POL257: Authoritarianism and Democracy in Asia

Historically, capitalism and liberal democracy went hand in hand in Europe and North America. Expectations of a similar relationship emerging in Asia have risen due to economic and social transformations in the last two decades. Recent economic crises have also been interpreted as evidence that authoritarian rule is incompatible with sophisticated market economies. Does this underestimate the durability of authoritarian rule? Does political change have to be democratic to accommodate the market and related institutions like the rule of law?

Related Unit Codes:

Points	4
Enrolment Options	Murdoch: S2-internal, S2-external
Contact Time	Up to 3 hours per week.
Prerequisites	Nil. Co-requisite: Internet access if studying externally.
Exclusions	Students who have successfully completed H257/H457 Authoritarianism, Democracy and Capitalism in Asia may not enrol in this unit for credit.
Notes	Graduate, Postgraduate and Honours students should enrol in the higher-level code for this unit except where the course structure states otherwise.
School	School of Social Sciences and Humanities
Unit Coordinator	Dr Caroline Hughes Position: Associate Professor E-mail: c.hughes@murdoch.edu.au Location: Murdoch Campus Education and Humanities Room 3.043 Phone: Prefix: +618 9360 6658
Unit Contacts	Contact Phone Prefix: +618 Location Explanation of Location Codes Teaching Period(s) Dr Caroline Hughes Associate Professor (c.hughes@murdoch.edu.au) 9360 6658 Murdoch Campus Education and Humanities Room 3.043 MURDOCH S2: Internal (02/08/2010 - 26/11/2010)   MURDOCH S2: External (02/08/2010 - 26/11/2010)

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Key to Offshore Campus Location abbreviations: APMISIN Asia Pacific Management Institute (Singapore) CEJTOKYO Chiropractic Education Japan (Tokyo) JKURASHIKI NET Corporation (Kurashiki, Japan) KDUPG KDU College (Penang, Malaysia) KDUPJ KDU College (Petaling Jaya, Malaysia) SGP-REPOLY Republic Polytechnic (Singapore) SMANUFED Singapore Manufacturing Federation ZHENGZHOU Zhengzhou University (China)