Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center Stanford University


Shorenstein APARC Courses


Graduate Seminar: Political Economy of Reform in China

Course number(s): 215E
Offered Summer quarter in the 2000-2001 academic year

Instructors
Jean C. Oi (Primary) - Stanford University

The content, process, and problems of China's post-Mao reforms comprise this class, taught by Professor Jean Oi. Changes in property rights, markets, credit, and the role of the state in economic development are explored. Further, the course encourages comparative insights about reform in the Chinese communist system that distinguish it from the experience of regimes in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.

Level
Graduate

Units
5

Department
Department of Political Science
School of Humanities and Sciences