Development in Asia, Australia and the Pacific Basin
P Marden
12 points * 3 hours per week * First semester * Clayton * Prerequisites: As for GES3290. Students are advised to have completed GES2650
The Asia-Pacific region is recognised as a major area of growth, and Australia's future is increasingly seen as linked with this region. In this subject the causes of rapid regional growth are examined, and the role of Australia in the emerging division of labour in the Pacific Basin is evaluated. Of particular concern are the long-term development prospects of the `miracle' economies of Asia within the context of a changing global political-economy. Issues such as nationalism, superpower politics, strategic interests and environmental implications are examined. The political, social, and cultural dimensions of change are explored as well as the economic. Particular emphasis is placed on the social and cultural aspects of change in this dynamic region, with a specific focus on Australia's role.
Assessment
Written (6000 words): 60% * Examinations (3 hours): 30% * Tutorial: 10%
Recommended texts
Bello W and Rosenfeld S Dragons in distress Penguin, 1992
Daly M and Logan M The brittle rim Penguin, 1989
Deyo F C (ed.) The political economy of the new Asian industrialisation Cornell UP, 1987
Evans G and Grant B Australia's foreign relations MUP, 1991
Garnaut R Australia and the Northeast Asian ascendancy AGPS, 1989
Grant B What kind of country Penguin, 1988
Harris S and Cotton J (eds) The end of the Cold War in Northeast East Asia Longman, 1991
Hewison K and others (eds) Southeast Asia in the 1990s Allen and Unwin, 1993
Higgott R A and Robison R (eds) South East Asia: Essays in the political economy of structural change RKP, 1985