Australia and Europe
Not offered in Semester 2, 1997
Steve Wright
12 points
* 2 hours per week
* Second semester
* Clayton
Objectives This subject sets out to enhance students' ability to: understand the political, historical and social contexts within which Australia and Europe find themselves; understand the major concepts, theories, events and processes within Australia and Europe pertaining both to the question of identity - individual, collective, regional and national - and the challenge mounted against it by globalisation; assess the possibilities and limits of comparative politics as a discipline; display an advanced level knowledge of many of the central social questions within contemporary Australia and Europe; appreciate a range of cultures and subcultures prevalent within contemporary Australia and Europe, and their interaction with the process of globalisation.
Synopsis This subject will examine how Australia and Europe have interacted historically and continue to interact today. It will focus particularly on Australia's position in a global economy and society. In adopting a comparative approach to economics, society, politics and culture, this subject will explore the convergence and divergence with Europe and Asia as Australia seeks to define itself as a nation and sovereign power.
Assessment: Class paper (3000 words): 33%
* Essay (6000 words):
67%
Preliminary reading
Dempsey K A Man's town: Inequality between women and men in rural Australia OUP, 1992
Nelson B and others (eds) The idea of Europe: Problems of national and transnational identity Berg, 1992
Nelson B and others (eds) The European community in the 1990s: Economics, politics, defence Berg, 1992
Thompson P and McHugh D Work organisations: A critical introduction Macmillan, 1990
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