WELLESLEY COLLEGE
POL2 308S: Advanced Topics in Chinese Politics
Prof. William A. Joseph
Spring 2006
| PART I | FRAMEWORK & FACTS |
| Feb. 1 | Introduction to the Course |
| Feb. 8 | Studying Chinese Politics |
| Feb. 15 | Making Sense of Mao |
| Feb. 22 | 1976: A Year of Great Significance? |
| March 1 | Dissecting the Cat, or How Deng Changed China |
| PART II | ISSUES & ANALYSIS |
| March 8 | The Structure of Power & Political Change in the PRC (I) |
| March 15 | The Structure of Power & Political Change in the PRC (II) |
| March 22 | No Class, Spring Break |
| March 29 | Change and Contention in City & Countryside |
| April 5 | The Politics of Culture and Cultural Politics |
| April 12 | Challenges (I) |
| April 19 | Challenges (II) |
| April 26 | China in Comparative Perspective |
| May 3 | No Class, Ruhlman Conference |
| May 10 | Let's Play China Watcher! China 2020? |