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People's Republic of China: Politics and Strategic Communication
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:3.00
Study Course Accepted:05.02.2024 11:23:58
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | PZK_148 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 3.00 | ECTS: | 4.50 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Politics | Target Audience: | Political Science; Communication Science | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Mārtiņš Daugulis | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf rsu[pnkts]lv | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 8 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 16 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 6 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 12 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 28 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | No prior knowledge of China is required, the course is organised accordingly, initially providing students with a general knowledge platform on the PRC and then focusing on specific PRC foreign and security policy considerations at the global and regional level. | ||||||||
| Objective: | The aim of the course is to provide knowledge and understanding of the constituent elements of the foreign policy and strategic communication of the People's Republic of China - PRC history concepts, internal policy issues, identity, foreign policy discourse and other aspects that must be taken into account when analyzing China and its activities in international politics. The course is implemented by lecturer Mārtiņš Daugulis, who developed and defended the dissertation on the elements of the PRC's foreign policy discourse. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Elements of history of China in current politics (I) | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Elements of history of China in current politics (II) | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Elements of history of China in understanding current politics (III) | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Inner Politics of China: actors, discourses, interests (I-II) | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Inner Politics of China: actors, discourses, interests (III) | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Foreign Policy of China: Strategic Narratives (I-II) | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Foreign Policy of China: Strategical Narratives | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | China in regional and global relations (I-II) | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | China in regional and global relations (III) | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 10 | China issues: case studies (I-II) | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Independent work - preparation for seminar classes, independent reading, preparing a report, exam preparation.All presentations shown during studies will be available to students. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | To get the final rating, students should: 1. Increased all seminars, also submitting the material developed during the seminar. 2. Submit the report. 3. Must pass an exam. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | During the course, students will be aware of the elements of the foreign policy and strategic communication of the People's Republic of China - the concepts of the PRC history, the problem of domestic politics, the identity, the foreign policy discourse and other aspects to take into account when analyzing China and its activities in international politics. | ||||||||
| Skills: | After successful completion of the course, students will also be able to work with information that is formed in another political discourse. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | After the course, students will be able to objectively analyze interdisciplinary relationships - formats, official communications and political positions of foreign policy cooperation. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Kara māksla. SunDzi el v | ||||||||
| 2 | Laozi, Laozi, Moss Roberts - Dao De Jing The Book of the Way-University of California Press (2001) | ||||||||
| 3 | Daniel Vukovich - China and Orientalism Western Knowledge Production and the PRC-Routledge (2013) (1.nodaļa) | ||||||||
| 4 | Introduction. Edward W Said - Orientalism-Pantheon Books (1978) | ||||||||
| 5 | Colin Flint, Zhang Xiaotong, Historical–Geopolitical Contexts and the Transformation of Chinese Foreign Policy | ||||||||
| 6 | David M. Edelstein, Time and the Rise of China, the Chinese Journal of International Politics, 2020, 387–417 | ||||||||
| 7 | Yan Xuetong, The Rise of China and its Power Status, The Chinese Journal of International Politics, Volume 1, Issue 1, Summer 2006, Pages 5–33 | ||||||||
| 8 | Brandon K Yoder, How Credible are China’s Foreign Policy Signals? IR Theory and the Debate about China’s Intentions | ||||||||
| 9 | Council on Foreign Relations, “China’s Approach to Global Governance | ||||||||
| 10 | Tung Cheng-Chia and Alan H. Yang, How China Is Remaking the UN In Its Own Image. | ||||||||
| 11 | Connor Fiddler, The 3 Pillars of Chinese Foreign Policy: The State, the Party, the People, China’s foreign policy apparatus is much more than just the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, February 03, 2021 | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | BRĪVĀ LAIKA LASĪŠANA_ U.A.Bērziņa_Disertācija | ||||||||
| 2 | Ķīniešu personvārdu atveide latviešu valodā 2019 (1) | ||||||||
