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150063 VO Politics and Law in China (2024S)

3.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 15 - Ostasienwissenschaften
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Details

max. 150 participants
Language: German

Examination dates

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Thursday 07.03. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 1 Hauptgebäude Tiefparterre Stiege 1 Hof 1
  • Thursday 14.03. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 1 Hauptgebäude Tiefparterre Stiege 1 Hof 1
  • Thursday 21.03. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 1 Hauptgebäude Tiefparterre Stiege 1 Hof 1
  • Thursday 11.04. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 1 Hauptgebäude Tiefparterre Stiege 1 Hof 1
  • Thursday 18.04. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 1 Hauptgebäude Tiefparterre Stiege 1 Hof 1
  • Thursday 25.04. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 1 Hauptgebäude Tiefparterre Stiege 1 Hof 1
  • Thursday 02.05. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 1 Hauptgebäude Tiefparterre Stiege 1 Hof 1
  • Thursday 16.05. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 1 Hauptgebäude Tiefparterre Stiege 1 Hof 1
  • Thursday 23.05. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 1 Hauptgebäude Tiefparterre Stiege 1 Hof 1
  • Thursday 06.06. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 1 Hauptgebäude Tiefparterre Stiege 1 Hof 1
  • Thursday 13.06. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 1 Hauptgebäude Tiefparterre Stiege 1 Hof 1
  • Thursday 20.06. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 1 Hauptgebäude Tiefparterre Stiege 1 Hof 1

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

In the lecture on Politics and Law in China, the students acquire basic knowledge of the political system, bureaucracy, and law in China. They are introduced to the territorial and organizational structure of the Chinese one-party state and gain insights into mechanisms of political decision-making, the fundamentals of political communication, structures and processes of the administrative system, and selected policy areas and their implementation. Relationships between individuals, civil society organizations, and the state are also part of the lecture. They will be introduced to the constantly changing connection between law, ideology, and politics, as well as the use of law as a means of societal resistance. At the end of the course, students will be able to name the main organizations and institutions of the Chinese one-party state and their functions and have developed a basic understanding of political processes, the political logic of the application of law, and strategies and results of societal resistance

Assessment and permitted materials

The exam will consist of two parts: answering a total of 30 single choice and three open questions. Aids are not allowed.

The first lecture exam will take place on 30.06.2023.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

The lecture is considered passed if at least 60% of the maximum number of points for the written examination is achieved. Grades are awarded according to the following scheme:

100% -90% of the total number of points: Grade 1
89% -80% of the total number of points: grade 2
79% -70% of the total number of points: grade 3
69% -60% of the total number of points: grade 4
59% -0% of the total number of points: grade 5

IMPORTANT: The rules of good scientific practice apply. According to the valid regulations of the University of Vienna, the submitted examination can be subjected to a plagiarism check for control purposes (turnitin). Within the assessment period of four weeks, oral inquiries can also be made regarding the subject matter of the examination (plausibility check). According to the Austrian University Act, "[e]plagiarism [...] exists in any case if text passages, theories, hypotheses, findings or data are taken over and passed off as one's own without acknowledging the source or the author" (§ 51 Abs 2 Z 31 UG 2002, see also link of the Studienpräses to the definition of plagiarism:
https://studienpraeses.univie.ac.at/infos-zum-studienrecht/wissenschaftliche-arbeiten/plagiat/).
It is therefore forbidden, when using additional aids (e.g. additional texts), to include foreign content unchanged (copy-paste) in one's own examination without marking the copied passage and indicating the source.

Examination topics

Slides and video recordings of each session

Reading list

Anmerkung: für die Prüfung relevant sind nur die auf den Folien und Tonaufnahmen präsentierten Inhalte. Im Laufe der VL hinzugefügte Literatur soll es Ihnen erleichtern, diese Inhalte besser zu verstehen. Idealerweise lesen Sie selektiv, d.h. im Hinblick auf Phänomene und Ereignisse, die auf den Folien dargestellt sind, Ihnen aber nicht verständlich sind. Gemeinsam mit dem Tutorium und der Möglichkeit, in der VL Fragen zu stellen, sollte Sie das optimal auf das weitere Studium (und natürlich die Klausur) vorbereiten.

Es geht also keineswegs darum, die umfangreichen Materialien auswendig zu lernen, sondern selektiv zu lesen, Wichtiges von Unwichtigem zu unterscheiden, nachzufragen, zu vertiefen und sich fundierte Gedanken über die Zusammenhänge zwischen den vielen Faktoren zu machen, über die wir in den kommenden Wochen sprechen.

Vorschläge für einführende Literatur:
Dreyer, June Teufel. China’s political system: Modernization and tradition. Routledge, 2023.
Heilmann, Sebastian, ed. China's political system. Rowman & Littlefield, 2016.
Saich, Tony. Governance and politics of China. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2017.

Association in the course directory

BA alt VO Chinesisches Recht (M4)

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