Course Information
Course title
 Seminar on Political Economy of East Asia 
Semester
 104-2 
Designated for
 COLLEGE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES  GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF POLITICAL SCIENCE  
Instructor
  
Curriculum Number
 PS5672 
Curriculum Identity Number
 322 U1900 
Class
  
Credits
 2 
Full/Half
Yr.
 Half 
Required/
Elective
 Elective 
Time
 Wednesday 6,7(13:20~15:10) 
Remarks
 The upper limit of the number of students: 20.
The upper limit of the number of non-majors: 3. 
Ceiba Web Server
 http://ceiba.ntu.edu.tw/1042PS5672_ 
Course introduction video
 
Table of Core Capabilities and Curriculum Planning
 Table of Core Capabilities and Curriculum Planning
Course Syllabus
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Course Description

The subject of this course is to introduce East Asia as an integral whole and its political and economic foundation. For the aforementioned purpose, this course is divided into three parts. The first part is a retrospect of the region’s history, introducing the region’s trade and economic development from the age of discovery well into the early 20th century. The second part discusses the trade and financial linkages among sovereign units in the region and how these units cooperate with each other on these two aspects. The third part proceeds in a round-table format, in which the students, on a group basis, debate about identity construction and the future of political and economic integration in East Asia.  

Course Objective
 This course trains students to get acquainted with principle of political economy. Students are expected to develop knowledge about the history and development of political economy of East Asia with the aim to build up macro perspective on the future of the region’s integration. 
Course Requirement
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Student Workload (expected study time outside of class per week)
  
Office Hours
  
Designated reading
  
References
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Grading
    
Progress
Week
Date
Topic
Week 1
 2/25  Introduction 
Week 2
 3/04  Tributary System 
Week 3
 3/11  Japan as hew hegemon: regional trade in East Asia before WWI 
Week 4
 3/18  East Asia under great depression 
Week 5
 3/25  Japan's revival and production network in East Asia for WWII  
Week 6
 4/01  Mid-term Preparation 
Week 7
 4/08  U.S.,Japan and the leapfrog development of Taiwan 
Week 8
 4/15  U.S.,Japan, and the leapfrog development of Korea 
Week 9
 4/22  Midterm exam - proposal / paper title due 
Week 10
 4/29  U.S.,Japan, and catch-up development of Malaysia and Indonesia 
Week 11
 5/06  The Revival of north ASEAN region: Vietnam and Myanmar 
Week 12
 5/13  China's Rise and its outbaound Investment 
Week 13
 5/20  Trade Liberalization and East Asian Regionalism after the 1990s

- Roundtable 1 : Whether East Asian countries should purse trade liberalization at the regional level? 
Week 14
 5/27  Road to financial hegemony:Japan and China 
Week 15
 6/03  Financial development and reform in Southeast Asia 
Week 16
 6/10  East Asian financial crises and regional cooperation

- Roundtable 2: Whether the current set of financial safety net can prevent future financial crisis in East Asia? 
Week 17
 6/17  - Roundtable 3 : What sits in the driver's seat - a group of medium - sized states or the great power(s)? 
Week 18
 6/24  Final exam