状况并不乐观。煤堆靠着北京的餐厅墙壁，提醒了我们中国最严重的空气污染成因。(环境健康观察) Odds stacked against them. Coal briquettes stacked against a restaurant in Beijing are a reminder of the cause of China's worst air pollution. (Environmental Health Perspectives.)
This graduate seminar has two main goals: to explore the main theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of contemporary Chinese politics; and to relate those approches to broader trends in the field of comparative politics. What has the study of China contributed to the field of comparative politics, and vice versa? What are the most effective ways to integrate area studies, broader comparative approaches, and theory? Seminar presumes a basic understanding of the history and politics of contemporary China.
