306653 (v.1) SS 573 - International Relations (Asia-Pacific)
| Area: | Department of Social Sciences |
| Credits: | 25.0 |
| Contact Hours: | 2.0 |
| Seminar: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
| Syllabus: | Analysing and prescribing the prospect for peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific Region through a number of specific issue oriented studies. Issues covered include multilateralism versus regionalism, modernism versus ecopessimism, globalism versus cultural imperialism, human rights versus state rights, techno-globalism versus techno-nationalism and traditionalism versus feminism. |
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| Unit Outcomes: | On successful completion of this unit students will - Understand the meaning of and identify description, explanation and prescription in the analysis of local, regional and global problems in the Asia Pacific Region. Contrast and compare different worldviews in understanding the causes of those problems and the conduct of policy making in international relations and think globally and to articulate a personal position in your role as an educated and competent citizen. |
| Text and references listed above are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information. |
| Unit References: | Keohane, R. International Institutions and State Power, Westview. Cheeseman, C. and Bruce, R. (eds), (1996), Discourses of Danger and Dread Frontiers, Allen and Unwin. Tomlinson, J., (1991), Cultural Imperialism, John Hopkins University Press. Strange, S, (1996), The Retreat of the State, Cambridge University Press. Keck, M. and Sikkink, K. (1998), Activists Beyond Borders: Advocacy Networks in International Politics, Cornell University Press. |
| Unit Texts: | Yahuda, M., (1996), The International Politics of the Asia Pacific, 1945 - 1995, Routledge. Smith, G. (1996), Australia in the World, Oxford University Press. |
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| Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Continuous Assessment 60%, Examination 40%. This is by grade/mark assessment. |
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | Y | | | |
Current as of: February 2, 2004
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