Course Information
Course title
 Seminar on Political Economy of East Asia 
Semester
 111-2 
Designated for
 COLLEGE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES  DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE  
Instructor
 HSIN-WEI TANG 
Curriculum Number
 PS5672 
Curriculum Identity Number
 322EU1900 
Class
  
Credits
 2.0 
Full/Half
Yr.
 Half 
Required/
Elective
 Elective 
Time
 Tuesday 3,4(10:20~12:10) 
Remarks
 Restriction: sophomores and beyond
The upper limit of the number of students: 87. 
  
Course introduction video
 
Table of Core Capabilities and Curriculum Planning
 Table of Core Capabilities and Curriculum Planning
Course Syllabus
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Course Description

The subject of this course is to introduce East Asia and its political and economic foundation. For the purpose above, we divide this course into two parts. The first part introduces the developmental state model and conceptualizes state transformation in East Asia. The second part discusses the cases of state transformation in contemporary Asia.
The instructor will invite Dr. Shiu Cheung Alan Kwan and other guest speakers to share their insights on the political economy of East Asia. 

Course Objective
 This course trains students to get acquainted with the principle of political economy. We expect students to develop knowledge about the dynamics of political economy in the course of East Asia's development. 
Course Requirement
 1. Class Participation: 10% 2. Midterm exam: 45% 3. Group report in class 45%
*Class Participation is evaluated on an individual basis.
* The Midterm exam includes true or false, multiple choice and/or short description questions.
*For group report, students are required to form 12 groups and, on a group basis, give an in-class presentation on the paper assigned since week 4. In doing so, the assigned group shall do an oral presentation with PPT. The presentation shall be surrounding but not limited to the subject of the paper assigned. The group should also prepare at least one question for the in-class discussion in the presentation. 
Student Workload (expected study time outside of class per week)
 3 hours 
Office Hours
 Appointment required. 
Designated reading
 Carroll, T., & Jarvis, D. S. 2017. Asia after the Developmental State: Disembedding Autonomy, eds. New York: Cambridge University Press. (Textbook I)

He, Tian. 2021. The Political Economy of Developmental States in East Asia: South Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. (Textbook II) 
References
 Yeung, H. W. C. (2017). Rethinking the East Asian Developmental State in its Historical Context: Finance, Geopolitics, and Bureaucracy. Area Development and Policy, 2(1), 1-23. 
Grading
  
No.
Item
%
Explanations for the conditions
1. 
 Participation 
10% 
 Evaluated on an individual basis. 
2. 
 Midterm Exam 
45% 
 True or false, multiple choice and/or short description questions. 
3. 
 Group Presentation 
45% 
 Students are required to form 12 groups and, on a group basis, give an in-class presentation on the paper assigned since week 3. In doing so, the assigned group shall do an oral presentation with PPT. The presentation shall be surrounding but not limited to the subject of the paper assigned. The group should also prepare two questions for the in-class discussion in the presentation. 
 
Adjustment methods for students
  
Teaching methods
Assignment submission methods
 Individual presentation replace group presentation, Written report replaces oral report
Exam methods
 Written (oral) reports replace exams
Others
 Negotiated by both teachers and students
Progress
Week
Date
Topic
Week 1
 2/21  Introduction (Dr. Hsin-wei Tang and Dr. Shiu Cheung Alan Kwan)
Yeung, H. W. C. (2017). Rethinking the East Asian Developmental State in its Historical Context: Finance, Geopolitics, and Bureaucracy. Area Development and Policy, 2(1), 1-23. 
Week 2
 2/28  Peace Memorial Day (Class in recess) 
Week 3
 3/7  Political Economy and the Evolution of East Asia's International System (Guest Speaker: Dr. George Yin)
A suggested but optional reading: David Kang (2010). East Asia before the West: Five Centuries of Trade and Tribute. 
Week 4
 3/14  Theoretic Perspective on East Asian Development
Textbook I, Ch.1; the textbook II, Ch.1 [Group Presentation 1 with 11 members]  
Week 5
 3/21  The Developmental State Model
Textbook I, Ch.2-4 [Group Presentation 2 with 10 members] 
Week 6
 3/28  Capitalist or Authoritarian Development?
Textbook I, Ch.5-7 [Group Presentation 3 with 10 members] 
Week 7
 4/4  National Holiday (Class in recess) 
Week 8
 4/11  Midterm Exam 
Week 9
 4/18  The Cases Malaysia and Indonesia: Textbook I, Ch.8-9
[Group Presentation 4 with 8 members]  
Week 10
 4/25  The Case of South Korea and China: Textbook I, Ch.10; Textbook II, Ch.2 [Group Presentation 5 with 9 members} 
Week 11
 5/2  The Case of China: Textbook I, Ch.11-12, 15 [Group Presentation 6]
 
Week 12
 5/9  Political Economy of India and East Asia (Guest Speaker) Dr. Aravind Yelery, Honorary Fellow, Institute of Chinese Studies, New Delhi, India
 
Week 13
 5/16  The Case of Southeast Asia
Textbook I, Ch. 13; Textbook II, Ch.3 [Group Presentation 7 with 11 members] 
Week 14
 5/23  The Case of the West Pacific Region
Textbook I, Ch. 14; Textbook II, Ch. 4 [Group Presentation 8 with 11 members] 
Week 15
 5/30  Guest Speaker or Extra Presentation 
Week 16
 6/6  Lessons and Conclusion, Textbook I, Ch.16; Textbook II, Ch.5
[Group Presentation 9 with 6 members]