INT1010

Contemporary worlds I

Offered subject to approval

6 points - One 2-hour lecture and one 1-hour tutorial per week - First semester - Berwick, Peninsula

Objectives Students successfully completing this subject will have acquired a knowledge of major political, social and cultural developments since World War 2: a knowledge of key theoretical concepts such as 'modernity', 'nationalism', 'decolonisation', 'globalisation'; as well as skills in critically analysing primary and secondary documents and oral and verbal communication skills.

Synopsis This subject offers a thematic approach to a number of major political, social and intellectual developments since the end of World War 2. Themes in the first semester will include: the World in 1945; the meaning of 'modernity' in Asia; decolonisation; the Cold War and its impact; the emergence of new power blocks; new nationalisms; the emergence of new political cultures.

Assessment Tutorial paper (1,000 words): 20% - Essay (2,000 words): 40% - Tutorial presentation (10 minutes): 20% - Examination (1 hour): 20%

Recommended texts

Arblaster A The rise and decline of Western liberalism Blackwell, 1984
Gellner E Plough, sword and book: the structure of human history Collins, 1998
Hobsbawm E The age of extremes Abacus, 1995
Jeffrey R (ed) Asia and the winning of independence Longman, 1989
Walker M The cold war and the making of the modern world 4th estate, 1993

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INT1010

Contemporary worlds I

Offered subject to approval

6 points - One 2-hour lecture and one 1-hour tutorial per week - First semester - Berwick

Assessment Tutorial paper (1,000 words): 20% - Essay (2,000 words): 40% - Tutorial presentation (10 minutes): 20% - Examination (1 hour): 20%

Recommended texts

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