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Credit points: 12.5 2nd and 3rd years.
Coordinator: Professor M. Webber (Department of Geography and Environmental Studies).
Contact: Two 1-hour lectures and a tutorial per week.
Timetable: First semester
Objectives:
Students who complete this unit should:
- understand the application of economic principles to the location of economic activity and to regional development;
- comprehend the main international forces and domestic changes that have affected the development of industry within Australia since 1945;
- understand how industrial changes in local places are related to larger scale forces;
- realise how the industrial changes that have taken place and are now occurring affect the livelihoods and well-being of men and women;
- be capable of demonstrating this understanding through critical examinations of industrial and regional development policies.
Content:
Growth and restructuring of production, trade and finance in the Pacific Rim and their implications for gender and ethnic groups within Australia.
Assessment:
An essay of up to 3,000 words; an examination of 1.5 hours. Proportions to be advised. Students are required to submit evidence of satisfactory completion of seminar work.
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