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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Arts : Political Science

166-243/343 Australian Foreign Relations

Credit Points:

16.7 2nd and 3rd year

Coordinator:

Derek McDougall

Prerequisite/s:

Normally 25 points of first-year Politics; students with only 12.5 points in Politics may apply to the 2nd/3rd-year coordinator.

Timetable:

Semester 1

Contact:

Two 1-hour lectures and a 1-hour tutorial a week

Content:

An introduction to Australian foreign relations, with reference to both global and regional issues affecting Australia. Topics will normally include: the domestic politics of Australian foreign relations; Australia and the Western world (US, UK, Europe); Australia and the Asia-Pacific (including relations with key countries such as Japan, China and Indonesia); Australia and the South Pacific. More general issues (normally with both a regional and global dimension) will be selected from defence and peace-keeping issues, disarmament and arms control, human rights, trade and environmental issues. Students should gain a better understanding of the way in which Australia's place in the world has changed in recent times.

Assessment:

Essay work or equivalent totalling 5000 words.

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