HIST 442 - Democracy and Human Rights in China

3-4 SS, CD, WR
Seminar exploring democracy and human rights in Chinese political culture, 19th century to the present. Readings include primary materials in translation, which will provide resources for individual research projects. Topics include, but are not limited to, constructions of “democracy”; “human rights” in cross-cultural context; the status of “minority” peoples and Tibet; and the “Democracy Movement” of the 1970s and 1980s. Counts toward the East Asian Studies Major.

Prerequisites & Notes
Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 12.
Mr. Kelley
Next offered 2007-08.

Credits: 3 to 4 hours