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1. History, Faculty of Arts (v3, p100) : Next:131-232 | Prev:131-222
2. Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts (v3, p23) : Next:131-246 | Prev:131-222
Credit points: 16.7 2nd and 3rd years
Coordinator: Associate Professor C A Coppel.
Prerequisite: Normally, 25 points of first year History.
Contact: Two 1-hour lectures and a 1-hour tutorial a week.
Timetable: Second semester
Objectives:
On completion of this subject students should be able to: test the applicability of theories of comparative politics about the political role of the military to the Indonesian historical experience in the 20th century; question whether a political system in which an army plays a prominent part is an aberration from an assumed norm; reflect upon whether justifications of certain practices in Indonesia in the name of culture or tradition might be rationalisations of the interests of those in power; reflect upon whether Australian criticisms of the role of the military in Indonesia in the name of universal human values might be ethnocentric or even projections of Australian feelings of guilt or fear.
Content:
The increasingly important role of the military in Indonesia since the proclamation of independence, in the light of theories about the role of the military in politics.
Assessment:
A 2,000-word essay (40%), a 1,000-word class paper (10%) and a 2-hour examination (50%), totalling not more than 5,000 words.
Prescribed texts:
1. History, Faculty of Arts (v3, p100) : Next:131-232 | Prev:131-222
2. Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts (v3, p23) : Next:131-246 | Prev:131-222
3. History, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p126) : Next:131-232 | Prev:131-222
Credit points: 16.7
Coordinator: Associate Professor C A Coppel.
Contact: Two 1-hour lectures and a 1-hour tutorial each week.
Timetable: Second semester.
Objectives:
On completion of this subject students should be able to: test the applicability of theories of comparative politics about the political role of the military to the Indonesian historical experience in the 20th century; question whether a political system in which an army plays a prominent part is an aberration from an assumed norm; reflect upon whether justifications of certain practices in Indonesia in the name of culture or tradition might be rationalisations of the interests of those in power; reflect upon whether Australian criticisms of the role of the military in Indonesia in the name of universal human values might be ethnocentric or even projections of Australian feelings of guilt or fear.
Content:
The increasingly important role of the military in Indonesia since the proclamation of independence, in the light of theories about the role of the military in politics.
Assessment:
A 2000-word essay (40 per cent); a 1000-word class paper (10 per cent) and a 2-hour examination (50 per cent); totalling not more than 5,000 words.
Prescribed texts:
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3. History, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p126) : Next:131-232 | Prev:131-222
4. Indonesian, Faculty of Arts (v3, p115) : Next:150-327 | Prev:131-222
Availability: Available in 1996.
Timetable: Second semester
See additional details under the History subject above.
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4. Indonesian, Faculty of Arts (v3, p115) : Next:150-327 | Prev:131-222
5. Politics, Faculty of Arts (v3, p155) : Next:166-400 | Prev:131-222
Timetable: Second semester
(See details under Dept of History)
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5. Politics, Faculty of Arts (v3, p155) : Next:166-400 | Prev:131-222
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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