CONTEMPORARY CHINESE SOCIETY

Anno accademico
2024/2025 Programmi anni precedenti
Titolo corso in inglese
CONTEMPORARY CHINESE SOCIETY
Codice insegnamento
LM6290 (AF:502579 AR:283096)
Modalità
Blended (in presenza e online)
Crediti formativi universitari
6
Livello laurea
Laurea magistrale (DM270)
Settore scientifico disciplinare
L-OR/21
Periodo
I Semestre
Anno corso
1
Sede
VENEZIA
This course provides students with conceptual and analytical tools to understand the drivers of social change in contemporary China.
Students are expected to (a) achieve a clear and in-depth understanding of major dynamics of social change in continental China between 1978 and the present day.
Compulsory requirements: regular enrollment in relevant MA programs/courses offered by Ca' Foscari University Venice.
Additional requirements: willingness to engage in collaborative work with fellow students.
Attendance to classes recommended.
Classes will focus on four levels of social change: (a) individual beliefs and cognitive attitudes; (b) social norms; (c) structures (i.e., formal rules, policies); and (d) change in relations among humans and between humans and nature.
To gain a general understanding of how China's path towards modernization:

1. Spence, Jonathan (2013). The Search for Modern China - Third Edition. New York and London: W.W. Norton & Company, pp. 559-707.

Please be mindful that this reading list is going to be enriched after the first two classes.

Evaluation of students' proficiency will be carried out by the following means:
- Written test
Evaluation methods will be communicated during the first class.
- Frontal teaching;
- Collaborative exercises (conceptual mapping, collaborative timeline, world café discussions, etc.)
- Students' presentations and discussion, moderated by the teacher.
Inglese
scritto

Questo insegnamento tratta argomenti connessi alla macroarea "Cooperazione internazionale" e concorre alla realizzazione dei relativi obiettivi ONU dell'Agenda 2030 per lo Sviluppo Sostenibile

Programma definitivo.
Data ultima modifica programma: 28/06/2024