INR1001 Global Transitions and Human Security (FOART)

Semester 2 (ONC)Toowoomba (EXT)Toowoomba

Units 1.0 (Political Science) Band 1

Synopsis

This course and its sequel course INR1000 ("International Relations in a Globalizing Era"), are required courses in the International Relations Major and the International Relations Option Studies program in the Bachelor of Arts. Whereas course INR1000 treats the evolution of the international system and the practice of diplomacy through a critical presentation of the major competing analytical perspectives and approaches, including "Realism", "World Systems", and "Neo-Liberalism/Pluraism", course INR1001 further develops students' knowledge and analytical skills by focusing on several issues in the realms of political economy, security, law and order, the media and information society, and the problems of humanity. These issues are considered within an international relations framework, increasingly defined by globalization, but with a particular emphasis on their currency to Australia and its Asian region.