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1. Politics, Faculty of Arts (v3, p151) : Next:166-225 | Prev:166-221
Availability: Not offered in 1996.
Credit points: 33.3 2nd and 3rd years
Coordinator: Phillip Darby.
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 1-hour tutorial a week throughout the year.
Timetable: Double semester
Objectives:
By the end of this year-long subject students should have:
- a firm grasp of both traditional approaches to international relations and contemporary discourses which challenge established ways of thinking;
- an understanding of the ways in which the problems and perspectives of the Third World contest Eurocentric First World conceptualisations of international relations;
- a basis for undertaking more advanced work on the place of race, culture and gender in international studies.
Content:
Explores the relations between the developed world and the Third World and, to a lesser extent, the relations between Third World states. It begins with the period of imperial expansion into Asia and Africa from about 1870 and goes on to consider the nature of the post-colonial order. It ends by looking at contemporary issues such as race in southern Africa, the role of culture and the significance of ecology, the idea being to enquire whether the international system is in the process of substantial change. Includes questions about the state of the discipline.
Assessment:
Essay work or equivalent totalling 10,000 words.
1. Politics, Faculty of Arts (v3, p151) : Next:166-225 | Prev:166-221
2. Politics, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p163) : Next:166-225 | Prev:166-221
Availability: Not offered in 1996.
Credit points: 33.3
Coordinator: Phillip Darby.
Contact: Two 1-hour lectures and a 1-hour tutorial each week.
Timetable: Double semester.
Objectives:
By the end of this year-long subject students should have:
- a firm grasp of both traditional approaches to international relations and contemporary discourses which challenge established ways of thinking;
- an understanding of the ways in which the problems and perspectives of the Third World contest Eurocentric First World conceptualisations of international relations;
- a basis for undertaking more advanced work on the place of race, culture and gender in international studies.
Content:
Explores the relations between the developed world and the Third World and, to a lesser extent, the relations between Third World states. It begins with the period of imperial expansion into Asia and Africa from about 1870 and goes on to consider the nature of the post-colonial order. It ends by looking at contemporary issues such as race in southern Africa, the role of culture and the significance of ecology, the idea being to enquire whether the international system is in the process of substantial change. Includes questions about the state of the discipline.
Assessment:
Essay work or equivalent totalling 10,000 words.
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2. Politics, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p163) : Next:166-225 | Prev:166-221
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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