AIR348 - Activists Beyond Borders

Unit details

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

Danielle Chubb

Prerequisite:

At least two units at Level 2 in the International Relations major, or equivalent, or with the permission of the Unit Chair

Corequisite:

Nil

Incompatible with:

Nil

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

This unit critically examines the nature, effectiveness and implications of transnational activism in world politics. In the first part of the unit, students analyse debates around global agenda setting and transnational activists. Conceptual issues around strategies, effectiveness, state-activist interaction and the politics of representation are then applied to the practice of international relations through a series of case studies in the second part of the unit.

Assessment

Assessment 1 - Seminar exercises (1500 words) - 20%

Assessment 2 - Essay (1800 words) - 40%

Assessment 3 - Group assignment (3500 words [approx. 700 words per student]) - 40%

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