AIR242 - Key Concepts in International Relations

Unit details

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Year:2019 unit information
Enrolment modes:Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Online
Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Trimester 2 Unit Chair:

Sally Totman Marshall

Prerequisite:

Nil

Corequisite:

Nil

Incompatible with:

AIR342

Scheduled learning activities - campus:

1 x 1 hour class per week, 1 x 1 hour seminar per week

Scheduled learning activities - cloud (online):

1 x 1 hour class per week (recordings provided) and 1 x 1 hour online seminar per week

Content

The nature and purpose of the study of international relations is now widely contested. This is reflected in the diversification of theoretical approaches in the field. Conventional perspectives (realism, neorealism), once largely unchallenged, now face both reformist (liberalism, rationalism) and critical (Marxism, postmodernism) rivals. This unit focuses on the evolution of international thought last century by concentrating on the debates and disputes between competing intellectual perspectives. The approaches of various theoretical traditions to the central actors and issues in global politics-such as human rights, war, sovereignty, markets and the environment are a central focus of the unit.

Assessment

Assessment 1 - Essay - 60%

Assessment 2 - Exam - 40%

Unit Fee Information

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