Spring 2024
Meeting:
to be arranged / * *
SLN:
15014
Section Type:
Lecture
Instructor:
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Syllabus Description (from Canvas):
This is a fully online asynchronous, distance-learning course, except for the exam, which is synchronous. No in-person attendance is required.
| Instructor: | Kam Wing Chan |
| Email: | kwchan@uw.edu |
| Office hours: |
Tuesdays, 2-3 pm. Zoom: https://washington.zoom.us/j/96133332374Links to an external site. If you want to meet in person, please schedule with me. |
| Number of Credits: | 5 |
| Required Textbook: | No |
List of Topics to Cover:
1. Overview of China
2. Industrialization strategy and rural-urban divide
3. The hukou system and migration
4. Migration in Mao's era
5. Migrant labor and the "world's factory'
6. The geography of migration
7. Children of migrants
8. Migration and China's future
See a full syllabus under Modules/Course Overview
Catalog Description:
Examines patterns of China's internal migration in different periods in relation to economic development. Explores how the state-created dual structure and the household registration system enables China to have a huge class of super-exploitable migrant labor and become the world's premier low-end manufacturing center.
GE Requirements Met:
Social Sciences (SSc)
Other Requirements Met:
Research Credit
Credits:
5.0
Status:
Active
Last updated:
May 8, 2024 - 4:43 am