Бакалавриат 2025/2026

Государство и общество в Восточной Азии

Статус: Курс по выбору (Программа двух дипломов НИУ ВШЭ и Университета Кёнхи «Экономика и политика в Азии»)

Кто читает: Факультет мировой экономики и мировой политики

Когда читается: 2-й курс, 1, 2 модуль

Охват аудитории: для своего кампуса

Преподаватели: Варпаховскис Эрикс

Язык: английский

Course Syllabus

Abstract

Course DescriptionEast Asia is an important region that includes the second and the third largest economies in theworld and has four countries in the G20. East Asian countries have achieved remarkableeconomic success in the post-war period but are facing many endogenous and exogenouschallenges. Focusing on Japan, China, Taiwan, and South Korea, this course will examine thepolitical, social, and economic pathways traveled by East Asian countries on their road toprosperity, democracy, and security.In this course, students will analyze comparatively the models of economic development, politicalchanges, and social transformations pursued in these countries. Topics examined in this courseinclude culture and values, war and colonialism, historical memory, the developmental state,development and politics in China, democratization in South Korea and Taiwan, socialmovements, economic crisis, nationalism, low fertility trap, precarious labor, and the East Asianwelfare state.