AS/EC 240 A: East Asian Economic History and Development Instructor: Praopan Pratoomchat Email: ppratoom@bates.edu Class Time: Tue/Thu 1.10 2.30pm, PGILL G50 Office: Pattengill Hall Rm 273 Office Hours: Monday: 10.00am 12.00pm Course Objective: Tuesday, Thursday: 3.00 5.00pm Students are able to identify major themes, diversity and commonalities among East Asian s nations economic histories and contemporary experience (through narrative description, theory and empirical analysis), to explain the implication for contemporary East Asian, global and US economies and to communicate professionally. Also the course examines both the internal economic dynamics of the East Asian economies and issues important for today s global economy. Main Textbook: Wan, Ming, The Political Economy of East Asia: Striving for Wealth and Power, CQ Press: Washington DC. Course Requirements and Grading: Homework 20% Term Paper 25% Midterm Exam 25% Final Exam 30% Grading Schedule: A 90 100% A 85 85.9% B+ 80 84.5% B 75 79.9% B 70 74.9% C+ 65 69.9% C 60 64.9%
C 55 59.9% D+ 50 54.9% D 45 49.9% D 40 44.9% E 0 39.9% Academic Integrity Academic integrity is fundamental to learning, scholarship, and indeed all dimensions of academic life. At its simplest, this means that the work you submit must be your own unless collaboration is specifically allowed, that you use only those resources allowed; that you express yourself in your own words unless you are quoting, and that you properly acknowledge and cite the ideas, information, and other work that you used or that contributed to your understanding. Your academic work is governed by The Bates College Statement on Academic Integrity, found here at: http://www.bates.edu/entering/policy/judicial affairs/code of studentconduct/academic misconduct/, and by any additional standards I set in this syllabus or in individual assignments. The Statement on Academic Integrity provides a fuller discussion of academic integrity and definitions of plagiarism, misuse of sources, and cheating. You are responsible for reading the Statement carefully and abiding by its terms. In this course you are not permitted to give or receive help of any kind during examinations or quizzes. Included in this prohibition is the use of cell phones for any purpose during an examination or quiz. Cell phones should be turned off and left in your backpacks at the front of the exam room or, better yet, left in your dorm rooms during the exam or quiz. If I see you consulting a cell phone, I will assume you are using it to receive help on the examination. Outside of the examinations and quizzes, I encourage you to work together in study groups and help each other understand the concepts. While figuring out the problem sets/homework as a group is also permissible, I expect that the final analysis and answers will be your own work. Violations of academic integrity are serious and can result in severe consequences at both the course and college levels. Depending on the circumstances of the violation, I will assign a failing grade for the examination and/or the course, and/or impose other consequences at my sole discretion; in addition, I will refer the matter to the Dean of Students for possible institutional action. Procedures for suspected violations are explained here: http://www.bates.edu/entering/policy/judicial affairs/.
Tentative Schedules: Sep 10, 2015 Sep 15 and 17, 2015 Overview of the East Asian Economies, Course Syllabus The East Asian National Systems of Political Economy Reading: Chapter 2 in Wan, Ming, The Political Economy of East Asia: Striving for Wealth and Power, CQ Press: Washington DC Kim, W. (2009), Rethinking Colonialism and the Origin of the Developmental State in East Asia, Journal of Contemporary Asia, 39(3), 383 399. Sep 22 and 24, 2015 The Chinese World Order Chapter 3 in Wan, Ming, The Political Economy of East Asia: Striving for Lin, J. (1995), The Needham Puzzle: Why the Industrial Revolution Did Not Originate in China, Economic Development and Cultural Change, 43(2), 269 292. Sep 29 and Oct 1, 2015 Chinese and European Influence in Southeast Asia Chapter 4 in Wan, Ming, The Political Economy of East Asia: Striving for Huber, J.R. (1971), Effect on Prices of Japan s Entry into World Commerce after 1858, The Journal of Political Economy, 79(3), 614 628. Oct 6 and 8, 2015 The East Asian Miracle Chapter 5 in Wan, Ming, The Political Economy of East Asia: Striving for
Oct 13 and 15 Oct 20 and 27 (Oct 22 is Fall recess) Midterm Review and Midterm Exam The Asian Financial Crisis Chapter 6 in Wan, Ming, The Political Economy of East Asia: Striving for Optional Felix, D. (2003), The Past as Future? The Contribution of Financial Globalization to the Current Crisis of Neo Liberalism as a Development Strategy, Political Economy Research Institute Working Paper 69, University of Massachusetts Amherst. Wade, R. and Veneroso, F. (1998), The Asian Crisis: The High Debt Model Versus the Wall Street Treasury IMF Complex, New Left Review, 228, 3 23. Reynolds, S. Rattanakomut S, and Gander, J. (1999), The Private Sector in Financial Crisis: The Short Term and Long Term Capital Structure of Firms in Southeast and East Asia, Journal of Asian Business, 15(1), 1 14. Oct 29 and Nov 3 The Political Economy of East Asian Production Chapter 7 in Wan, Ming, The Political Economy of East Asia: Striving for Oshima, H.T.(1987), Economic Growth in Monsoon Asia: A Comparative Survey, Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press, pp.315 342. Lipsey, R.E. (1999), Affiliates of U.S. and Japanese Multinationals in East Asian Production and Trade, NBER Working Paper 7292. Nov 5 and 10, 2015 The Political Economy of East Asian Trade Chapter 8 in Wan, Ming, The Political Economy of East Asia: Striving for Optional Chang, D.O. (2009), Informalising Labour in Asia s Global Factory, Journal of Contemporary Asia, 39(2), 161 179. Hart Landsberg, M. (2010), The U.S. Economy and China: Capitalism, Class, and Crisis, Monthly Review, 61(9), 14 31.
Nov 12 and 17, 2015 The Political Economy of East Asian Finance Chapter 9 in Wan, Ming, The Political Economy of East Asia: Striving for Wealth and Power, CQ Press: Washington DC Nov 19 and Dec 1, 2015 The Political Economy of East Asian Monetary Relations Chapter 10 in Wan, Ming, The Political Economy of East Asia: Striving for Dec 3 and 8, 2015 The Political Economy of East Asian Regionalism Chapter 11 in Wan, Ming, The Political Economy of East Asia: Striving for Optional Noland, P. and Zhang, J. (2010), Global Competition After the Financial Crisis, New Left Review 64, July August. Eichengreen, B. (2006), Global Imbalances and the Asian Economies: Implications for Regional Cooperation, ADB Working Paper Series on Regional Economic Integration No.4, Asian Development Bank. Dec 10, 2015 Dec 15 19, 2015 Final Exam Final Exam Review