Postgraduate Course: The Role of Sub-State Actors in East Asian Politics (ASST11094)
Course Outline
| School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | The East Asian region is commonly conceived of as being driven by power politics and constituted of strong states and weak societies. This course challenges such conventional wisdom by examining a number of arenas in which sub-states actors, broadly defined, have successfully effected policy influence and change in East Asia.
Through surveying a variety of sub-state actors across a range of issue areas, the course illuminates the conditions under which such actors emerge, how they derive their power and resources, and the extent of their leverage over East Asian states.
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| Course description |
Week 1: Understanding Sub-State Actors: theories, concepts and analytic frameworks
Week 2: The Emergence of Sub-State Actors in East Asia
Week 3: The ¿Comfort Women¿ Advocacy Network and the Asian Women¿s Fund
Week 4: Anti-U.S. Military Base Movements in South Korea and Japan
Week 5: Grassroots Organizations in China
Week 6: How Activists in East Asia have Engaged North Korea
Week 7: The Role of Transnational Networks in East Asia¿s ¿history problems¿
Week 8: The Impact of the Japanese Anti-Nuclear Movement
Week 9: The East Asian Diaspora in U.S. Politics
Week 10: The Influence of Human Rights Activists in East Asia
Week 11: Limits to Sub-State Power
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2015/16, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Seminar/Tutorial Hours 22,
Dissertation/Project Supervision Hours 15,
External Visit Hours 3,
Feedback/Feedforward Hours 6,
Formative Assessment Hours 30,
Summative Assessment Hours 25,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
95 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Student performance will be assessed by written assessment
- 1 x 4000-word essay (100%)
Formative feedback will be given on the basis of a mid-term paper (1000 words) and a workshop with presentations of the papers as preparation for the 4000-word essay.
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| Feedback |
Not entered |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Discuss and debate major developments in U.S.-East Asian relations since the end of the Second World War
- Critically apply analytical concepts such as ¿transnational networks,¿ ¿agenda-setting¿ and ¿issue salience¿ to East Asia as well as elsewhere
- Apply theories of sub-state actors to their analysis
- Formulate evidence-based arguments
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Reading List
Keohane, R. O. & Nye, J., 2001, Power and Interdependence (3rd edn.). New York: Addison Wesley Longman.
Keck, M. & Sikkink, K., 1998, Activists Beyond Borders: Advocacy Networks in International Politics. Ithaca: Cornell University Press.
Seraphim, F., 2006,War Memory and Social Politics in Japan, 1945-2000. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Asia Center.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Keywords | TRSSA |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Ms Lauren Richardson
Tel: (0131 6)50 4098
Email: |
Course secretary | Mr Iain Sutherland
Tel: (0131 6)51 3988
Email: |
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