After a study of the history of communism in the PRC, the course examines the role of political leadership, the communist party, the state bureaucracy, the People's Liberation Army, and elite-mass relations. Recent reforms in the political and economic systems are analyzed. Not offered, 2000-01. Issues include gender, race, and class. Not offered, 2000-01.
Students then devise and conduct an intensive research project.
Throughout the course there is an emphasis on quantitative political science. Offered in alternate years. The impact of national decision-making processes, international organizations, cartels, and multinational corporations. Not offered, 2000-01. Topics include the forging of national unity, the commercialization of agriculture, democratic revolutions, and industrialization.