F0040400 Asia and World Politics

Hiroshima University Syllabus

Japanese

Academic Year 2024Year School/Graduate School School of Law Law Evening Course

Lecture Code F0040400 Subject Classification Specialized Education

Subject Name 世界政治とアジア

Subject Name
（Katakana）セカイセイジトアジア

Subject Name in
English Asia and World Politics

Instructor YOSHIDA OSAMU

Instructor
(Katakana) ヨシダ　オサム

Campus Higashi-Senda Semester/Term 2nd-Year,  Second Semester,  Second Semester

Days, Periods, and Classrooms (2nd) Tues9-10：Higashi-Senda Lecture Rm M301

Lesson Style Lecture Lesson Style
(More Details) 　

Credits 2.0 Class Hours/Week 　 Language of Instruction J : Japanese

Course Level 3 : Undergraduate High-Intermediate

Course Area（Area） 24 : Social Sciences

Course Area（Discipline） 02 : Political Science

Eligible Students All students at the 3rd semester and over

Keywords International Politics, International Economy, Asia, International Relations and SDG_8, 10, 16 and 17

Special Subject for Teacher Education 　 Special Subject 　

Class Status
within Educational
Program
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
Criterion referenced
Evaluation
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)

Class Objectives
/Class Outline This is an attempt to re-interpret the changes in international relations from non-Western perspectives that determined the development of contemporary politics in Asia.  In more concrete terms, how the decisions made by the United States and other developed countries that formed the global society after the end of the WWII were seen and responded by those political entities in Asia and other developing parts of the world will be examined.

Class Schedule lesson1: Significance of viewing Asia and the World Politics
lesson2: How was the fate of the dependent world decided: The meaning of the WWII
lesson3: How was the flow of financial resources to the developing world interrupted: Creation of the Bretton Woods Regime I
lesson4: How was the flow of financial resources to the developing world interrupted: Creation of the Bretton Woods Regime II
lesson5: Endeavors to keep colonies and pressures to open up them: What Yalta brought?
lesson6: Making of the United Nations and the status of the developing countries
lesson7: Beginning of isolating developing countries: Years of post-WWII re-settlement
lesson8: Completing the isolation process of developing countries: The path to the Cold War
lesson9: Prices for the freedom for the emerging states in Asia: Western world and their ways of dissolving the colonial system
lesson10: Reconstructed Western world until the Nixon shocks: Why did Asia attract global attentions once again?
lesson11: Carter's Grand Design and his selection of developing countries
lesson12: Reaganomics and the New Cold War, a change that brought economic upsurge in Asian NIES
lesson13: Post-Cold War world
lesson14: Experiment of multilateralism and its failure
lesson15: Unilateralist world and the future

This lecture will be delivered in Japanese.  Please refer to the Japanese version.

Text/Reference
Books,etc. This lecture will be delivered in Japanese.  Please refer to the Japanese version.

PC or AV used in
Class,etc. 　

(More Details) This lecture will be delivered in Japanese.  Please refer to the Japanese version.

Learning techniques to be incorporated 　

Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review This lecture will be delivered in Japanese.  Please refer to the Japanese version.

Requirements This lecture will be delivered in Japanese.  Please refer to the Japanese version.

Grading Method This lecture will be delivered in Japanese.  Please refer to the Japanese version.

Practical Experience

Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it

Message This lecture will be delivered in Japanese.  Please refer to the Japanese version.

Other

Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes.
Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching.

Academic Year	2024Year	School/Graduate School	School of Law Law Evening Course
Lecture Code	F0040400	Subject Classification	Specialized Education
Subject Name	世界政治とアジア
Subject Name （Katakana）	セカイセイジトアジア
Subject Name in English	Asia and World Politics
Instructor	YOSHIDA OSAMU
Instructor (Katakana)	ヨシダ　オサム
Campus	Higashi-Senda	Semester/Term	2nd-Year, Second Semester, Second Semester
Days, Periods, and Classrooms	(2nd) Tues9-10：Higashi-Senda Lecture Rm M301
Lesson Style	Lecture	Lesson Style (More Details)

Credits	2.0	Class Hours/Week		Language of Instruction	J : Japanese
Course Level	3 : Undergraduate High-Intermediate
Course Area（Area）	24 : Social Sciences
Course Area（Discipline）	02 : Political Science
Eligible Students	All students at the 3rd semester and over
Keywords	International Politics, International Economy, Asia, International Relations and SDG_8, 10, 16 and 17
Special Subject for Teacher Education		Special Subject
Class Status within Educational Program (Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
Criterion referenced Evaluation (Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
Class Objectives /Class Outline	This is an attempt to re-interpret the changes in international relations from non-Western perspectives that determined the development of contemporary politics in Asia. In more concrete terms, how the decisions made by the United States and other developed countries that formed the global society after the end of the WWII were seen and responded by those political entities in Asia and other developing parts of the world will be examined.
Class Schedule	lesson1: Significance of viewing Asia and the World Politics lesson2: How was the fate of the dependent world decided: The meaning of the WWII lesson3: How was the flow of financial resources to the developing world interrupted: Creation of the Bretton Woods Regime I lesson4: How was the flow of financial resources to the developing world interrupted: Creation of the Bretton Woods Regime II lesson5: Endeavors to keep colonies and pressures to open up them: What Yalta brought? lesson6: Making of the United Nations and the status of the developing countries lesson7: Beginning of isolating developing countries: Years of post-WWII re-settlement lesson8: Completing the isolation process of developing countries: The path to the Cold War lesson9: Prices for the freedom for the emerging states in Asia: Western world and their ways of dissolving the colonial system lesson10: Reconstructed Western world until the Nixon shocks: Why did Asia attract global attentions once again? lesson11: Carter's Grand Design and his selection of developing countries lesson12: Reaganomics and the New Cold War, a change that brought economic upsurge in Asian NIES lesson13: Post-Cold War world lesson14: Experiment of multilateralism and its failure lesson15: Unilateralist world and the future This lecture will be delivered in Japanese. Please refer to the Japanese version.
Text/Reference Books,etc.	This lecture will be delivered in Japanese. Please refer to the Japanese version.
PC or AV used in Class,etc.
(More Details)	This lecture will be delivered in Japanese. Please refer to the Japanese version.
Learning techniques to be incorporated
Suggestions on Preparation and Review	This lecture will be delivered in Japanese. Please refer to the Japanese version.
Requirements	This lecture will be delivered in Japanese. Please refer to the Japanese version.
Grading Method	This lecture will be delivered in Japanese. Please refer to the Japanese version.
Practical Experience
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it
Message	This lecture will be delivered in Japanese. Please refer to the Japanese version.
Other
Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes. Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching.

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