166-018 Chinese Politics and Society

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Prerequisites

Usually 25 points of first year Politics subject. Students with only 12.5 points in Politics may apply to the second/third year coordinator.

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Subject Description

What were the factors behind the massacre of June 4th 1989? Is the Chinese Communist Party still very much in control? Is the Maoist era just a distant memory or are the scars and recollections of that period still formative in the contemporary life of China? How important is Marxism now? An inter-disciplinary introductory subject to contemporary Chinese politics, history and social life. The subject examines the various isms which have come to influence the Chinese Communist Party. It examines themes which run from Mao to modernisation, and history which runs from Mao to now. On completion of this subject students will have an understanding of the forces at play in contemporary Chinese social and political life; a knowledge of the political history of the Communist Party and how that feeds in to contemporary political considerations; an appreciation of the key dilemma's that face China as it goes forward into the new millennium

Assessment

Written work totalling 4000 words.

Prescribed Texts

A subject reader will be available.