A
course of two lectures and one tutorial class per week throughout the year.
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SYLLABUs
Analysis of problems raised by the entry of Asian nations into world politics.
A. Introductory.
The changing position of Western powers in Asia. Imperialism and diplomacy before the Second World War: japan's relations with Asia and the West;
China's relations with the West.
B. Colonial Independence Movements
Asian Nationalism; implications of independence movements after the Second World War; Afro-Asian bloc — its unity and disunity.
C. Communism in Asia.
Communist attitudes to underdeveloped countries; Communist China's foreign policy;. implications of the Sino-Soviet dispute. .
D. American foreign policy in Asia after the Second World War Military containment, alliances, economic development.
E. Japan's foreign policy
F. Non-alignment, with special reference to Indian foreign policy G. Australia's foreign policy
Origins; relations with Asia; alliance with the United States; in the Common- wealth; the role of a small power.
Students will be required to submit written work during the year.
BOOКS
(a) Recommended for preliminary reading:
Morgenthau, H.—Politics among Nations. (knopf.)
Dean, V.
1.—The
Nature of the non-Western World. (Mentor.) (b) Recommended for reference:Rosecrance, R. N.—Australian Diplomacy and Japan 1945-1951. (M.U.P. ) Clubb, O.
E.—The
United States and the Sino-Soviet Bloc in South-Еast Asia.( The Brookings Institution.)
Levi,.
W.—Modern
China's Foreign Policy. (Minneapolis.)Bailey, T.
A.—DiplØtic
History of the American People. (Appleton.) Emerson,R. From
Empire to Nation. ( Harvard U.P. )Zagoria,
D.—The
Sino-Soviet Conflict. ( Princeton U.P. ) Barnett, A.D.—Communist
China and Asia. (Harper.)Кundra J. C.—Indian Foreign Policy, 1947-1954. ( Wolters, Groningen.) Modelski,
G.—S.E.A.T.O.
( Cheshire. )Grattan, C.
H.—The
United States and the South West Pacific. ( O.U.P.) Greenwood, G., and Harper, N.D.—Australia
in World Affairs. (Cheshire.) Levi,W.—Australia's
Outlook on Asia. ( Angus & Robertson.)Detailed reading guides will be provided during the year.
EXAMINATION. One 3-hour paper.
71. POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY
A course of two lectures and one tutorial class per week throughout the year.
SYLLABUS
A study of the contribution of sociology and other social sciences to theory and research in politics. The course is concerned both with the substantive contributions ( e.g. the study of class structure, formal organisations, electoral behaviour, - com- munications, political socialisation) and their research methods ( e.g. interviewing and survey analysis, statistics and model construction).
Students will be required to submit written work during the year.
ВООКS
There is no prescribed textbook. Students should read:
Eulau, H., Eldersveld, S. J., and Janowitz,
M. Political
Behaviour. (Free Press, 1956.)Bendix, R., and Lipset, S.
M.—Class,
Status and Power. (Free Press, 1953.) Etzioni,A. Complex
Organisations. (Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1961.)FACULTY OF ARTS HANDBOOK
Lipset, S. M.—Political Man. (Methuen, 1960.)
Burdick, E., and Brodbeck, A. J.—Arnerican Voting Behaviour. (Free Press, 1959.)
Berelson, B., and Janowitz,. M.—Reader in Public Opinion and Communication.
(Free Press. 1953.)
More detailed reference to articles and books will be made during the course.
EXAMINATION. One 3-hour paper.
70. PUBLIC AD М INISTØTION
A course of two lectures and one tutorial class per week throughout the year.
Students will be assumed to be familiar with the syllabus of Modern Govern- ment A.
sYLLnws
Bureaucracy in modern society, with special reference to the development and organization of the public services in Australia.
Students will be required to submit written work during the year.
BOOKS
(a) Recommended for preliminary reading:
Blau, P. М.—Bureaucracy in Modern Society. (Random House, 1956.) Whyte, W. H.-The Organization Man. (Pelican.)
(b) Prescribed textbook:
+Spann, R. N. (ed. )-Public Admininration in Australia. ( N.S.W. Govt.. Printer, 1959.)
(c) Recommended for reference:
Simon, H. A., Smithburg, D. W., and Thompson, V. A. Public Administration.
(Knopf, 1950.)
Merton, R. K. (ed. )—Reader in Bureaucracy. (Glencoe Free Press, 1952.) Barnard, C. I. The Functions of the Executive. (Harvard, 1938.)
Davis, S. R. (ed.)—The Government of the Australian States. (Longmans, 1960.
Department of Political Science-The Government of Victoria. (M.U.P., 1958.) Scarrow, H. C.-The Higher Civil Service In Australia. (Duke U.P., 1958.) A detailed reading guide will be issued in this subject.'
EXAMINATION. One 3-hour paper.
HONOURS DEGREE
I. SCHOOL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE
,( For possible combinations of this school with other honours schools see p. 223.) 1. The course for the degree with honours in the school of Political Science comprises the following subjects:
Modem Government A Modem Government B
Three of: Modern Government C, International Relations A, International Relations B, Public Administration, Political Sociology, Theories of Politics, Modern History B.
together with one of the following sequences of subjects:
1. Modem History A or British History and one of Australian History, American History, Modern History В, Far Eastern History, Social History, - Later British History.
2. Economics A, Economics B.
3. Philosophy part I, Political Philosophy.
4. Indonesian Studies I and IL
The first subject in any of these sequences must be taken at honours level.
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In addition, candidates for the degree with honours must take one other subject at pass standard, and part I or IA of a foreign language in the First Year of the course.
2. The subjects of the course should be taken in the following order, unless, because of special circumstances, the faculty allows the order to be varied.
First Year: (a) Modern Government A (hons).
(b) Modern History A (hens or British History (hurls) or Economics A (bons) or Philosophy part -I (hons) or Indonesian Studies I
(hons)
(c) The pass course in one other subject.
( d) Part I or IA of a foreign language.
Second Year: (a) Modern Government B ( hons) .
(b) International Relations A ( hons) or Public Administration (hons) or Modern History B (hois).
(c) An approved grade 2 History in sequence 1. above or Economics В or Political Philosophy or Indonesian Studies I.
Third Year: Two of Modern Government C ( lions ), International Relations B (hons), Political Sociology (hons).
Fourth Year: Theories of Politics.
3. Comments. The First Year is regarded as a preliminary year, and students who have completed it must. be approved by the faculty of Arts as candidates for the degree with honours before entering the Second Year of the honour school. Admission will normally be given only to candidates who have obtained at least second class honours in Modem Government A and Modern History A or British History or Economics A or Philosophy part I. Other candidates who wish to continue in the honour school should interview the head of the department, who will be guided in his recommendations by the merits of the case.
A student who has not attempted honours, but who at the end of the First Year passes in Modern Government A and wishes to enter the honour school, must make special application to the faculty through the sub-dean for permission to do so. If such permission: is given, the faculty will prescribe what further work must be completed before the student is allowed to proceed to the final examination.
The Second and Third Years of the honour course are regarded as finning a.
continuous whole. Candidates who during their Second Year have made satisfactory progress in Modern Government B will not be given a formal examination in this subject. Candidates whose progress in Modern Government B during the first two terms is not considered of satisfactory honours standard will be notified during the third term that they must sit for an annual examination in it at the end of the Second Уеат:
4. The final examination in the school of Political Science will be divided into two parts as follows:
Part I ..
( Taken at the end of Third Year ) ( 1 ) Modern Government B ( one paper )
(2) One paper in International Relations A (Ions) or Modem History B (Ions) or Public Administration (Ions).
( 3 ) Papers in two of Modern Government C (lions), International Relations B ( Ions) or Political Sociology.
Part II Theories of Politics ( two papers )
In addition, students will be required to hand in early in third term a thesis of about nine thousand words embodying the result of independent research.
The following course has been approved for students who intend to combine the school of Political Science with a Law course:
First Year: Modern Government A (hons).
British History (hons).
Introduction to Legal Ivfethod.
Part I or IA of a foreign language.
FACULTY OF ARTS HANDBOOK
Second Year: Modern Government B (hens).
International Relations A (hons ).
Criminal Law.
Principles of Contract.
Third Year: Modern Government C (hons).
International Relations B (hens) or Political Sociology.
The Law of Torts.
Principles of Property in Land.
Fourth Year: Theories of Politics.
Legal History.
Fifth Year: As for Third Year Law.
Sixth Year: As for Fourth Year Law.
.66. MODERN GOVERNMENT A
(Ions)
A
course of lectures as for the ordinary degree, together with one honours tutorial class each week throughout the academic year.
sYLLAвUS
(i) As for the ordinary degree.
(ii) A detailed study of the theory of democracy. The liberal scheme of repre- sentative institutions. The impact of twentieth century economic and social changes on democratic institutions and ideas.
BOOKS
(i) As for ordinary degree.
(ii) There are no set textbooks for
,this course. Detailed reading guides will be issued during the year.
EXAMINATION. Two 3-hour papers.
67. MODERN GOVERNMENT B
(Ions)
A course of lectures as for the ordinary degree, together with one honours tutorial
class each week throughout the academic year.
SYLLA
вUS
(i) As for the ordinary degree.
(ii) A study of German, Soviet, and American political theory. German theories studied will include Marxism, Corporative theory, and Nazi theory. Soviet theories studied will include the theories of Lenin, Trotsky, and Stalin on State and Party, the proletarian revolution, the dictatorship of the proletariat, the peasant question, the relationship between the Russian revolution and world socialism, and Soviet and other Communist theory since the death of Stalin. The American course will con- centrate on traditional, nineteenth century, and contemporary approaches to the analysis of the American political system.
Rooks
(i) As for the ordinary degree.
(ii) References to various primary and secondary sources to be used for the course will be given in the reading guides for honours students which are issued during the year.
EXAMINATION. Two 3-hour papers.
68. MODERN GOVERNMENT C
(Ions).
A course of lectures as for the ordinary degree, together with one honours tutorial
class each week throughout the year.
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