MONASH UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOKS

Arts Undergraduate Handbook 1996

Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996

PLT3970

Australia and the world

David Goldsworthy

Synopsis This subject offers a survey of Australia's external relations. It discusses continuity and change in Australia's interests and alliances, and their main domestic and international determinants. Several themes are interwoven: foreign policy, defence policy and international economic policy. The subject pays particular attention to Australia's relationships with Britain, the United States and the Asia-Pacific region.

Assessment Essay (3000 words): 50% + Examination (3 hours): 50%

Prescribed texts

• Evans G and Grant B Australia's foreign relations 2nd edn, MUP, 1995
• Leaver R and Cox D (eds) Issues in Australian foreign policy Allen and Unwin, 1996

Recommended texts

• Mediansky FA (ed.) Australia in a changing world Maxwell Macmillan, 1992
• Millar T B Australia in peace and war 2nd edn, ANUP, 1991