Comparative Politics

GOVT 84.01 (Identical to AMES 91.02)

Dilemmas of Development: India, China, and Middle East

GOVT 84.06 (Identical to LACS 80.02 and AAAS 90.01)

Identity and Power in the Americas

GOVT 84.13

Improving Democracy: Institutional Innovations and Experiments in Developing Nations

Govt 84.34

U.S. Policy in Africa and the Great Challenges Africa Faces in the Future

GOVT 84.35 (Identical to LACS 50.11)

U.S.- Latin America Relations: The Dynamics of Foreign Policy Formulation

GOVT 84.41

China Economic Superpower

Course Description: 

This seminar investigates the rapid economic rise of China since 1978. It focuses on the unorthodox ideas and strategies China's policymakers followed as they embarked upon economic liberalization; on China's foreign economic policies including the Belt and Road Initiative; and on relations with the United States. The seminar finishes with a review of the social, political and economic challenges China faces as it emerges as a powerful middle income country with global ambitions.