課程資訊
課程名稱
東亞政治經濟專題
Seminar on Political Economy of East Asia 
開課學期
108-2 
授課對象
社會科學院  政治學系  
授課教師
左正東 
課號
PS5672 
課程識別碼
322EU1900 
班次
 
學分
2.0 
全/半年
半年 
必/選修
選修 
上課時間
星期四8,9(15:30~17:20) 
上課地點
社科502 
備註
本課程以英語授課。
限學士班三年級以上
總人數上限:35人
外系人數限制:10人 
Ceiba 課程網頁
http://ceiba.ntu.edu.tw/1082PS5672_ 
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課程概述

The subject of this course is to introduce East Asia as an integral whole and its political and economic foundation. For the aforementioned purpose, this course is divided into five parts. The first part is an introduction of the developmental state model, Japan and the Asian tigers pioneer in achieving successful industrialization in the second half of the 20th century with one session covering the comparison between Northeast Asia and Southeast Asia. The second part discusses the late development of Southeast Asia, which benefit greatly from the pioneers of Northeast Asian developmental states. The third part discuss the reemergence of China and its influence on a number of “late” late developing nations in the continental Southeast Asia, especially Vietnam and Myanmar. The last part discusses trade and financial linkages among sovereign units in the region and how these units cooperate with each other on these two aspects. The last part proceeds through student presentation to cover the two city states and two transitional economies that are not discussed in previous sessions. 

課程目標
This course trains students to get acquainted with principle of political economy. Students are expected to develop knowledge about the development of East Asia and the dynamics of political economy in the course of East Asia’s development. It is aimed to build up macro perspective on the future of the region’s development and economic integration. 
課程要求
1. Class discussion: 15%
2. Final examination: 50%
3. Group report (class presentation) 35%

*Class discussion is evaluated on an individual basis. Every strike counts.

*For group report, students are required to form 6 groups and on a group basis give in-class presentation. The subjects of presentation shall be chosen among the following six ones:
A. The challenges the countries face in economic upgrading and how they cope with these challenges in the 21th century for three countries - Malaysia, Indonesia, and Vietnam (4/11 and 5/2, after the instructor’s lecture)
B. The challenges the countries face in economic upgrading and how they cope with these challenges in the 21th century for three countries – Philippines, Thailand, and Myanmar (4/25 and 5/9, after the instructor’s lecture)
C. The origin and path of economic development of Hong Kong, the city’s strategy to cope with (or make the best of) the rise of China (economically), and the evaluation of the development outcome of the city under the shadow of China’s rise (6/6)
D. The origin and path of economic development of Singapore, the city’s strategy to cope with (or make the best of) the rise of China (economically), and the evaluation of the development outcome of the city under the shadow of China’s rise (6/6)
E. The origin of economic backwardness of Cambodia, the causal relationship between the country’s political isolation and its economic misfortune, and the country’s recent economic transition as well as its evaluation (6/13)
F. The origin of economic backwardness of North Korea, the causal relationship between the country’s political isolation and its economic misfortune, and the country’s recent economic transition as well as its evaluation (6/13) 
預期每週課後學習時數
 
Office Hours
備註: Office Hours: 2:30-3:30 pm, Thur. 
指定閱讀
1. Frederic C. Deyo eds., The Political Economy of the New Asian Industrialism, Ithaca: Cornell University, 1987
2. Garry Rodan, Kevin Hewison, and Richard Robison, eds., The political economy of South-East Asia : markets, power and contestation, South Melbourne, Vic. ; New York : : Oxford University Press, 2006
3. Christopher Dent, East Asian Regionalism, London: Routledge, 2008
 
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課程進度
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單元主題
第1週
3/05  Course Introduction (Online) 
第2週
3/12  Theoretic Perspective on Economic Backwardness and East Asian Development