Political Systems and Sociopolitical Trends in the East

2023/2024

Academic Year

ENG

Instruction in English

3

ECTS credits

Delivered at:

Department for Chinese, South and Southeast Asian Studies

Course type:

Compulsory course

When:

3 year, 3 module

Instructors

Аскеров Мир-Али Исмаилович

Krivokhizh, Svetlana

Fedorov, Nikolai

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The course aims at familiarizing students with the specifics of the political development of the East Asian, Southeast Asian states and countries of the Middle East. Frist, the course will focus on the formation and evolution of the political regimes in these countries, their political actors: major state structures, as well as political parties and civil society. Students will learn about political culture and discuss role of ideology. Moreover, the course will introduce students to forms and drivers of social movements and protests in the regions. The final part of the course looks into several policy areas – ethnic, socio-economic and educations policies. On the seminars students will discuss relevant literature on the topic and take short tests, based on the discussion. The exam will be in a form of test with 20 questions of different type (open, multiple choice etc.).