CONTEMPORARY CHINESE SOCIETY

Anno accademico
2023/2024 Programmi anni precedenti
Titolo corso in inglese
CONTEMPORARY CHINESE SOCIETY
Codice insegnamento
LM6290 (AF:440672 AR:244840)
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
Spazio Moodle
Link allo spazio del corso
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 "Capitale umano, salute, educazione" e concorre alla realizzazione dei relativi obiettivi ONU dell'Agenda 2030 per lo Sviluppo Sostenibile

Programma definitivo.
Data ultima modifica programma: 29/06/2023