PSI 3320 - Chinese Politics, Law & Environment

Credits: 4
In 2010, China surpassed Japan to become the world’s second largest economy in absolute terms, and may soon overtake the United States as well. This course sets out to understand the political dynamics, legal system, and environmental policy making processes of modern China, including the evolution of Communist Party rule, the different components of China’s political system, the state’s legal philosophies and judicial
structures, the environmental challenges that China faces and its policy responses to these problems, and the political economy of the state. Other topics will include human rights, separatism in Tibet and Xinjiang, the urban-rural divide, Chinese foreign policy, and the Chinese military.

McDaniel Plan: International Non-wester; Social, Cultural & Historical Understanding