PLT2970

Australia and the world

David Goldsworthy

8 points
* 3 hours per week
* Second semester
* Clayton and Peninsula

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 Asia, the United States and Britain.

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

Recommended texts

Cotton J and Ravenhill J (eds) Seeking Asian engagement: 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: Issues in Australian foreign policy Allen and Unwin, 1997
Mediansky F (ed.) Australian foreign policy: Into the next millennium Macmillan, 1997
Smith G, Cox D and Burchill S Australia in the world OUP, 1996