(Shenzhen, December 3, 2022)
I teach courses in comparative politics, contentious politics, research methods, China, and East Asia.
Comparative Politics
This course introduces central themes, theories, and concepts in comparative politics and the basic tools of comparative analysis. It explores fundamental questions about the role of the state, civil society, institutions, culture, and history in shaping political outcomes across diverse contexts.
Syllabus
Contentious Politics
This course introduces major theories and concepts in the study of social movements and contentious politics. It examines under what conditions contentious politics emerges, why people do (or do not) participate, how strategies vary, why some movements are successful while others fail, how governments respond, and how globalization and information technologies shape the dynamics of contention.
Politics of East Asia
This course examines and compares the domestic politics of China, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, and Taiwan. It traces the evolution of the region’s modern state systems and the domestic sources of prosperity and tension since World War II. The course explores common themes across the region, including political institutions, party politics, state-society relations, democratization and autocratization, nationalism, developmental states, and the legacies of colonialism and the Cold War.
*For a complete list of courses taught, see my CV.