East Asia Study Opportunities at Syracuse University and Abroad
Languages Undergraduate Minors
- Asian-Asian American Studies minor
- Chinese Language minor
- Chinese Studies minor
- Japanese Studies minor
- Korean Language
Graduate
Students in Maxwell's international relations graduate degree program may choose the East and South Asian career track. This degree program is one of the top international affairs programs in the world.
Syracuse University Summer Programs
Study abroad for the summer in China, India, Japan or Singapore, or enroll in a traveling seminar on architecture and urbanism (Tokyo, Taipei and Shanghai).
Syracuse University World Partner Programs
Study abroad in destinations such as Hong Kong, India, Japan, South Korea and Singapore.
East Asia Program Graduate Student Research Grant
The East Asia Program invites Syracuse University graduate students to apply for this award of $2,000 to support research concerning East Asia and provide students the opportunity to gather data, make contacts, map topics and increase the competitiveness of future proposals for funding. Details about the grant and how to apply are available on the Maxwell School's Answers site.
Developing-Country Representation and Public Attitudes toward International Organizations: The Case of IMF Governance Reform
Daniel McDowell, David Steinberg, S Erdem Aytaç, Dimitar Gueorguiev
International Studies Quarterly, September 2024
Several prominent international organizations (IOs) maintain decision-making structures that under-represent developing countries. This paper argues that individuals in developing countries are more supportive of engaging with IOs that give a greater voice to fellow developing countries.
We posit that the balance of decision-making power influences support for IOs by improving perceptions of both input legitimacy and output legitimacy. Empirically, we focus on the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and draw on original survey experiments in four developing countries: Argentina, China, South Africa, and Turkey.
Results reveal that increased representation of developing countries increases public support for IMF participation. We also find consistent evidence that this effect works through an input legitimacy mechanism, specifically by improving perceptions of procedural fairness.
These findings suggest that public support for IOs is affected by the balance of decision-making power within these organizations.
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