Contemporary Chinese Politics and Economy 2
Lectures: 15
Seminars: 15
Tutorials: 0
ECTS credit: 3
Lecturer(s): doc. dr. Veselič Maja
The course focuses on the most pertinent socio-political and economic topics in contemporary China, among them demographic issues, urbanisation, social inequality, ecological problems and their solutions, corruption and the rule of law, media, the PRC's position in international institutions and regional associations, Chinese investments abroad. Examination of the topics includes the analysis of primary sources in Chinese.
Joseph, William A.. 2014. Politics in China : An Introduction, Second Edition. Vol. Second edition. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=e000xww&AN=74635….
Brodsgaard, Kjeld Erik. 2017. Chinese Politics As Fragmented Authoritarianism : Earthquakes, Energy and Environment. China Policy Series. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=e000xww&AN=13651….
Rodenbiker, Jesse. Ecological States: Politics of Science and Nature in Urbanizing China. Cornell University Press, 2023. http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7591/j.ctv310vjnd .
Shue, Viviene and Patricia M. Thornton. 2017. To Govern China : Evolving Practices of Power. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=e000xww&AN=16026….
Yu, Jianxing in Sujian Guo. 2019. The Palgrave Handbook of Local Governance in Contemporary China. SIngapore: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2799-5
+ selected book chapters, scholarly articles, official documents, media publications