COURSE DESCRIPTION
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RRS6002
C
5
2011 06 01
2013 06 01
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compulsory
Master
spring
Face-to-face
Title
POLITINĖ KINIJOS RAIDA
Title in English
POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT OF CHINA
Subject annotation in English
This course, through describing and analyzing the social transformation of China in the latest thirty
years and its current features, will introduce students the unique traditional culture of China, as well
as its economical structure, social system and political construction, and especially the interactions
between them.
The study forms are: lectures; discussions; readings and reports; instruction on important text
readings; multimedia.
There are five topics: 1. the historical background of contemporary Chinese reforms; 2. the dual
structure of the social development in contemporary China; 3. the features of different stages in
contemporary Chinese reforms and problems in the social transformations; 4. the logic of modern
China’s political development, the features of different stages and the current problems; 5. the
“Harmonious Society” and its future influence.
Results: students will comprehend the basic knowledge of modern Chinese society, and will
develop abilities to analyze Chinese political development from different angles.
Necessary background knowledge for the study of the subject
1. Have taken course on contemporary Chinese history or any equivalent course, or have basic
knowledge about Chinese culture.
2. Be able to read “China Daily” to know about the important political, economical and social
events happening in China.
3. Have knowledge in political science and sociology; understand modernization and its
relationship with political development, social transformation, and cultural conflicts.
Study outcomes
1. Know the basic background of social and political development in modern China.
2. Understand the multi feature of contemporary Chinese society and its fundamental meaning.
3. Understand the logic of political development and current problems in modern China
4. Aquire the source collecting and analyzing skills.
5. Have an effective theoretical structure to observe China and can provide initiative analysis for
relevant questions.
6. Trough the case study of China, broaden one’s understanding towards political development in
general.
Subject contents
1. Multi-structure of modern Chinese society and its historical background.
2. Reform as another revolution, and its historical meaning.
3. Features of different stages in Refrom and Opening and the the social transformation.
4. Structure of the political system of the Chinese style socialism.
5. Political development in the context of Reform and Opening.
6. Interactions between economy, politics and culture in the process of Reform and Opening.
7. “China’s miracle”: debate and meaning.
8. Problems of agriculture, country and persants in China.
9. Chinese economical development model and reform of national enterprises.
10. Devoloment of democracy in China.
11. Public policies.
12. Ideology of Chinese style socialism and cultural questions.
13. Methodology of researches on China.
Study hours
Lectures 30 hours, team work 15 hours, individual work 75 hours.
Evaluation of study results
20% for work in the course; 30% for midterm; 50% for the exam
Literature
• Angang Hu, China: New Development Strategy. Hanzhou: Zhejiang people’s publishing
House, 2004.
• Arif Dirlik and Maurice Meisner(eds).Marxism and the Chinese experience : issues in
contemporary Chinese socialism .Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, Inc., 1989.
• Keping Yu, China model and the Beijing consensus : beyond the Washington consensus.
Beijing: Social Sciences Academic Press, 2006.
• Keping Yu, Case Studies of Local Governance Innovations. Beijing: Social Sciences
Academic Press, 2003.
• Liping sun, Cleavage Chinese Society Since 1990s. Beijing: Social Sciences Academic
Press, 2003.
• Liping sun, Gaming : interest conflicts and social harmonies in cleavage society. Beijing:
Social Sciences Academic Press, 2006.
• Tijun Wen, Rural China’s Centenary Reflection. Beijing: SDX Joint Publishing
Company,2005.
• Ti jun Wen(ed), The theoretical exploration of rural reconstruction .Beijing :Wenjing Press,
2006.
• Yuanhe liao, The Theory Study About China’s Reform Innovation : A Collection of Selected
Papers form Reform. Beijing: Economic and Management Press, 2004.
• Yifu Lin and Yang Yao(eds),Chinese Miracle. Beijing :Peking University Press, 2006.
• Yifu Lin, There’s no textbook paradigm for interpreting the Chinese economy. Beijing:
Social Sciences Academic Press, 2007.
Programme prepared by
Justina Razumaitė, Regionistikos katedra