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POL108: Introduction to Global Politics
This unit is an introduction to the modern study of international relations. The unit is designed to give students a basic understanding of the actors, institutions, and ideas that influence international politics. The primary goal of the unit is to provide students with a set of analytical tools for making sense of international political phenomena in a variety of historical periods and geographical regions. Chief among these tools are the basic theories of international politics: realism and liberalism. Attention is paid to Australia's place in the international system. War has always occupied a central role in the study of international relations. In this unit considerable time is devoted to examining the problem of international conflict, violence, and warfare. But interstate war is actually a rare event in international life. States engage in relations over many issues, involving varying degrees of conflict and cooperation. We consider the dynamics of both cooperative and conflictual relations across a variety of military, political, economic and environmental issues.
| Credit Points: | 3 |
| Contact Hours: | 3 |
| When Offered: | D2 - Day; Offered in the second half-year X2 - External study; Offered in the second half-year |
| Staff Contact(s): | Politics staff |
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| NCCW(s): | POL168 |
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| Assessed As: | Graded |
| Offered By: | Department of Modern History, Politics, International Relations and Security |
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