POL161: Asia-Pacific in the Global System

This unit examines current debates over issues of concern to the Asia-Pacific and global communities. These include: sources consensus and conflict in and among nation states; links between democratisation and capitalist development; the World Bank and its prescriptions for international development; international responses to failed and failing states; the nature of US power and the implications of the rise of China; regional crises and institutions; and drivers of transnational cooperation over the environment.

Points	3
Enrolment Options	Murdoch: S1-internal, S1-external
Contact Time	Up to 3 hours per week.
Prerequisites	Nil. Co-requisite: Internet access if studying externally.
School	School of Social Sciences and Humanities
Unit Coordinator	Dr Jane Hutchison Position: Senior Lecturer in Politics E-mail: J.Hutchison@murdoch.edu.au Location: Murdoch Campus Education and Humanities Room 3.032A Phone: Prefix: +618 9360 2995
Unit Contacts	Contact Phone Prefix: +618 Location Explanation of Location Codes Teaching Period(s) Dr Jane Hutchison Senior Lecturer in Politics (J.Hutchison@murdoch.edu.au) 9360 2995 Murdoch Campus Education and Humanities Room 3.032A MURDOCH S1: Internal (15/02/2010 - 11/06/2010)   MURDOCH S1: External (15/02/2010 - 11/06/2010)

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Key to Offshore Campus Location abbreviations: APMISIN Asia Pacific Management Institute (Singapore) CEJTOKYO Chiropractic Education Japan (Tokyo) JKURASHIKI NET Corporation (Kurashiki, Japan) KDUPG KDU College (Penang, Malaysia) KDUPJ KDU College (Petaling Jaya, Malaysia) SGP-REPOLY Republic Polytechnic (Singapore) SMANUFED Singapore Manufacturing Federation ZHENGZHOU Zhengzhou University (China)