PL30898: Politics in China
[Page last updated: 25 April 2025]
| Academic Year: | 2025/26 |
| Owning Department/School: | Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies |
| Credits: | 6 [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 120 |
| Level: | Honours (FHEQ level 6) |
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| Assessment Summary: | CW 30%, ES 70% |
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Upon completion of this unit, students should be able to:
* Assess the nature, logics and practices of the Chinese politics. * Comprehend the context-specific ways in which state-society relations and foreign relations are addressed and connected by the Chinese state. * Evaluate the processes and patterns of Chinese state rule with a comparative perspective. * Assess the theoretical and conceptual tools in understanding Chinese politics. * Evaluate key aspects of China's increasing presence in other parts of the world and its ramifications. |
| Content: | This unit will focus on theoretical assumptions about state-society relations and international development, and examine how Chinese state is made possible in the complex landscape where competing domestic demands and external geopolitical tensions are identified. It will include case studies inside and outside China. |
| Skills: | Skills in critical analysis, conceptual thinking, precision in the use of written and spoken language, exercise of independent judgment, reasoned argument and the planning/conduct/reporting of research are development and assessed in this unit. |
| Aims: | This unit is to provide students with a theoretical and empirical understanding of the state-society relations and foreign relations of contemporary China. By situating Chinese state rule at the connecting nexus between domestic politics and foreign relations in the post-WWII geopolitical context, students will engage with key debates concerning the nature, logics and practices of Chinese statecraft. While such internal issues salient to state rule as local governance, political system, social networks, criminal justice, population control, ethnic identities and social movements will be covered, China's increasing presence and the Chinese overseas in other parts of the world will be discussed, especially in Africa, Latin America and Asia. |
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PL30898 is Optional on the following courses:Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies
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