Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
Students will have an improved understanding of the complexity and rich diversity of perspectives on Pacific politics. Students will have a deepened and richer understanding of the pacific region and some of the countries therein. Students will have a dynamic conception of the varied political systems, processes and interactions of the post-colonial pacific islands.Indicative Assessment
Tutorial Presentation & Participation - 10%
Group Research Project - 20%
Essay of 2500 words - 20%
Learning Journal - 20%
Final Examination - 30%
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Workload
The course will taught by means of a two-hour lecture and a one-hour tutorial per week.Requisite and Incompatibility
Prescribed Texts
Dinnen, S. and Firth, S. 2008. Politics and State Building in Solomon Islands. Canberra: ANU E Press and Asia Pacific Press. Fry, G. and Kabutaulaka, T.T. 2008. (eds). Intervention and State-Building in the Post-Colonial Pacific. Manchester: Manchester University Press. Larmour, P. 2005. Foreign Flowers: Institutional Transfer and Good Governance in the Pacific Islands. Hawaii: University of Hawaii Press. Lawson, S. 1996. Tradition Versus Democracy in the South Pacific: Fiji, Tonga and Western Samoa. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. May, R.J. (ed). 2003.Arc of Instability. Melanesia in the Early 2000s. Christchurch: MacMillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies, University of Canterbury. Stewart Firth (ed). 2006. Globalization and Governance in the Pacific Islands. State, Society and Governance in Melanesia, Studies in State and Society in the Pacific, No.1 Canberra: ANU E Press. Tokalau, J. and Frazer, I. (eds). 2006. Redefining the Pacific? Regionalism, Past, Present and Future. Bryant-Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing Limited. Articles Fraenkel, J. 2004. The Coming Anarchy in Oceania? A Critique of the Africanisation of the South Pacific Thesis. Journal of Commonwealth and Comparative Politics, 42(1):1-34. Fry, G. 1997. Framing the islands: Knowledge and Power in Changing Australian Images of the South Pacific. The Contemporary Pacific, 9(2):305-344. Fukuyama, F. 2007.Majors
Fees
Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.
If you are a domestic graduate coursework or international student you will be required to pay tuition fees. Tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.
- Student Contribution Band:
- 1
- Unit value:
- 6 units
If you are an undergraduate student and have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). You can find your student contribution amount for each course at Fees. Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.
| Units | EFTSL |
|---|---|
| 6.00 | 0.12500 |
Course fees
- Domestic fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2015 | $2604 |
- International fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2015 | $3576 |
Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links
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