PS 402 - Seminar: State-Society Relations in Contemporary China

(3.00 cr.)

Rapid and tumultuous economic changes during the reform era have led to more incremental, yet far-ranging transformation in China's social and religious sphere. Will these changes in state-society relations lead to civil society as in the West, and potentially democracy? Or, will China's hybrid relationship between state and society reinforce state power and prolong authoritarian rule? These questions are the core themes of this seminar. Written or electronic permission of the instructor.

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