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Credit points: 16.7 2nd and 3rd years
Coordinator: David Tucker and Derek McDougall.
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.
Timetable: Second semester
Objectives:
On completion of the subject a student will have:
- an introductory understanding of the way in which foreign policy decisions are made in the United States;
- a familiarity with the major problems confronting various presidents since the Second World War;
- some knowledge of the foreign-policy achievements and failures of various presidents, such as Nixon, Reagan, Bush and Clinton;
- an appreciation of the important role that the United States plays in international affairs, as the only remaining super power, that will serve as a basis from which to pursue further studies in international politics.
Content:
Focuses on some of the major foreign policy issues facing the United States since World War II. Domestic political and economic processes will also be analysed to show how these have shaped responses to international political, economic and military trends.
Assessment:
Essay work or equivalent totalling 5,000 words.
1. Politics, Faculty of Arts (v3, p152) : Next:166-227 | Prev:166-225
2. Politics, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p163) : Next:166-227 | Prev:166-225
Credit points: 16.7
Coordinator: David Tucker and Derek McDougall.
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:
- an introductory understanding of the way in which foreign policy decisions are made in the United States;
- a familiarity with the major problems confronting various presidents since the Second World War;
- some knowledge of the foreign-policy achievements and failures of various presidents, such as Nixon, Reagan, Bush and Clinton;
- an appreciation of the important role that the United States plays in international affairs, as the only remaining super power, that will serve as a basis from which to pursue further studies in international politics.
Content:
Focuses on some of the major foreign policy issues facing the United States since World War II. Domestic political and economic processes will also be analysed to show how these have shaped responses to international political, economic and military trends.
Assessment:
Essay work or equivalent totalling 5,000 words.
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2. Politics, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p163) : Next:166-227 | Prev:166-225
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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