Module POL3202 for 2016/7
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
POL3202: China in World Affairs
This module descriptor refers to the 2016/7 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
Whilst the module’s precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover some or all of the following topics:
Part I: Analytical framing: theory, concepts and history
The first section examines the main theoretical and conceptual frameworks to interpret China’s foreign policy and global engagement. We will also consider the role of history and how key historical developments have shaped China’s international relations.
Part II: China’s evolving relations with the world
The second section examines China’s key relationships at the bilateral, regional and global level.
Part III: China’s role in global governance
The third section adopts a thematic and case-study analysis of China’s role in global governance. We will examine the extent to which China is supporting, resisting or establishing alternatives to the existing global governance architecture.
Learning and Teaching
This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | Guided independent study | Placement / study abroad |
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44 | 256 | 0 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
Category | Hours of study time | Description |
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Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activity | 44 | 22 x 2 hours seminars |
Guided Independent Study | 80 | Seminar preparation: complete assigned readings and other possible tasks |
Guided Independent Study | 140 | Essay preparation: researching, reading and writing the essays |
Guided Independent Study | 36 | Presentation preparation: researching, reading, and written and oral presentation |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
Indicative Reading List
This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.
Shaun Breslin (ed.) Handbook of China’s International Relations (London: Routledge, 2010).
Rosemary Foot and Andrew Walter, China, the United States, and Global Order (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011).
David Shambaugh, China Goes Global: The Partial Power (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2013).