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Arts Graduate Handbook 1996

Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996

DSM4040

Development in Asia, Australia and the Pacific Basin

• Peter Marden

Synopsis 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 emerging division of labour in the region is evaluated. Of particular concern are the long-term development prospects of the `miracle' economies of Asia within the context of changing global political-economy. Issues such as nationalism, superpower politics and strategic interests are examined. Particular emphasis is given to the environmental implications of continued growth in the region. 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 U P, 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, Robinson R and Rodan G (eds) Southeast Asia in the 1990s Allen and Unwin, 1993
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• Redcliff M Sustainable development: exploring the contradictions Methuen 1987