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Mary P. Callahan
SISSE 490
Seattle Campus

Special Topics in Southeast Asian Studies

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Class description

Title of Special Topics Course: POLITICAL DEADLOCK AND REFORM IN SOUTHEAST ASIA.

This class will examine processes of political reform and deadlock in Southeast Asia over the last thirty years. The class will cover the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, Cambodia and Burma. Given the dramatic recent changes in Burma’s politics, we will spend extended time analyzing events as they are unfolding there.

Prerequisite: Students should have taken at SISSE343/POLS343 and at least one other class in modern Southeast Asian history, politics or anthropology.

Student learning goals

General method of instruction

SEMINAR

Recommended preparation

Students should have taken SISSE343/POLS343 (Politics and Change in Southeast Asia) plus at least one other course on modern Southeast Asian history, anthropology, ethnomusicology, etc.

Class assignments and grading

The information above is intended to be helpful in choosing courses. Because the instructor may further develop his/her plans for this course, its characteristics are subject to change without notice. In most cases, the official course syllabus will be distributed on the first day of class.

Last Update by Mary P. Callahan
Date: 02/10/2012