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Credit points: 16.7 2nd and 3rd years
Coordinator: Peter Shearman.
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
Content:
Should international relations focus on the international system (or society) of states, the international political economy, classes, gender, or social movements? Different theories have different views on: What are the origins of wars? Do environmental issues impact on international relations? Does European integration undermine traditional conceptions of sovereignty? Is Marxism relevant? With the end of the Cold War will Civilizational conflict (eg. Islam versus the West) become the main dynamic of international relations? Are we moving from geopolitics to geoeconomics as the main determinants of international relations?
Assessment:
Essay work or equivalent totalling 5,000 words.
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1. Politics, Faculty of Arts (v3, p153) : Next:166-235 | Prev:166-233
2. Politics, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p164) : Next:166-235 | Prev:166-233
Credit points: 16.7
Coordinator: Peter Shearman.
Contact: Two 1-hour lectures and a tutorial each week.
Timetable: First semester.
Objectives:
On completion of the subject, the student will:
- have an appreciation of the contending theories and approaches in international relations;
- have the background to think critically about these theories;
- have the ability to apply a variety of theoretical approaches to understand and make sense of contemporary international relations - for example, what was the Cold War all about, how and why did it end, and what does the future hold in terms of global (in)stability?
Content:
Should international relations focus on the international system (or society) of states, the international political economy, classes, gender, or social movements? Different theories have different views on: What are the origins of wars? Do environmental issues impact on international relations? Does European integration undermine traditional conceptions of sovereignty? Is Marxism relevant? With the end of the Cold War will Civilizational conflict (eg. Islam versus the West) become the main dynamic of international relations? Are we moving from geopolitics to geoeconomics as the main determinants of international relations?
Assessment:
Essay work or equivalent totalling 5,000 words.
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2. Politics, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p164) : Next:166-235 | Prev:166-233
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