2003 Spring POLSCI 182-01
Bulletin Course Description The formulation and development of Chinese foreign relations and foreign policy since 1949. The rationales of policy as well as organizational, cultural, and perceptual factors that influence Chinese foreign policy formulation. Instructor: Shi
(Instructor named in bulletin description above may not be current. For current instructor, see listing below.)
Title CHINA AND THE WORLD Department POLSCI Course Number 2003 Spring 182 Section Number 01 Primary Instructor Shi,Tianjian Prerequisites
Prerequisites
No
Synopsis of course content
The course describes the major elements of Chinese foreign relations and foreign policy today, in the context of their development since 1949. It seeks to understand the rationales of policy as well as other factors -- organizational, cultural, perceptual, and so on -- that influence Chinese foreign policy formulation.
Textbooks
A. Doak Barnett, 1977. China and the Major Powers in East Asia. Washington DC: Brookings.
Samuel S. Kim, ed., 1994. China and the World: New Direction in Chinese Foreign Policy, 3rd ed. pbk Boulder, CO: Westview.
Thomas J. Christensen, 1996, Useful Adversaries: Grand Strategy, Domestic Mobilization, and Sino-American Conflict, 1947-1958 (Princeton: Princeton University Press)
James Mann, About Face: A history of America's Curious Relationship with China, From Nixon to Clinton (New York: Knopf, 1998)
Exams
The course grade will be based on two examinations. The mid-term exam will include identification items and essay questions. The final examination will be take-home giving a choice of essay topics. All students are expected to take the examinations at the regularly scheduled time.
Term Papers
NO
Grade to be based on
The final grade will be composed of scores on the two examinations. Each examination will contribute 50 percent of the course grade.
