Australia and the world
David Goldsworthy
8 points
* 3 hours per week
* First semester
* Clayton
Objectives On successful completion of this subject students should have an ability to interpret Australian foreign policy, and also international events and trends involving Australia, in a conceptually sophisticated and historically informed way.
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%
Recommended texts
Cotton J and Ravenhill J (eds) Australia in world affairs 1991-5 OUP, 1997
Evans G and Grant B Australia's foreign relations 2nd edn, MUP, 1995
Leaver R and Cox D (eds) Middling, meddling, muddling: Multilateralism in Labor foreign policy Allen and Unwin, 1996
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