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1. Politics, Faculty of Arts (v3, p151) : Next:166-215 | Prev:166-211
Availability: Not offered in 1996.
Credit points: 16.7 2nd and 3rd years
Coordinator: Philomena Murray.
Prerequisite: Normally 25 points of first-year Politics; students with only 12.5 points in Politics may apply to the 2nd/3rd-year coordinator.
Contact: Two 1-hour lectures and a tutorial a week.
Timetable: First semester
Objectives:
On completion of this subject the student will:
- be familiar with the political culture, political institutions, parties and characteristic features of Germany, Great Britain, France and Italy;
- understand issues such as racism and neo-fascism on a thematic and cross-national basis;
- understand the historical origins of contemporary divisions and developments in Europe;
- be familiar with the major ideologies of socialism, communism, fascism, Christian democracy, liberalism and conservatism in a European context;
- become acquainted with the politics of the European Community/European Union and prospects for Europe's political unification.
Content:
The subject will examine questions and issues including: Germany since Unification - the challenges and current issues; Is there liberty, equality, fraternity in France?; Who runs Italy? Instability in Italian politics; What is the significance of the Maastricht European Union Treaty?; Great Britain: the transition from Empire to Thatcherism and beyond.
Assessment:
Essay work or equivalent totalling 5,000 words.
Prescribed texts:
1. Politics, Faculty of Arts (v3, p151) : Next:166-215 | Prev:166-211
2. Politics, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p162) : Next:166-215 | Prev:166-211
Availability: Not offered in 1996.
Credit points: 16.7
Coordinator: Philomena Murray.
Contact: Two 1-hour lectures and a tutorial each week.
Timetable: First semester.
Objectives:
On completion of this subject the student will:
- be familiar with the political culture, political institutions, parties and characteristic features of Germany, Great Britain, France and Italy;
- understand issues such as racism and neo-fascism on a thematic and cross-national basis;
- understand the historical origins of contemporary divisions and developments in Europe;
- be familiar with the major ideologies of socialism, communism, fascism, Christian democracy, liberalism and conservatism in a European context;
- become acquainted with the politics of the European Community/European Union and prospects for Europe's political unification.
Content:
The subject will examine questions and issues including: Germany since Unification - the challenges and current issues; Is there liberty, equality, fraternity in France?; Who runs Italy? Instability in Italian politics; What is the significance of the Maastricht European Union Treaty?; Great Britain: the transition from Empire to Thatcherism and beyond.
Assessment:
Essay work or equivalent totalling 5,000 words.
Prescribed texts:
* Note that CONTACT, POINTS, PRESCRIBEDTEXTS differs from the maintainer's version above. A log of variations is available.
2. Politics, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p162) : Next:166-215 | Prev:166-211
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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