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INAF-405 Political Legitimacy & Identity in Southeast/East Asia
Spring only
The purpose of this interdisciplinary course is to attempt to explain the complex forces that affect the ability of individuals and institutions in Southeast and East Asia to guide the internal operations of states and interaction with other states in accordance with internal or international norms and expectations. It will analyze the present drawing upon history in the region, and attempt to delineate forces that will affect the future. The course will examine some relevant theoretical literature on legitimacy, varying historical patterns of classical and modern legitimacy in the area, nationalism and legitimacy, questions of identity based on ethnicity/ language/religion related to legitimacy, and then explore how states/individuals have used these concepts for their acceptance and governance.
The course will be open to juniors and seniors (sophomores and graduate students with the approval of the professor), and will meet once weekly for approximately two hours. The course will be limited to twenty-five students, and, depending on the number of students, be conducted in the manner of a seminar. Students will be expected to write a term paper on one country or topic approved by the instructor, and make a class presentation on the progress toward that paper. There will be a take-home final examination.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: None
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