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150039 SE Corruption and anti-corruption in China (EC Politics, Economy, Law) (2019W)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 15 - Ostasienwissenschaften

Continuous assessment of course work

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Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Registration is open from Su 01.09.2019 00:00 to We 25.09.2019 10:00
Deregistration possible until Mo 21.10.2019 23:59

Details

max. 25 participants

Language: English

Lecturers

Ling Li

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Thursday 03.10. 14:15 - 15:45 Seminarraum Sinologie 2 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-18
Thursday 10.10. 14:15 - 15:45 Seminarraum Sinologie 2 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-18
Thursday 17.10. 14:15 - 15:45 Seminarraum Sinologie 2 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-18
Thursday 24.10. 14:15 - 15:45 Seminarraum Sinologie 2 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-18
Thursday 31.10. 14:15 - 15:45 Seminarraum Sinologie 2 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-18
Thursday 07.11. 14:15 - 15:45 Seminarraum Sinologie 2 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-18
Thursday 14.11. 14:15 - 15:45 Seminarraum Sinologie 2 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-18
Thursday 21.11. 14:15 - 15:45 Seminarraum Sinologie 2 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-18
Thursday 28.11. 14:15 - 15:45 Seminarraum Sinologie 2 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-18
Thursday 05.12. 14:15 - 15:45 Seminarraum Sinologie 2 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-18
Thursday 12.12. 14:15 - 15:45 Seminarraum Sinologie 2 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-18
Thursday 09.01. 14:15 - 15:45 Seminarraum Sinologie 2 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-18
Thursday 16.01. 14:15 - 15:45 Seminarraum Sinologie 2 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-18
Thursday 23.01. 14:15 - 15:45 Seminarraum Sinologie 2 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-18
Thursday 30.01. 14:15 - 15:45 Seminarraum Sinologie 2 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-18

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Corruption has been a pivotal issue in studies of modern China across multiple disciplines, including political science, public administration, economics, anthropology, sociology and law. Meanwhile, anticorruption, which used to be merely an auxiliary topic in association with corruption, has recently gained an independent status and become a topic of interest for students of Chinese studies in its own right. This course will introduce both topics conceptually as well as empirically, employing a wide range of materials, including the most authoritative academic research outcomes from a variety of disciplines and concrete cases of corruption extracted from media reports or court documents. Other than its multidisciplinary nature, this course will distinctively take a historical comparative perspective and survey practices of both corruption and anticorruption not only in modern China but also from imperial China. In addition, this course will also place a focus on the cultural aspects of corruption without subscribing to cultural relativism. In other words, rather than simply attributing certain distinctive features of corruption in China to its culture, the course will examine to what extent and in which aspects corruption in China is different from corruption, say, in Austria, and what exact factors have contributed to such differences. At the end of the course, students are expected to gain a good understanding of the fundamental features of corruption practices in China, the regulatory regime of anticorruption in China as well as a comparative perception of corruption and anticorruption both across time and across culture. For biographic information about the lecturer, see https://univie.academia.edu/LingLi/CurriculumVitae.

Assessment and permitted materials

Your regular attendance is mandatory for the course. Your active participation in discussions will constitute a component of class activities, which will be assessed. Each student will be required to prepare for and to present a research topic assigned to you at the beginning of the course. The final exam will take place in the form of closed-book written exam (no notes or references allowed) at the last class of the semester. In the exam, you will be required to provide answers from your memory to a list of questions on topics that have been discussed in the course.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

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Examination topics

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Reading list