MONASH UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOKS

Arts Undergraduate Handbook 1996

Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996

GSC1503

Global and regional studies I: modern world events and issues

To be advised

Synopsis This subject focuses on issues and events post 1945 using global and regional frameworks. Critical analysis will be used to gain an understanding of the most signficant forces that have shaped the period 1945 to present. Topics studied include the origins of the post-1945 world; the Cold War and impact of superpower dominance; decolonisation; the third industrial revolution; the global economy; the resurgence of religion, nationalism and tribalism and the new world order.

Assessment Tutorial paper (1000 words): 20% + Exercise (1500 words): 40% + Examination (2 hours): 40%

• Prescribed texts
• McGrew A and Lewis P and others Global politics Polity Press, 1993
• McWilliams W and Piotrouski H The world since 1945 Lynne Rienner, 1993
• Vadney T E The world since 1945 2nd edn, Penguin, 1992
• Woodruff W A concise history of the modern world 1500 to the present Macmillan, 1993