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People's Republic of China: Politics and Strategic Communication
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:1.00
Study Course Accepted:19.03.2024 11:32:31
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | SZF_022 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.67 | ECTS: | 4.00 | ||||||
| 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) | 12 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 24 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 8 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 16 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 40 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Background knowledge in matters of China is not necessary, the course has been organised accordingly, initially providing students with a common knowledge platform on the PRC and then addressing specific foreign and security policy considerations of the PRC at global and regional level. | ||||||||
| Objective: | The course aims to provide knowledge and understanding of the constituent elements of the foreign policy and strategic communication of the People’s Republic of China – concepts of the history of the PRC, domestic policy matters, identity, foreign policy discourse and other aspects to be taken into account when analysing China and its activities in international politics. The course is read by lecturer Mārtiņš Daugulis, who has developed and defended a doctoral thesis on elements of the foreign policy discourse of the PRC. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Elements of history of China to understand today’s politics (I) | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Elements of history of China to understand today’s politics (II) | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Elements of history of China to understand today’s politics (III) | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Domestic policy of China: actors, discourses, interests (I-II) | Lectures | 4.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Domestic policy of China: actors, discourses, interests (III) | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Foreign policy of China: strategic narratives (I-II) | Lectures | 3.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Foreign policy of China: strategic narratives | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | China in the regional and global context (I-II) | Lectures | 3.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | China in the regional and global context (III) | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 10 | Case study of matters of China (I-II) | Classes | 3.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Independent work –preparation for seminar classes, independent reading, preparation of a report, preparation for the examination. All presentations presented during the studies will be available to students. In order to evaluate the quality of the study course as a whole, the student must fill out the study course evaluation questionnaire on the Student Portal. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | To pass the course, students must: 1. Participate in all seminars, submitting the material developed during the seminar - 20%. 2. A report must be submitted - 30%. 3. The exam must be passed - 50%. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Within the course students will obtain knowledge of the constituent elements of the foreign policy and strategic communication of the People’s Republic of China – concepts of the history of the PRC, domestic policy matters, identity, foreign policy discourse and other aspects to be taken into account when analysing China and its activities in international politics. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Following successful mastering of the course, students will also be able to work with information that is created in another political discourse. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Following mastering of the course, students will be able to objectively analyse interdiscursive relations – foreign policy cooperation formats, official communications and political positions of the PRC. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Kara māksla. SunDzi el v. (2011) (latviešu plūsmai) | ||||||||
| 2 | Laozi, Laozi, Moss Roberts. Dao De Jing The Book of the Way. University of California Press (2019) | ||||||||
| 3 | Daniel Vukovich - China and Orientalism Western Knowledge Production and the PRC-Routledge (2013) (1.nodaļa) | ||||||||
| 4 | Introduction. Edward W Said - Orientalism-Pantheon Books (2003) | ||||||||
| 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. Unas Aleksandras Bērziņas-Čerenkovas disertācija (latviešu plūsmai) | ||||||||
| 2 | Ķīniešu personvārdu atveide latviešu valodā 2019 (1) | ||||||||
