Institution and Reform in
GPA4385
Office Hour:
Tuesday & Wednesday 10:00-12:00
Phone:
2609-7515
Goal
This course will
utilize contemporary theoretical perspectives and historical material to
analyze the creation and evolution of Chinese state institutions. It surveys
and evaluates recent literature and compares the case of
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A package of readings is available
for download before January 22, 2008 from my WebPages at: www.cuhk.edu.hk/gpa/wang_files.
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For a long list of books on
Requirements
1. As relatively few articles
are assigned each week, the expectation is that you will read the articles
carefully before coming to class.
2. You are required to lead-off
discussion in the seminar on a rotating basis. These presentations entail a
15-20 minute presentation of the week’s readings. Rather than simply
summarizing the reading under question (presumably all will have read it), as
the discussion leader, you should tease out special questions or problems that
appear worthy of attention, and also make effort to show the relevance of the
reading to broader issues under consideration. In preparation for the seminar, the
discussion leader is required to prepare a one page discussion guideline that
can be shared with other seminar participants.
3. As a successful seminar
requires widespread discussion, every participant of the seminar is expected to
actively contribute to the scholarly exchange throughout the semester.
4.
You are required to write an original research paper (for conference
presentation, journal publication, and/or dissertation proposal or chapter) of about 20-25 pages (including references
and in-text tables and figures, but not appendices). This is expected to be an
empirical analysis of the topic in which the student will design and execute a
research project. The paper process has a number of steps.
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The first step is a 1-2 page research proposal,
including a few key references.
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The second step is a 5-6 page research design, accompanied
by an adequate, annotated bibliography. The research designs will be discussed with
the instructor.
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The penultimate drafts of the paper will also be
presented and discussed in class during the last part of the semester.
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The final paper is due on April 29. Late papers are penalized one
letter grade per day.
Evaluation
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Participation: 20% (on your evident grasp of the readings as
indicated by your questions and informed participation in classroom discussion)
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Discussion Précis: 15% (quality and relevance of
your discussion questions)
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Proposal and Design: 15% (particularly design)
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Research Paper: 50% (quality of paper)
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1.
Organization Meeting: Overview & Logistics of Course (Jan. 8)
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Joshua Cooper Ramo, “The
2.
Institutions and Institutional Changes (Jan. 15)
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Sven Steinmo, “Institutionalism”
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Elisabeth S. Clemens and James M. Cook, “Politics and Institutionalism:
Explaining Durability and Change”
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Adam Przeworski, “Institutions Matter?”
3.
Socioeconomic Transformation and Institutional Changes
(Jan. 22)
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Julia Strauss, “Morality, Coercion and
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David Bachman, “Aspects of an Institutionalizing Political System:
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Yang Dali, “Economic Transformation and State Rebuilding in
4.
Coercive Control (Jan. 29)
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Xiaoming Chen, “Community and Policing
Strategies: A Chinese Approach to Crime Control”
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Kam C. Wong, “Community Policing in
Comparative context: P.R.C. vs.
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Shanhe Jianga, Eric Lamberta and Jin Wang, “Correlates
of formal and informal social/crime control in
5.
Consensus Formation (Feb. 5)
² Yuchao Zhu and Dongyan
Blachford, “
² Beatrice Leung, “
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² Li Ping, Zhong Minghua, Lin
Bin and Zhang Hongjuan, “Deyu as moral education in modern
[Research
Proposal Due]
6.
Resource Extraction (Feb. 19)
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Kai-yuen Tsui and Youqiang Wang, “Between Separate Stoves and a Single
Menu: Fiscal Decentralization in
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John James Kennedy, “From the Tax-for-fee Reform to the Abolition of
Agricultural Taxes: The Impact on Township Governments in North-west
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OECD, “Challenges for
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Susan H. Whiting, “Central-Local Fiscal Relations in
7.
Regulating Economy and Society (Feb. 26)
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Margaret M. Pearson, “Mapping the Rise of China’s
² Donald C. Clarke, “Empirical
Research into the Chinese Judicial System”
² Philip C. C. Huang, “Whither
Chinese Law?”
² Kenneth W. Foster, “Improving
Municipal Governance in
8.
Regulating State Agents (Mar. 4)
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Hon S. Chan, “Cadre Personnel Management in
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Hongbin Lia and Li-An Zhou, “Political
turnover and economic performance: the incentive role of personnel control in
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Andrew Wedeman, “Anticorruption Campaigns and
the Intensification of Corruption in
9.
Regulating State Agencies (Mar. 11)
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Kjeld Erik Brødsgaard, “Institutional Reform and
the Bianzhi System
in
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Andrew C. Mertha, “
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Tim Wright, “State Capacity in Contemporary China:‘closing the pits and reducing coal production’”
[Draft Research Designs Due]
10. Finalizing Research Design
(Individual meetings during this week) (Mar. 18)
11. Interest Articulation and
Interest Aggregation (Mar. 25)
² Young Nam Cho, “From ‘Rubber
Stamps’ to ‘Iron Stamps’: The Emergence of Chinese Local People’s Congresses as
Supervisory Powerhouses”
² Young Nam Cho, “The Politics
of Lawmaking in Chinese Local People’s Congresses”
² Laura Paler, “
² James S. Fishkin, Baogang He,
Robert C. Luskin, and Alice Siu, “Deliberative Democracy in an Unlikely Place:
Deliberative Polling in
12. Redistribution (Apr. 1)
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UNDP, “
² Yanzhong Huang, “Bringing the
Local State Back In: the political economy of public health in rural
² Zunyou Wu, Sheena G Sullivan,
Yu Wang, Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus, Roger Detels, “Evolution of China’s response
to HIV/AIDS”
[Draft Papers Due]
13. Presentation of Draft
Papers (Apr. 8)
14. Presentation of Draft
Papers (Apr. 15)
[Final Paper Due on April 29]