous assessment of course work
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Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from Tu 15.09.2015 10:00 to Fr 02.10.2015 12:00
- Deregistration possible until Th 22.10.2015 10:00
Details
max. 25 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
+ + + This course starts on 13.10.2015. Attendance of the first unit is compulsory. Students who are formally registered but do not take part in the first session will be de-registered. + + +
Tuesday
06.10.
16:45 - 18:15
Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
Tuesday
13.10.
16:45 - 18:15
Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
Tuesday
20.10.
16:45 - 18:15
Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
Tuesday
27.10.
16:45 - 18:15
Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
Tuesday
03.11.
16:45 - 18:15
Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
Tuesday
10.11.
16:45 - 18:15
Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
Tuesday
17.11.
16:45 - 18:15
Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
Tuesday
24.11.
16:45 - 18:15
Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
Tuesday
01.12.
16:45 - 18:15
Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
Tuesday
15.12.
16:45 - 18:15
Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
Tuesday
12.01.
16:45 - 18:15
Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
Tuesday
19.01.
16:45 - 18:15
Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
Tuesday
26.01.
16:45 - 18:15
Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
Applying theoretical approaches from the field of comparative politics and governance research, this seminar will analyze the political Systems in East Asia. It will ask if there exists a specific Northeast, Southeast or even East Asian system. A crucial step for this endeavor is to classify the political and party systems according to ideal-typical criteria (e.g. democracy, authoritarian system, parliamentary republic ...).
Assessment and permitted materials
Reading and commenting six texts (600-900 words), incl. participation in class (30%); individual or group presentation (c. 20-25 minutes; 15%); and a seminar paper 8.500 words (incl. bibliography; due 30 April 2016, no extension possible; 55%).
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
The aim of this course is to draw a full picture of the political systems in East Asia in order to make sound comparisons. Therefore the analysis will focus on the three dimensions polity (institutions and norms, e.g. constitution, government, parliament, electoral system or political culture), policy (political content and governance, e.g. economic, agriculture or defense policy) and politics (formal and informal bargaining processes among actors, e.g. political parties, trade unions, lobbying groups). Students will thus gain a basic knowledge of theories and methods to analyze political systems in general and learn to apply them on the East Asian systems to point out similarities and differences.
Examination topics
This is a text based course. Accordingly, students need to read and comment up to six texts (in reading groups). Based on the review of seminal articles, we will build a common research framework in class to assess the individual political systems. Students will then apply this research design in their presentation and final assignment. The range of topics is broad, covering questions of democratization and authoritarianism, party systems, political culture, the influence of religion, the role of media or modes of governance in selected policy areas. Students can choose any East Asian country for their analysis. Certainly addressed will be China, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar/Burma, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.
Reading list
A complete literature list will be available on Moodle.
Association in the course directory
WM3a
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