政治学演習

授業科目名	政治学演習	標準年次	3・4
講義題目	Contemporary Political Theory	開講学期	通　年
担当教員	蓮見　二郎	単位数	4単位
教　　室	２研	科目区分	展開科目

履修条件	This seminar is designed to develop your skills to discuss, in English, various topics in political studies including Japanese politics. All discussion in this seminar is taken place in English. Students who have a plan to study in an English speaking country in near future, who just came back from studying abroad, and who would like to maintain your English fluency are particularly welcome, though this is not a requirement. Please be advised that active participation is essential; you are, in every session, required to make speeches and presentations and have discussions in English.
授業の目的	This is a joint seminar with the "Comparative Study in Politics and Administration in Asia (CSPA)" Programme, an international programme of Graduate School of Law. Most students enrolled in the CSPA are international students. You can, therefore, enjoy perfect environment to improve your skills to discuss in English through this seminar. The ultimate aim of this seminar is to enable you to explain Japanese politics in English with using academic concepts and theories of political studies. This seminar, for this purpose, consists of two parts: (1) Japanese politics and (2) Political concepts.
授業の概要・計画	(1) Spring Semester: Japanese Politics We will discuss various topics of Japanese politics--from its modern history to contemporary public policy. The schedule of this semester is synchronised with "Contemporary Japanese Politics" course of Japan in Today’s World (JTW) programme. The students of this seminar are encouraged to take (or audit) this JTW course. (2) Autumn Semester: Political Concepts The second half of this seminar is devoted to discuss basic political concepts and theories, which you learned in my course of Seijigaku Genron. We will try to deepen our understanding of what we examined in Genron through discussion with international students. (3) Final essay: You are required to submit an academic essay (research paper) in English at the end of this course. This essay substitutes for Zemiron.
授業の進め方	The detail of this seminar will be decided upon an ongoing basis; but the following would be the initial proposal from me. Since this is the very first year for this seminar, it is flexible. 1. Essential readings (one or two article/chapter per week) and some related questions are announced beforehand. 2. The students are required to read all through the essential readings and prepare their answers to the questions. 3. Two students are assigned to make presentation of the summary of the essential readings. 4. All the students have a discussion on the questions based upon the readings and the prepared answers.
教科書・参考書等	The followings are some suggested references for this seminar. - Japanese Politics; (Introduction) 1. Goto-Jones, C. (2009) Modern Japan: Very Short Introduction, Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2. Kingston, J. (2011) Contemporary Japan: History, Politics, and Social Change since the 1980s, Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell. 3. McCargo, D. (2004) Contemporary Japan, 2nd edition, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. (Further Study) 4. Babb, J.D. (ed.) (2014) The SAGE Handbook of Modern Japanese Studies, London: Sage. 5. Gaunder, A., (2011) The Routledge Handbook of Japanese Politics, Abingdon: Routledge. 6. Gordon, A. (2013) A Modern History of Japan, Oxford: Oxford University Press. 7. Heyes, L.D. (2009) Introduction to Japanese Politics, 5th edition, Armonk (NY): M. E. Sharpe. 8. Kingston, J. (ed.) (2014) Critical Issues in Contemporary Japan, Abingdon: Routledge. 9. Jansen, M.B. (2002) The Making of Modern Japan, new ed., Cambridge (MA): Harvard University Press. 10. Schwartz, F, Pharr, S.J. (2003) The State of Civil Society in Japan, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 11. Shinoda, T. (2013) Contemporary Japanese Politics: Institutional Changes and Power Shifts, New York: Columbia University Press. 12. Stockwin, J.A.A. (2008) Governing Japan: Divided Politics in a Resurgent Economy, 4th ed., Malden (MA): Wiley-Blackwell. - Political Studies: Heywood, A. (2013) Politics, 4the ed., Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
成績評価の方法・基準	Participation and discussion: 50% Final Essay: 50%
その他（質問・相談方法等）	Since I am not providing a seminar in the academic year 2014, students cannot participate in an ’open seminar’ for this course. Instead, an introductory session will be held at lunch time (12:15-12:45) on Friday 19th December. The room is to be announced. Questions can also be asked via e-mail. ----- Postscript (added on 4/12/2014) The venue is Lecturer Room 303.
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