POL 392 - Seminar in Asian Politics

FDR: SS2
Planned Offering: Fall
Credits: 3

Prerequisite: Vary with topic. A topical seminar focusing on Chinese politics, other Asian countries, or selected subjects in Asian politics. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different.

Fall 2016, POL 392-01: Seminar in Asian Politics: Youth Movements in Asia (3). Prerequisites: POL 100, 105, an East Asian Studies course, or instructor consent. This seminar considers the variety of ways activism by the young has shaped contemporary politics in Asian countries. Movements studied include the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests, the democracy movement in 1980s South Korea, the recent “Umbrella Movement” in Hong Kong, and various forms of peace movements in Japan, including recent protests against revisions of national security laws. Consideration is given to how movements make use of particular national and regional histories and cultural frameworks and also to how movements speak to and from global discourses about democracy and human rights. (SS2). LeBlanc.