Prof Hyun Shin CKK.3.17

This course is available on the MSc in China in Comparative Perspective, MSc in Development Management, MSc in Development Management (LSE and Sciences Po), MSc in Development Studies, MSc in Environment and Development, MSc in Human Geography and Urban Studies (Research), MSc in International and Asian History, MSc in Local Economic Development, MSc in Regional And Urban Planning Studies, MSc in Urban Policy (LSE and Sciences Po) and MSc in Urbanisation and Development. This course is available with permission as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit.

The recent decades have seen China emerging as one of the most important global economic and political players. The course aims to offer opportunities to gain comprehensive and yet critical insights into China’s development in urban, regional and global dimensions by reflecting upon the significance of China’s role in the world economy as well as the challenges emerging within China. Tentative topics that the course covers include, but not limited to, the following: China's rise in the global capitalism; uneven development and regional disparities; the political economy of urbanisation; the role of the state; governing neighbourhoods; China on the move and migration; China's middle class; practising global China; public participation and rights activism.

30 hours of seminars in the AT.

Students are expected to complete one essay plan for their assessed essay and blog.

• Campanella, T.J. (2008) The concrete Revolution: China’s urban revolution and what it means for the world. Princeton Architectural Press
• Friedman, E. (2022) The Urbanization of People: The Politics of Development, Labor Markets, and Schooling in the Chinese City. Columbia University Press
• Hsing, Y-T (2010) The Great Urban transformation. Oxford University Press
• Ngai, P (2005) Made in China: Women Factory Workers in a Global Workplace. Duke Univ. Press
• Shao, Q. (2013) Shanghai Gone: Domicide and defiance in a Chinese megacity. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Wu, F. (2015) Planning for Growth: Urban and Regional Planning in China. Routledge
• Wu, F. (2022) Creating Chinese Urbanism: Urban Revolution and Governance Changes. UCL Press

Coursework (30%, 1500 words) and essay (65%, 3000 words) in the WT.
Class participation (5%) in the AT.

Students are to submit regular reading responses via Moodle as part of class participation.