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121-336 "Asian Development" appears differently in several places - choose the one you want:
1. Geography, Faculty of Arts (v3, p87) : Next:121-340 | Prev:121-234
2. Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts (v3, p23) : Next:131-207 | Prev:121-217
Credit points: 16.7 3rd year
Coordinator: Mr G Missen.
Prerequisite: Completion of 121-204/304 Development or 121-217/317 Australia and the Pacific Rim, or the permission of the Lecturer in charge or the Head of Department.
Contact: This is an advanced reading course of 11 hours of lectures and 28 hours of seminars.
Timetable: Second semester
Objectives:
At the end of this subject students should:
- have a knowledge of the socio-economic changes describing the development paths of selected East and Southeast Asian countries since WWII, and particularly since the 1980s;
- be able to situate the developmental history and the recent industrial restructuring of these countries in the changes that have taken place in global capitalist production and the Pacific Rim regional economy;
- be capable of assessing the roles of resources, markets, culture, institutions and organisation, labour processes and the state in the development and restructuring of these countries and have demonstrated this capability in a detailed examination of one particular country;
- in light of this learning, be able to assess the main development theories.
Content:
Changes in the value, distribution and organisation of production in selected Asian countries and in the world. Social processes of economic, institutional, political organisation and the labour processes of these countries. Development theories.
Assessment:
One 2500 word essay; two seminar papers totalling 2,500 words.
1. Geography, Faculty of Arts (v3, p87) : Next:121-340 | Prev:121-234
2. Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts (v3, p23) : Next:131-207 | Prev:121-217
3. Geography, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p112) : Next:121-340 | Prev:121-234
Credit points: 16.7
Coordinator: Mr G. Missen.
Prerequisite: 121-204/304 Development or 121-217/317 Australia and the Pacific Rim, or the permission of the Lecturer in charge or the Head of Department.
Contact: This is an advanced reading subject of 11 hours of lectures and 28 hours of seminars.
Timetable: Second semester.
Objectives:
At the end of this subject students should:
- have a knowledge of the socio-economic changes describing the development paths of selected East and Southeast Asian countries since WWII, and particularly since the 1980s;
- be able to situate the developmental history and the recent industrial restructuring of these countries in the changes that have taken place in global capitalist production and the Pacific Rim regional economy;
- be capable of assessing the roles of resources, markets, culture, institutions and organisation, labour processes and the state in the development and restructuring of these countries and have demonstrated this capability in a detailed examination of one particular country;
- in light of this learning, be able to assess the main development theories.
Content:
Changes in the value, distribution and organisation of production in selected Asian countries and in the world. Social processes of economic, institutional, political organisation and the labour processes of these countries. Development theories.
Assessment:
One 2500 word essay; two seminar papers totalling 2,500 words.
* Note that CONTACT, COORDINATOR, POINTS, PREREQUISITES differs from the maintainer's version above. A log of variations is available.
3. Geography, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p112) : Next:121-340 | Prev:121-234
4. Sociology, Faculty of Arts (v3, p168) : Next:482-228 | Prev:121-217
Credit points: 16.7 3rd year
Coordinator: Mr G. Missen.
Prerequisite: Normally 25 points of first-year Sociology.
Contact: This is an advanced reading subject of 11 hours of lectures and 28 hours of seminars.
Timetable: Second semester
Objectives:
At the end of this subject students should:
- have a knowledge of the socio-economic changes describing the development paths of selected East and Southeast Asian countries since WWII, and particularly since the 1980s;
- be able to situate the developmental history and the recent industrial restructuring of these countries in the changes that have taken place in global capitalist production and the Pacific Rim regional economy;
- be capable of assessing the roles of resources, markets, culture, institutions and organisation, labour processes and the state in the development and restructuring of these countries and have demonstrated this capability in a detailed examination of one particular country;
- in light of this learning, be able to assess the main development theories.
Content:
Changes in the value, distribution and organisation of production in selected Asian countries and in the world. Social processes of economic, institutional, political organisation and the labour processes of these countries. Development theories.
Assessment:
One 2500 word essay; two seminar papers totalling 2,500 words.
* Note that CONTACT, COORDINATOR, PREREQUISITES differs from the maintainer's version above. A log of variations is available.
4. Sociology, Faculty of Arts (v3, p168) : Next:482-228 | Prev:121-217
Status: Official 1996 Date created: Oct 9 1995 Last modified: Oct 9 1995 Authorised by: Academic Registrar Email enquiries: Course_Information@registrar.unimelb.edu.au
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