Course Info: CSI-0187
| Course | CSI-0187 China Rising |
| Long Title | China Rising: Reorienting the 21st Century |
| Term | 2015F |
| Note(s) |
Satisfies Distribution Textbook information |
| Meeting Info | Franklin Patterson HallüFranklin Patterson Hall 106ü106 on T,THüM from 12:30-1:50ü7:00-9:00 |
| Faculty | Kay Johnson |
| Capacity | 20 |
| Available | 4 |
| Waitlist | 0 |
| Distribution(s) |
Power, Community and Social Justice |
| Cumulative Skill(s) | Independent Work Multiple Cultural Perspectives Writing and Research |
| Additional Info | Please note that there will be film screenings on most Monday evenings 7:00-9:00 from September to early November. If you have a time conflict with any of the Monday screening times, alternative arrangements can be made for you to see the film. Students are expected to spend at least seven to eight hours a week of preparation and work outside of class time. |
| Description | After an overview of the Maoist era, this course examined the rapid economic, political, and social changes that have swept China in the last three decades. We examined a number of major problems in China's rapid transformation from an agrarian to an industrial society (e.g. escalating inequalities, the emergence of a large migrant underclass, the crisis of rural social welfare and health care, the spread of AIDS, looming environmental crises, increasingly skewed sex ratios due to population policies) alongside the reduction of poverty, increasing freedoms, the rise of a middle class, and the emergence of consumerism as a cultural ideology. The treatment of ethnic minorities and the possibilities for a democratic transition were considered and debated. At the end of the course we considered the impact of China's international rise as an economic power and energy consumer on US-China relations as China challenges US global dominance. |