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POLITICS 701
: Research Design in Empirical Political Inquiry2020 Semester One (1203)
Explores a range of tools and approaches commonly used by political and other social scientists in the course of conducting empirical research. The course is designed to assist postgraduate students in Politics and International Relations, as well as cognate disciplines, in developing their own research projects.
No pre-requisites or restrictions
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POLITICS 702
: Transitional Justice: From Retribution to Reconciliation2024 Semester One (1243)
Explores the politics of transitional justice in post-war, post-conflict, and post-colonial states. Students examine political responses to atrocity in the context of conflicting demands that include the rule of law, peace, retribution, and human rights. Specific topics include trials, truth commissions and hybrid courts, the use of amnesty and the practice of apology, democratisation, development and reconciliation.
No pre-requisites or restrictions
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POLITICS 702
: Transitional Justice: From Retribution to Reconciliation2023 Semester Two (1235)
Explores the politics of transitional justice in post-war, post-conflict, and post-colonial states. Students examine political responses to atrocity in the context of conflicting demands that include the rule of law, peace, retribution, and human rights. Specific topics include trials, truth commissions and hybrid courts, the use of amnesty and the practice of apology, democratisation, development and reconciliation.
No pre-requisites or restrictions
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POLITICS 702
: Transitional Justice: From Retribution to Reconciliation2022 Semester Two (1225)
Explores the politics of transitional justice in post-war, post-conflict, and post-colonial states. Students examine political responses to atrocity in the context of conflicting demands that include the rule of law, peace, retribution, and human rights. Specific topics include trials, truth commissions and hybrid courts, the use of amnesty and the practice of apology, democratisation, development and reconciliation.
No pre-requisites or restrictions
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POLITICS 702
: Transitional Justice: From Retribution to Reconciliation2020 Semester Two (1205)
Explores the politics of transitional justice in post-war, post-conflict, and post-colonial states. Students examine political responses to atrocity in the context of conflicting demands that include the rule of law, peace, retribution, and human rights. Specific topics include trials, truth commissions and hybrid courts, the use of amnesty and the practice of apology, democratisation, development and reconciliation.
No pre-requisites or restrictions
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POLITICS 704
: Political Management in Government2023 Semester Two (1235)
Explores how politicians and their staff use management tools to help them achieve their goals within the constraints and challenges of the governing environment. It explores the nature of government, and the potential and limitations of branding, PR, market research, public engagement, strategy, government advertising, crisis management, media management and delivery management within the political environment.
No pre-requisites or restrictions
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POLITICS 704
: Political Management in Government2022 Semester One (1223)
Explores how politicians and their staff use management tools to help them achieve their goals within the constraints and challenges of the governing environment. It explores the nature of government, and the potential and limitations of branding, PR, market research, public engagement, strategy, government advertising, crisis management, media management and delivery management within the political environment.
No pre-requisites or restrictions
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POLITICS 704
: Political Management in Government2021 Semester Two (1215)
Explores how politicians and their staff use management tools to help them achieve their goals within the constraints and challenges of the governing environment. It explores the nature of government, and the potential and limitations of branding, PR, market research, public engagement, strategy, government advertising, crisis management, media management and delivery management within the political environment.
No pre-requisites or restrictions
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POLITICS 704
: Political Management in Government2020 Semester Two (1205)
Explores how politicians and their staff use management tools to help them achieve their goals within the constraints and challenges of the governing environment. It explores the nature of government, and the potential and limitations of branding, PR, market research, public engagement, strategy, government advertising, crisis management, media management and delivery management within the political environment.
No pre-requisites or restrictions
2160
POLITICS 706
: International Relations in Asia2021 Semester Two (1215)
A theoretical perspective based on empirical analyses that draws on Western theories to examine burgeoning perspectives from the rising East. The empirical analyses cover North Korea's nuclear crisis, territorial disputes in the South China Sea, relations across the Taiwan Strait, as well as regional trade, investment, and finance.
No pre-requisites or restrictions
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POLITICS 706
: International Relations in Asia2020 Semester One (1203)
A theoretical perspective based on empirical analyses that draws on Western theories to examine burgeoning perspectives from the rising East. The empirical analyses cover North Korea's nuclear crisis, territorial disputes in the South China Sea, relations across the Taiwan Strait, as well as regional trade, investment, and finance.
No pre-requisites or restrictions
2162
POLITICS 708
: Theorising International Relations2024 Semester Two (1245)
An advanced examination of contemporary international relations theory. Students will explore key concepts, such as war, anarchy and the state, along with a range of different theoretical perspectives, from realism and liberalism through to feminism, poststructuralism and postcolonialism.
Restriction: POLITICS 318
2163
POLITICS 709
: Political Extremism2023 Semester Two (1235)
Considers the political context behind a range of forms of modern extremism, including fascism and other forms of dictatorship, genocide, the persecution of minorities, far-right white nationalism, and religious and political terrorism. Investigate cases such as the Nazi regime; Stalin’s Soviet Union; the Cambodian, Indonesian and other genocides; al Qaeda; Islamic State / ISIS; and neo-Nazis so as to identify common pathways to extremism.
No pre-requisites or restrictions
2164
POLITICS 709
: Political Extremism2022 Semester One (1223)
Considers the political context behind a range of forms of modern extremism, including fascism and other forms of dictatorship, genocide, the persecution of minorities, far-right white nationalism, and religious and political terrorism. Investigate cases such as the Nazi regime; Stalin’s Soviet Union; the Cambodian, Indonesian and other genocides; al Qaeda; Islamic State / ISIS; and neo-Nazis so as to identify common pathways to extremism.
No pre-requisites or restrictions
2165
POLITICS 710
: The Security-Development Nexus2024 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.
No pre-requisites or restrictions
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POLITICS 710
: The Security-Development Nexus2022 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.
No pre-requisites or restrictions
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POLITICS 711
: Bodies in/at War2024 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.
No pre-requisites or restrictions
2168
POLITICS 724
: Identity and the Politics of Multiculturalism2024 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.
No pre-requisites or restrictions
2169
POLITICS 724
: Identity and the Politics of Multiculturalism2022 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.
No pre-requisites or restrictions
2170
POLITICS 724
: Identity and the Politics of Multiculturalism2021 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.
No pre-requisites or restrictions
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POLITICS 731
: The Engendering of Global Conflict2024 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.
No pre-requisites or restrictions
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POLITICS 731
: Special Topic: The Engendering of Global Conflict2023 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.
No pre-requisites or restrictions
2173
POLITICS 740
: Revolutions, Ideas and Media2023 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.
No pre-requisites or restrictions
2174
POLITICS 740
: Revolutions, Ideas and Media2022 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.
No pre-requisites or restrictions
2175
POLITICS 741
: Ethics and Health Policy2024 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.
No pre-requisites or restrictions
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