2026-27 Fall - MGCS5008 - The Economic and Political Development of Modern Japan

Wenkai HE

Office of the Dean of Humanities & Social Science

Course

Description

Instructor(s)/Supervisor(s)/Coordinator(s): Wenkai HE
This course examines the political and socio-economic development in Japan from 1858 to 1937. Instead of interpreting Japan’s modernization as copying western experience, it pays attention to the domestic sources of Japan’s development. Issues, such as democratization, are discussed in the course.

Course period	1/09/26 → 31/12/26
Course level	PG
Course format	Lecture