Unit Code:	POL3HON
Unit Short Title:	POLITICS IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
Credit Points:	20.0
Unit Description:	This subject is a prerequisite for students wishing to proceed to an honours degree in politics, but is not restricted to such students. It is designed to introduce students to some of the most important events and ideas which have shaped the course of twentieth century politics (Nazism, Stalinism, liberalism, feminism, anti-racism, globalisation) through the writings of some of the century's most important or influential political writers (Orwell, Koestler, Levi, Hayek, Friedan, Hobsbawm, Havel, Huntington et al).
Prerequisites:	by invitation only from Professor Robert Manne, issued to students who have performed at a high level in first and second-year politics subjects
Class Requirements:	one 3-hour seminar per week
Work Experience Indicator:	Not undertaking work experience in industry
Available to 'Study Abroad' students:	Y

Assessment:

Assessment Type	%	Comments
one 2-hour examination	50
one 3,000-word essay	50

Readings:

Reading Type	Title	Author	Publisher
Recommended	Age of extremes	Hobsbawm, E.	Michael Joseph 1994

Unit Streams:

Teaching Period	Unit Class	Location
2   26-JUL-10   29-OCT-10	Day	BUNDOORA

Unit Coordinators:

Title	First Name	Last Name	Location	Primary Coordinator
Professor	Robert	Manne	BUNDOORA	Y