POLI3140
10 units
3000 level
Course handbook
Description
Globalisation is now a pervasive phenomenon in everyone's lives. This course provides students with a theoretical and practical understanding of the phenomenon of globalisation. It looks at theories of globalisation and political responses to globalisation. In particular, it considers the way globalisation has impacted on national states, and how states have combined at an international level to counter these effects.
Availability
Not currently offered.
This Course was last offered in Semester 1 - 2022.
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the course students will be able to:
1. Apply core analytical and critical skills in written communication, included critical evaluation of competing information from academic sources;
2. Identify key contemporary theoretical perspectives on globalisation;
3. Critically analyse contemporary political problems in terms of their relationship with broader international and global processes;
4. Identify and analyse contemporary political events in a more coherent global context;
5. Develop an enhanced understanding of the interrelationship between politics and market processes;
6. Identify and summarise key information within the relevant academic scholarship;
7. Identify, define and describe ideas in political science and employ these within verbal communication.
Content
The topics in this course include but are not limited to the following:
- The origins of globalisation
- The impact of globalisation on national economies
- The role of the state in an era of globalisation
- The impact of globalisation on work and welfare
- Global political responses to globalisation
- Economic regionalism as a response to globalisation.
Requisite
This course has similarities to POLI2140. If you have successfully completed POLI2140 you cannot enrol in this course.
Assumed knowledge
10 units in Politics at 1000 level or 30 units at 1000 level.
Assessment items
Written Assignment: Research Summary
Written Assignment: Essay 1
Essay: Essay 2
Written Assignment: Thematic Paper
Course outline
Course outline not yet available.
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