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Year 1 Economic History.
Note: Students intending to take an honours degree in economic history should note that not all of the following subjects can be taken as approved level 3 subjects for the purposes of fourth year. Students should consult the section dealing with the honours degree before choosing their subjects.
Credit points: 12.5
Coordinator: Mr S L Morgan.
Contact: Two 1-hour lectures and a 1-hour tutorial a week.
Timetable: First semester
Objectives:
Students should achieve an understanding of the reasons for the dynamism of the Asian economies in the recent past. They should be able to demonstrate an understanding of the role of the government and the market as allocators of resources and as engines of development. They should be able to demonstrate an understanding of the integration of Asian economics into the global economy and the consequences that have followed from that process. They should be able to demonstrate an understanding of the role of multinational enterprises and supranational financial markets in Asian economies. Students should be able to demonstrate an understanding of the ways in which Asian economies 'differ' from those in the West.
Content:
Topics to be studied may include: Japan as an economic superpower; the economic reform in communist China; the Asian Tigers; ASEAN; the transformation of agrarian economies to industrial and science based economies; the 'green revolution' in agriculture and its consequences; population growth; the generation of savings; investment and technological change; the role of multinational enterprises; the relationships between the state, bureaucracy and business; industrial and trade policies; the collectionist nature of Asian societies and the consequences for management and labour relations; export led industrialisation.
Assessment:
An essay and assignment totalling no more than 2,500 words (40 per cent) and a 2-hour end-of-semester examination (60 per cent).
Prescribed texts:
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