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2501

POLITICS 710

: The Security-Development Nexus
2024 Semester One (1243)
The security-development nexus has become the leading paradigm for international interventions since the end of the Cold War, especially since the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks. This course engages with the advanced theoretical, normative and operational underpinnings of the ‘nexus’. The theoretical learning will then allow students to critically analyse the political economy and operational outcomes of international interventions.
Subject: Politics & International Rels
No pre-requisites or restrictions
2502

POLITICS 710

: The Security-Development Nexus
2022 Semester Two (1225)
The security-development nexus has become the leading paradigm for international interventions since the end of the Cold War, especially since the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks. This course engages with the advanced theoretical, normative and operational underpinnings of the ‘nexus’. The theoretical learning will then allow students to critically analyse the political economy and operational outcomes of international interventions.
Subject: Politics & International Rels
No pre-requisites or restrictions
2503

POLITICS 711

: Bodies in/at War
2025 Semester Two (1255)
War is a profoundly embodied experience, but the body is often erased in the dominant accounts. This course places the body at the centre of critical thinking on war. Examines how bodies are prepared for war, how different bodies experience war, and what happens to these bodies in the aftermath of war.
Subject: Politics & International Rels
No pre-requisites or restrictions
2504

POLITICS 711

: Bodies in/at War
2024 Semester One (1243)
War is a profoundly embodied experience, but the body is often erased in the dominant accounts. This course places the body at the centre of critical thinking on war. Examines how bodies are prepared for war, how different bodies experience war, and what happens to these bodies in the aftermath of war.
Subject: Politics & International Rels
No pre-requisites or restrictions
2505

POLITICS 724

: Identity and the Politics of Multiculturalism
2024 Semester One (1243)
Explores the theoretical implications of identity politics based on gender, race, ethnicity, sexuality. Considers the effects of these claims on liberty, justice, equal citizenship, political representation and participation. Readings cover liberalism, feminism, communitarianism and deliberative democracy.
Subject: Politics & International Rels
No pre-requisites or restrictions
2506

POLITICS 724

: Identity and the Politics of Multiculturalism
2022 Semester One (1223)
Explores the theoretical implications of identity politics based on gender, race, ethnicity, sexuality. Considers the effects of these claims on liberty, justice, equal citizenship, political representation and participation. Readings cover liberalism, feminism, communitarianism and deliberative democracy.
Subject: Politics & International Rels
No pre-requisites or restrictions
2507

POLITICS 724

: Identity and the Politics of Multiculturalism
2021 Semester Two (1215)
Explores the theoretical implications of identity politics based on gender, race, ethnicity, sexuality. Considers the effects of these claims on liberty, justice, equal citizenship, political representation and participation. Readings cover liberalism, feminism, communitarianism and deliberative democracy.
Subject: Politics & International Rels
No pre-requisites or restrictions
2508

POLITICS 731

: The Engendering of Global Conflict
2024 Semester Two (1245)
Explores feminist theory and methodology in the study of war and conflict, including feminist interventions on how to prevent war and conflict. Topics include women’s roles in war and the gendering of militarism; sexual and environmental offences, race and human rights violations; colonial legacies, feminist resistance to war, and the UN’s Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Agenda.
Subject: Politics & International Rels
No pre-requisites or restrictions
2509

POLITICS 731

: Special Topic: The Engendering of Global Conflict
2023 Semester One (1233)
Explores feminist theory and methodology in the study of war and conflict, including feminist interventions on how to prevent war and conflict. Topics include women’s roles in war and the gendering of militarism; sexual and environmental offences, race and human rights violations; colonial legacies, feminist resistance to war, and the UN’s Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Agenda.
Subject: Politics & International Rels
No pre-requisites or restrictions
2510

POLITICS 740

: Revolutions, Ideas and Media
2025 Semester One (1253)
Revolutions are politics writ large, moments when political reality and political aspirations collide and erupt in often epochal transformations. This course explores the idea, and the realities, of historical and modern revolutions as sources of insight into politics and societal change, with particular attention to the key role of 'the people', public opinion and the media.
Subject: Politics & International Rels
No pre-requisites or restrictions
2511

POLITICS 740

: Revolutions, Ideas and Media
2023 Semester Two (1235)
Revolutions are politics writ large, moments when political reality and political aspirations collide and erupt in often epochal transformations. This course explores the idea, and the realities, of historical and modern revolutions as sources of insight into politics and societal change, with particular attention to the key role of 'the people', public opinion and the media.
Subject: Politics & International Rels
No pre-requisites or restrictions
2512

POLITICS 740

: Revolutions, Ideas and Media
2022 Semester One (1223)
Revolutions are politics writ large, moments when political reality and political aspirations collide and erupt in often epochal transformations. This course explores the idea, and the realities, of historical and modern revolutions as sources of insight into politics and societal change, with particular attention to the key role of 'the people', public opinion and the media.
Subject: Politics & International Rels
No pre-requisites or restrictions
2513

POLITICS 741

: Ethics and Health Policy
2025 Semester Two (1255)
Considers the intersection between theory, policy, and problems in health. Topics include: defining health and its value; the role of government and markets in providing health care; allocating resources in a government health system; justice, inequalities, and health; coercion to control the spread of disease, whether caused by pathogens (e.g., pandemic influenza) or lifestyle.
Subject: Politics & International Rels
No pre-requisites or restrictions
2514

POLITICS 741

: Ethics and Health Policy
2024 Semester One (1243)
Considers the intersection between theory, policy, and problems in health. Topics include: defining health and its value; the role of government and markets in providing health care; allocating resources in a government health system; justice, inequalities, and health; coercion to control the spread of disease, whether caused by pathogens (e.g., pandemic influenza) or lifestyle.
Subject: Politics & International Rels
No pre-requisites or restrictions
2515

POLITICS 741

: Ethics and Health Policy
2023 Semester One (1233)
Considers the intersection between theory, policy, and problems in health. Topics include: defining health and its value; the role of government and markets in providing health care; allocating resources in a government health system; justice, inequalities, and health; coercion to control the spread of disease, whether caused by pathogens (e.g., pandemic influenza) or lifestyle.
Subject: Politics & International Rels
No pre-requisites or restrictions
2516

POLITICS 741

: Ethics and Health Policy
2022 Semester Two (1225)
Considers the intersection between theory, policy, and problems in health. Topics include: defining health and its value; the role of government and markets in providing health care; allocating resources in a government health system; justice, inequalities, and health; coercion to control the spread of disease, whether caused by pathogens (e.g., pandemic influenza) or lifestyle.
Subject: Politics & International Rels
No pre-requisites or restrictions
2517

POLITICS 741

: Ethics and Health Policy
2021 Semester Two (1215)
Considers the intersection between theory, policy, and problems in health. Topics include: defining health and its value; the role of government and markets in providing health care; allocating resources in a government health system; justice, inequalities, and health; coercion to control the spread of disease, whether caused by pathogens (e.g., pandemic influenza) or lifestyle.
Subject: Politics & International Rels
No pre-requisites or restrictions
2518

POLITICS 741

: Ethics and Health Policy
2020 Semester Two (1205)
Considers the intersection between theory, policy, and problems in health. Topics include: defining health and its value; the role of government and markets in providing health care; allocating resources in a government health system; justice, inequalities, and health; coercion to control the spread of disease, whether caused by pathogens (e.g., pandemic influenza) or lifestyle.
Subject: Politics & International Rels
No pre-requisites or restrictions
2519

POLITICS 750

: International Relations and Human Rights
2020 Semester Two (1205)
An analysis of how governments adopt and implement human rights norms, negotiate human rights treaties with other governments, interact with United Nations human rights institutions, and set up courts to try human rights violations. Includes domestic politics as they bear on international human rights issues.
Subject: Politics & International Rels
No pre-requisites or restrictions
2520

POLITICS 756

: New Zealand Government
2025 Semester One (1253)
An examination of the composition, functions and powers of New Zealand's political institutions under MMP. Analyses the extent to which factors such as political leadership, policy, electoral and parliamentary tactics, and relations between the major and minor parties contribute to a government's success.
Subject: Politics & International Rels
No pre-requisites or restrictions
2521

POLITICS 756

: New Zealand Government
2021 Semester One (1213)
An examination of the composition, functions and powers of New Zealand's political institutions under MMP. Analyses the extent to which factors such as political leadership, policy, electoral and parliamentary tactics, and relations between the major and minor parties contribute to a government's success.
Subject: Politics & International Rels
No pre-requisites or restrictions
2522

POLITICS 756

: New Zealand Government
2020 Semester One (1203)
An examination of the composition, functions and powers of New Zealand's political institutions under MMP. Analyses the extent to which factors such as political leadership, policy, electoral and parliamentary tactics, and relations between the major and minor parties contribute to a government's success.
Subject: Politics & International Rels
No pre-requisites or restrictions
2523

POLITICS 757

: Comparative Public Policy
2025 Semester Two (1255)
A comparative examination of policy actors, processes and outcomes. Engaging with a range of conceptual and methodological approaches, the course considers how we might explain and understand cross-national similarities and differences in policy-making and policy outcomes. The course focuses on the relative importance of interests, institutions and ideas at the national level, as well as international contexts and actors that facilitate diffusion and transfer of policy across countries.
Subject: Politics & International Rels
No pre-requisites or restrictions
2524

POLITICS 757

: Comparative Public Policy
2024 Semester Two (1245)
A comparative examination of policy actors, processes and outcomes. Engaging with a range of conceptual and methodological approaches, the course considers how we might explain and understand cross-national similarities and differences in policy-making and policy outcomes. The course focuses on the relative importance of interests, institutions and ideas at the national level, as well as international contexts and actors that facilitate diffusion and transfer of policy across countries.
Subject: Politics & International Rels
No pre-requisites or restrictions
2525

POLITICS 757

: Comparative Public Policy
2023 Semester Two (1235)
A comparative examination of policy actors, processes and outcomes. Engaging with a range of conceptual and methodological approaches, the course considers how we might explain and understand cross-national similarities and differences in policy-making and policy outcomes. The course focuses on the relative importance of interests, institutions and ideas at the national level, as well as international contexts and actors that facilitate diffusion and transfer of policy across countries.
Subject: Politics & International Rels
No pre-requisites or restrictions