SUMMERSCHOOLBEIJING,CHINA.PDF

SUMMER SCHOOL BEIJING, CHINA 7-18 August 2017 CONTENTS WELCOME TO THE LSE-PKU SUMMER SCHOOL – A MESSAGE FROM THE ACADEMIC DIRECTOR Welcome 1 International Relations, Government and Society The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and Peking University Change and Continuity: Chinese Politics and Public Policy (PKU) have collaboratively run the LSE-PKU Summer School in Beijing each August (LPS-GV202) 11 Top 5 reasons to choose the LSE-PKU since 2004. This exciting two-week English language programme offers university- Summer School 2 The Political Economy of Urbanisation in China and Asia: Globalisation and Uneven Development (LPS-GY201) 11 level courses in subjects across the social sciences, all with a focus on China and The programme 4 Opening the Black Box: Understanding Chinese Foreign Asia. It is taught by outstanding faculty from LSE and PKU, two of the world’s Policy Making (LPS-IR206) 12 leading universities for teaching and research, and attracts a cohort of well-informed Courses 5 Power Shift: China, the United States and the West in and engaged students and professionals from around the world. a New Asian Century (LPS-IR208) 13 Economics, Finance and Statistics A Complex Society: Social issues and Social Policy in China Over the past