Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
Lecturer
Substitute(s)
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
This course aims at introducing students to post-Mao China and to the relationships between the Party-state and Chinese society. We shall endeavour to explore the relationships between major institutions of the PRC and the daily experiences of Chinese people. The new role of evolving institutions in a context of economic reforms and of introduction of capitalist and market mechanisms will be studied. The various ways in which people manage to transform institutions will be dealt with.
General outlay of the course :
1. General Presentation
2. Out of the Mao Era
a) 1949-1978 : the rural-urban chasm.
b) A fragmented society.
c) Regime crisis
3. The policy of Opening and reforms
3.1. Basic principles
a) Stability and prosperity.
b) Plan and market.
c) Decentralisation and incentives.
d) A test-logic.
3.2. The return of mobility
3.3. The reforms within cities and price reform
3.4. Mobility in the PRC : the case of the PRD
Film Chemins de fer de l'espoir (Ying Ning)
4. A decade of reform
5. The law, the political system and the economy
6. Post-Mao era transformations in the ideological and political spheres.
7. The rise of the individual in Chinese society
8. How to define the nature of the Chinese regime today ? The relationship between the Party-state and civil society.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
This course aims at introducing students to post-Mao China and to the relationships between the Party-state and Chinese society. We shall endeavour to explore the relationships between major institutions of the PRC and the daily experiences of Chinese people. The new role of evolving institutions in a context of economic reforms and of introduction of capitalist and market mechanisms will be studied. The various ways in which people manage to transform institutions will be dealt with.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Passive knowledge of English
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
During teaching sessions, students will have to accomplish a number of assignments (readings). Discussion and presentations by students will be fostered actively. The students will be able to access a number of resources on the e-campus webpage of this course (press articles, videos, etc.).
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
Face-to-face teaching
Each class will be preceded by assigned readings which will be used in class for discussion.
Recommended or required readings
A wide variety of materials will be used for this course (posters, official documents, press articles, scientific literature, etc.). Students will be able to buy a collection of compulsory readings at "Point de vue".
Assessment methods and criteria
The exam will consist in a written essay aiming at assessing the students' ability to master the contents taught.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
None
Contacts
Eric Florence Eric.Florence@ulg.ac.be Tel.: 04 366 50 06