Unit Code:	POL1SNS
Unit Short Title:	STATES, NATIONS AND SECURITY: WORLD IN TRANSITION
Credit Points:	15.0
Unit Description:	This introduction to politics is set in the context of a rapidly changing world and covers the concepts of power, authority, legitimacy and political obligations, including the history and nature of the modern state, the theory and practice of state sovereignty and their implications for international society, security, conflict and peace and world society.
Class Requirements:	two 1-hour lectures and one 1-hour tutorial per week
Work Experience Indicator:	Not undertaking work experience in industry
Available to 'Study Abroad' students:	Y

Assessment:

Assessment Type	%	Comments
one 1,500-word essay	35
one 1.5-hour examination	40
one 1,000-word essay	25

Readings:

Reading Type	Title	Author	Publisher
Preliminary	Understanding international relations	Brown, C. and Ainley, K.	3rd edn Palgrave/Macmillan 2005
Preliminary	World politics: an introduction to international relations	Hocking, B. and Smith, M.	2nd edn, Prentice Hall 1995.
Preliminary	International politics in a changing world	Hastedt, G and Knickrehm, K	Longman 2003
Preliminary	The patterns of world politics	Nossal, K.	Prentice Hall 1998
Preliminary	World politics: trends and transformation,	Kegley, C. and Wittkopf, E. R.	11th edn St Martin's Press/Macmillan 2007

Unit Streams:

Teaching Period	Unit Class	Location
1   02-MAR-09   05-JUN-09	Day	BUNDOORA

Unit Coordinators:

Title	First Name	Last Name	Location	Primary Coordinator
Dr	Anthony	Jarvis	BUNDOORA	Y