Document Type
Syllabus
Publication Date
Fall 9-1-2024
Course Description
The underlying theme of the course is to analyze and develop an in-depth understanding of the endurance of the Communist Party rule in China and its emergence as a great power in the 21st century and the success of liberal democracy in India and the challenges it is facing from majoritarianism and the ideology of Hindutva.
Recommended Citation
Sahu, Sunil K., "POLS 253 China and India in the 21st Century Sahu Fall 2024" (2024). All Course Syllabi. 626, Scholarly and Creative Work from DePauw University.
https://scholarship.depauw.edu/records_syllabi/626
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Student Outcomes
After taking this course students will be able to 1. Identify key state institutions and their functioning in China and India. 2. Compare the political processes and their outcomes in China and India. 3. Explain (a) the endurance of the Communist Party rule in China and its emergence as a challenger to the US hegemony in world politics and (b) the success of liberal democracy in India and the challenges it is facing from majoritarianism and the ideology of Hindutva.