Admission requirements
Admission to the MA Asian Studies or the MA International Relations. Students from other programmes may be admitted at the discretion of the instructor, David Henley. Please contact him if you are interested in taking this course, but are NOT a student of the MA Asian Studies or MA International Relations.
Description
This research seminar focuses on the political economy of contemporary Southeast Asia, with attention to processes and arenas of interaction between business and politics at both national and international level. At the national level, topics covered include developmental states, ethnic business minorities, democratization, corruption, oligarchy, and the 'middle income trap'. In relation to international political economy, themes addressed include decolonization, dependency, regionalism, globalization, and Southeast Asia's rapidly changing economic and political relationships with China and Japan. Students read and discuss key texts, and choose a specific topic for individual research culminating in an essay of 4,000 words (5 ec variant) or 6,000 words (10 ec variant).
Course objectives
Participants gain an understanding of key aspects of the interaction between political organization and economic activity in the Southeast Asian context, and are trained in critically examining key texts. Both oral and written presentations are required.
Timetable
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Mode of instruction
Seminar
Assessment method
Thematic oral presentation: 20 per cent.
Assignment work-in-progresss oral presentation: 10 per cent.
General participation: 5 per cent.
Written assignment (4000 words, not including bibliography): 65 per cent.
Resit: arrangements to be determined per individual case.
course load
Total course load 5 EC x 28 hours = 140 hours
Classes: 12 x workgroup/tutorial.
Practical work: 2 short oral presentations by each student.
Exam: written assignment.
Reading list
To be specified in the syllabus.
Registration
Enrolment through uSis is mandatory.
General information about uSis is available on the website.