Chinese Politics Part 1 – China and Political Science
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course material. Some of the best professors in the world - like neurobiology
professor and author Peggy Mason from the University of Chicago, and computer
science professor and Folding@Home director Vijay Pande - will supplement your
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Course Description
This course offers a conceptual framework for understanding China that highlights the intersection of politics and economics. It shows that rather than develop into a full blown market economy, state and party officials at all levels of the political system maintain significant influence in economic development. Such a “political” economy has had both positive and negative outcomes, which we will assess in detail. We also look at the origins, views, backgrounds and relations among leaders, and how those leaders make decisions about public policy and try to get those decisions implemented down through the system. China has few formal institutions through which citizens can participate in politics, but we will study the strategies Chinese people use to try to influence their leaders’ decisions. Finally, we assess China’s future and whether rapid economic development and the emergence of a vibrant middle class will push China towards gr...
This course offers a conceptual framework for understanding China that highlights the intersection of politics and economics. It shows that rather than develop into a full blown market economy, state and party officials at all levels of the political system maintain significant influence in economic development. Such a “political” economy has had both positive and negative outcomes, which we will assess in detail. We also look at the origins, views, backgrounds and relations among leaders, and how those leaders make decisions about public policy and try to get those decisions implemented down through the system. China has few formal institutions through which citizens can participate in politics, but we will study the strategies Chinese people use to try to influence their leaders’ decisions. Finally, we assess China’s future and whether rapid economic development and the emergence of a vibrant middle class will push China towards greater democracy or whether the single party system is likely to survive into the future. The course is a quite useful background for Chinese Politics Part 2 – China and the World.
Course Overview video: https://youtu.be/7FpNL67EbE4
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Shannon Arthur
8/10 starsCompleted
1 day, 3 hours ago
This is good course in that it provides a lot of insight into Chinese politics up to 2015. The lectures were interesting. The exams were tough, requiring synthesis of the material. I complained and will continue to do so about the broken links for the readings. The mentors were quite helpful and in a timely manner, although not everything got sorted. There was little class discussion, but that is common in Coursera classes.
Evgeniya Katkova
10/10 starsCompleted
5 days, 4 hours ago
A very good course for students and researchers studying China. I am studying China's foreign policy and it was very helpful for me to learn Chinese domestic policy. I would like to listen to Prof. Zweig's lectures on events after 2015.
Arusyak Hovhannisyan
10/10 starsCompleted
1 week, 6 days ago
I've taken this course as I'm doing my research in Chinese foreign policy and I needed more insight on Chinese domestic and international politics. Prof. Zweig's lectures were interested, backed with surveys, facts, theoretical frameworks and his own experience as a researcher and a former student in China. I really enjoyed the course and I'm going to take Part 2 now!
Gopalakrishnan Jaishankar
10/10 starsCompleted
1 month, 1 week ago
The Course is excellently conducted with easy to understand content. Professor David Zweig is clear and measured in his delivery. The content is not too heavy with facts and figures, being a basic level course. However the material is dated by quite a few years and needs updation. The political changes and re emergence of cult of personality in Xi’s China are important contemporary issues. While foreign relations are not the main thrust of this course, that The Peaceful Rise theory has been abandoned by China should also figure prominently, in my view. Professor David should consider inclusion of videos and more graphical tables to illustrate his points more forcefully. While I appreciate that the length of each video is between 5-12 minutes only, this need not be a very restrictive factor. Just a few minutes of interesting videos interspersed in between will add variety and interest to the course content.
Susan Diane Jane
10/10 starsCompleted
2 months ago
Interesting and great instructor with a wealth of experience, and very easy to follow. The course was a great introduction to how China works, past, present and future. Well presented videos with helpful Tables and charts. Good to be able to save notes directly and study again at a later date. Loved reading peer assignments and interacting on discussion points
Peter Bradford
10/10 starsCompleted
2 months ago
Interesting content, well presented and complete! I would recommend for anyone interested in China's political system/history. China's role in the world is changing, our understanding of their culture and politics should be growing with that change!
Henry Harlow
10/10 starsCompleted
1 year, 8 months ago
This is a really great course. The videos with the slides are super. The professor is really good at teaching. Never boring. I took the course out of personal interest and I found it fascinating. I have a really good understanding now of how Chinese politics works which I did not before the course as well as what the Chinese people think about politics.
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1 year, 11 months ago
This course has been very well designed and organized with valuable contents related to the subject. I've leant what I expected. Meanwhile, the only 3 suggestions I have are: 1) More involvement of the course professor or mentor to organize and propel the discussion in the modules or forums; 2) Better design for the weekly quizzes -- Weekly quizzes are relatively pretty carefully designed compared to the MOOCs I previously taken, but still some minor mistakes to recorrect; 3) I'm looking forward to more suggested readings/materials related to the subject.
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2 years, 4 months ago
I wanted to learn about China and chose this course out of personal interest. I have really enjoyed it and found it very interesting.
The delivery method has been great for me because the lectures were broken up into chunks of between 5 and 15 minutes and I sometimes can only get that much time being a stay at home dad a couple of days a week.
Also, I've been considering going back to university and doing this course has helped me get a sense of what that might look like for me and also helped me build my confidence in being able to study something.