Not offered in 1999
Alastair Davidson
8 points - 3 hours per week - Second semester - Clayton
Objectives On successful completion of this subject, students should have an understanding of citizenship in theory and practice, especially in the Australian state as it enters a regional/globalising polity.
Synopsis This subject introduces the debate about citizenship as Australia enters a globalising world. What new problems are posed by this world context? Are existing theories and practices of citizenship adequate to meet a world where a nation-state is less important than it has been? What new multicultural and transnational approaches are proposed?
Assessment One essay (3000 words): 50% - Examination (3 hours): 50%
Prescribed texts
Castles S and Davidson A The citizen who does not belong:
Citizenship in the global world Macmillan, 1997
Davidson A From subject to citizen: Australian citizenship in the twentieth
century CUP, 1997