STV4343 ¨C Asia III, 15 SP

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Contemporary politics in developing countries is characterised by three major crises: one of superficial democratisation, another of disintegrating states and corrupt governance, a third of decentralised despotism and uncivil societies. This course discusses those trends in the context of the Asian giants of Indonesia, India and China - and with a special emphasis on three related research priorities at Oslo University: ¡°Assessing Democratisation in Indonesia¡±, ¡°Politics of Sustainable Deve