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Credit points: 16.7 2nd and 3rd years
Coordinator: David Tucker.
Prerequisite: Normally 25 points of first-year Politics; students with only 12.5 points in Politics may apply to the 2nd/3rd-year co-ordinator.
Contact: Two 1-hour lectures and a 1-hour tutorial a week.
Timetable: Second semester
Objectives:
On completion of the subject a student will have:
- a comprehension of the importance of civil and political rights in modern democracies, and an ability to compare Australian and American strategies in securing them;
- some knowledge of the achievements and failures of various presidents, such as Nixon, Reagan, Bush and Clinton;
- an understanding of the importance of the Bill of Rights in recent American history;
- an understanding of the role of the Supreme Court in the American political system;
- some awareness of the achievements of the Civil Rights Movement and of the Women's Movement.
Content:
The attempts made by women and minorities to secure civil and political rights in the United States; the recent role played by the Supreme Court; the records of Presidents Reagan, Bush and Clinton. Policies relating to affirmative action, abortion, capital punishment, school abusing, sexual harassment and racial incitement. Agendas and strategies of each of the presidents? Eg. what choices each made in appointing members of the federal judiciary, especially the justices of the Supreme Court?
Assessment:
Essay work or equivalent totalling 5,000 words.
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Credit points: 16.7
Coordinator: David Tucker.
Contact: Two 1-hour lectures and a 1-hour tutorial each week.
Timetable: Second semester.
Objectives:
On completion of the subject a student will have:
- a comprehension of the importance of civil and political rights in modern democracies, and an ability to compare Australian and American strategies in securing them;
- some knowledge of the achievements and failures of various presidents, such as Nixon, Reagan, Bush and Clinton;
- an understanding of the importance of the Bill of Rights in recent American history;
- an understanding of the role of the Supreme Court in the American political system;
- some awareness of the achievements of the Civil Rights Movement and of the Women's Movement.
Content:
The attempts made by women and minorities to secure civil and political rights in the United States; the recent role played by the Supreme Court; the records of Presidents Reagan, Bush and Clinton. Policies relating to affirmative action, abortion, capital punishment, school abusing, sexual harassment and racial incitement. Agendas and strategies of each of the presidents? Eg. what choices each made in appointing members of the federal judiciary, especially the justices of the Supreme Court?
Assessment:
Essay work or equivalent totalling 5,000 words.
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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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