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POLS1301 

MODERN POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES 

COURSE PROFILE 

SEMESTER ONE 2006 

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Date Updated: 20 February 2006

POLS1301 MODERN POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES 

COURSE PROFILE 

COURSE CO-ORDINATOR 

Dr Barbara Sullivan 

Senior Lecturer in Politics 

School of Political Science & International Studies (St Lucia) 

Room: 558 General Purpose North (Building 39A) 

Phone: 3365 7014 

Email: barbara.sullivan@uq.edu.au 

Drop in Office Hours: 

Tuesday 1-2pm; Wednesday 8am-10am; Thursday 3-5pm. Other times available by appointment. 

Please email or phone for an appointment. 

TUTORS 

Tutorial Co-ordinator 

Mr Paul Carnegie 

Room: 542 General Purpose North (Building 39A) 

Phone: 3346 9368 

Email: p.carnegie@uq.edu.au 

Tutors: 

Amy Cooper 

Elizabeth Kath 

Jeff Payne 

Elizabeth Strakosch 

Matthew Tan 

a.cooper@uq.edu.au 

s367150@student.uq.edu.au 

j.payne@uq.edu.au 

s3006778@student.uq.edu.au 

mjptan@gmail.com 

POLS1301 Modern Political Ideologies 

Course Profile 

Semester One - 2006 Page # 1

TEACHING FORMAT & KEY DATES 

Lectures: 

There will be 13, two-hour lectures starting in Teaching Week 1. Timetable details are 

available on mySI-net (https://www.sinet.uq.edu.au). 

Tutorials: 

There will be 12, one-hour tutorials. Students can sign up for tutorial sessions on 

mySI-net (https://www.sinet.uq.edu.au) AFTER THE FIRST LECTURE. 

Key Dates: 

Students are advised to consult the Course Co-ordinator if they encounter difficulties 

in submitting assessment by the due dates: 

• Lectures begin in Teaching Week 1 (week commencing 27 February). 

• Tutorials begin in Teaching Week 2 (week commencing 6 March). 

• The deadline for adding or changing semester 1 courses is 10 March. 

• The deadline for dropping a semester 1 course without financial penalty is 31 

March. 

• Mid-semester break is 17 April – 22 April. 

• The deadline for dropping a semester 1 course without academic penalty is 30 

April. 

• The TUTORIAL PAPER (see ‘Assessment’ below) is due at your tutorial in week 6 

(week beginning Monday 3 April). 

• The ESSAY (see ‘Assessment’ below) is due by 3pm on Friday 12 May. 

• End of semester revision period is 5-9 June, 2006. 

• An EXAMINATION will be scheduled by the University for the end of the semester 

examination period (10-24 June, 2006). You may elect to do a 2nd essay in place 

of the exam; the 2nd essay is due by 3pm on Friday 9 June. 

COURSE DESCRIPTION 

POLS1301 is an introductory study of the main avenues of political thought in the contemporary world 

and aims to familiarise students with key aspects of liberalism, conservatism, socialism, democracy, 

fundamentalism, nationalism, totalitarianism, anarchism, feminism, ecologism and multiculturalism. Every 

society has an ideology that forms the basis of the majority ‘public opinion’ or common sense, a basis that 

usually remains invisible to most people within the society. In modern western societies, liberalism and 

democracy are usually the dominant ideologies although nationalism, conservatism, socialism (particularly 

in its social democratic form), feminism, and ecologism are also important. An understanding of political 

ideologies will assist our understanding of important current events and of international problems. 

The course assumes no prior knowledge in political ideologies. 




COURSE OBJECTIVES & GRADUATE ATTRIBUTES 

POLS1301 has several objectives: 

• To develop a basic knowledge of the main categories of political thought 

• To develop an appreciation of how political ideas are used in contemporary political debate 

• To develop both verbal and written skills in critical analysis; a particular focus of POLS1301 will 

be the identification and evaluation of political arguments. 

In accordance with the University of Queensland’s policy on Graduate Attributes, POLS1301 is designed to 

help you develop a number of attributes. These include: 

• A comprehensive and well-founded knowledge of political ideas. 

• The ability to collect, analyse and organise information and ideas and to convey those ideas 

clearly and fluently, in both written and spoken forms. 

• The ability to evaluate opinions, make decisions and to reflect critically upon political 

arguments and analyses. 

The following table indicates the way these Graduate Attributes will be developed in Teaching & 

Learning Activities and tested in Assessment Items. 

Graduate Attributes 

A comprehensive & well 

founded knowledge of 

political ideas 

Ability to collect, analyse & 

organise information & ideas 

& to convey those ideas 

clearly in spoken and written 

form. 

Ability to evaluate opinions, 

make decisions and to 

reflect critically upon political 

arguments 

Teaching & Learning 

Activities 

• Lectures 

• Tutorial reading & 

discussion 

• Research for tutorial 

paper & essay 

• Preparation for exam or 

2nd essay 

• Lectures 

• Tutorial discussion 

• Independent research 

for tutorial paper & 

essay 

• Preparation for exam or 

2nd essay 

• Lectures 

• Tutorial discussion 

• Preparation of tutorial 

paper 

• Preparation of essay 

Assessment 

• Tutorial Participation 

• Essay 

• Tutorial Paper 

• Exam or 2nd essay 



• Essay 

• Exam or 2 nd essay 



• Essay 

• Exam or 2nd essay 




LEARNING RESOURCES 

The following two items should be purchased by all students: 

1. Textbook - Heywood, Andrew. 2003. Political Ideologies. An Introduction, 3rd ed. London: 

Macmillan. 

AND 

2. POLS1301 Course Reader - available from the POD (Print on Demand) Centre, UQ Bookshop. This 

contains all your tutorial reading for the semester, as well as some additional readings that you will 

need to use in the preparation of written assignments. 

A list of additional ‘Recommended Readings’ is included at the end of this Course Profile. These are all 

available in the University of Queensland’s Social Sciences and Humanities (SS&H) Library (see below). 

Lecture outlines and other course material will be distributed at lectures and available via the 

Blackboard website for POLS1301 (https://blackboard.elearning.uq.edu.au/webapps/login). 

THE UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND – SOCIAL SCIENCES & HUMANITIES LIBRARY 

The University of Queensland Library includes over 2 million items in 13 branch libraries. The 

collection includes over 23,000 electronic journals and over 11,000 print journal titles, 27,500 videos 

and 300,000 ebooks. Students are welcome to use all branch libraries; however, most publications in 

Political Sciences and International Studies are located in the Social Sciences and Humanities Library. 

The Library provides 24-hour access to its catalogue and databases via its webpage 

http://www.library.uq.edu.au. More than 700 networked databases are available. Full-text 

databases and subscriptions to over 23,000 electronic journals mean that thousands of articles can be 

accessed off-campus by students and staff. 

Free hands-on workshops are provided regularly in Library training rooms. These workshops introduce 

students and researchers to the range of information resources available to them, and the skills 

needed to use them effectively. Students are also welcome to discuss their research topic individually 

with the Liaison Librarian for Political Sciences and International Studies: 

Ms Anne Draper 

Phone: 3365 3247 

Email: a.draper@library.uq.edu.au 




ASSISTANCE WITH ESSAY WRITING 

The School of Political Science & International Studies will be offering lectures and tutorials to 

students during the semester to assist with essay writing. The drop-in tutorials will be offered weekly 

beginning in week 4: 

Venue: Room 537, Building 39A 

Time: Thursdays from 1pm to 2pm 

Essay writing lectures are offered later in weeks 3 and 5: 

Venue: Room E302, Building 1 

Time: Wednesday 15 March and Wednesday 29 March, from 2pm to 4pm 

For more information about these sessions, please contact: 

Ms Tricia Rooney 

Phone: 3365 2054 

Email: tricia.rooney@uq.edu.au 




ASSESSMENT SUMMARY 

There are five items of assessment for POLS1301: 

1. Attendance at Tutorials (10%) OR additional written work assigned by your tutor. 

2. Participation in Tutorial Discussion (10%) OR additional written work assigned by your 

tutor. 

3. Tutorial Paper (20%) of 1200 words due at your tutorial in Week 6, i.e. week beginning Mon 

3 April. 

4. Essay (30%) of 2000 words. Due at the School office (39A- 535) by 3pm on Friday 12 May. 

Marked essays will be returned to students at the last lecture of the course (Wednesday 31 

May). 

5. Exam (30%) OR an additional essay of 2500 words. The exam will be scheduled by the 

University for the period 10-24 June. If you select the essay alternative, this must be submitted 

at the School Office (39A-535) by 3pm on Friday 9 June. 

Note: Marking criteria for all assessment items can be found in the POLS1301 Assessment Appendix – 

which will be handed out at lectures and posted on Blackboard. Students should consult the 

marking criteria before submitting assessment items. 

ASSESSMENT DETAILS - TUTORIAL ATTENDANCE & PARTICIPATION 

Each week, to prepare for tutorials, you should: 

• Review relevant lecture notes; and 

• Read the assigned reading. All items assigned for tutorial reading are in the Course Reader and 

listed in the Tutorial Program (beginning on p.16 in this Course Profile). Students are expected 

to complete the assigned reading each week before attending tutorials. 

A tutorial attendance role will be kept by your tutor each week and marks will be assigned at rate of 1 

mark per tutorial (max 10/10) for tutorials in weeks 3-12. The tutorials in Weeks 2 and 13 do not attract 

any attendance marks. If you are sick - or think you have a good reason for not being able to attend a 

tutorial - speak to your tutor. If you show a medical certificate you will be given the attendance marks as 

normal. 

Marks for tutorial participation will be allocated at the end of each tutorial in weeks 3-12; the tutorials 

in weeks 2 and 13 do not have any participation marks. One participation mark will be available for each 

of the tutorials in weeks 3-12 and to obtain this mark you need to make a ‘positive contribution’ to the 

tutorial discussion. By ‘positive contribution’ we mean thoughtful comments that are RELEVANT to the 

discussion AND which demonstrate both a knowledge and understanding of the required reading. 

If you have completed all the assigned reading for a tutorial, it is important to attempt to participate in 

the discussion (your tutor will facilitate this). You will be rewarded for sensible attempts at participation 

even if this is done imperfectly (eg nervously) and even if you are not 100% accurate. However, students 

who have not completed the assigned tutorial reading should refrain from participation in the discussion. 

Do not talk just for the sake of talking – or to make it look like you have done the tutorial reading (Your 

tutor will be able to tell the difference!). 

If you are unable to attend tutorials regularly OR if you are unable (or do not want) to participate in 

tutorial discussion, you should speak to your tutor who will set additional written work to be completed in 

place of attendance and/or participation. All additional written work must be completed at or before the 




last tutorial (Week 13). No late submissions will be accepted for work performed in place of tutorial 

attendance or participation. 

Mark 

Standards 

0-4 Little or no positive contribution to tutorial discussion in the 10 compulsory tutorials. 

5 Positive contribution to tutorial discussion in 5 of the 10 compulsory tutorials. 





10 Positive contribution to tutorial discussion in all 10 of the compulsory tutorials. 

ASSESSMENT DETAILS – TUTORIAL PAPER (20%) 

Please write a short paper of 1200 words and hand this to your tutor. The paper is worth 20% of 

your total course assessment and will be marked out of 20. 

The topic is: 

Imagine you are a 20 year old student living in Brisbane in 2006 (please feel free to imagine any 

other characteristics such your gender, race or ethnicity, sexuality and country of citizenship). You are 

a supporter of one of the following ideologies: 

• Classical Liberalism and Neo-Liberalism (treat as one ideology) 

• Social Liberalism 

• Conservatism 

• Socialism (Classical Marxism only; do not select Marxism-Leninism or what is commonly 

referred to as ‘communism’) 

• Anarchism 

Now answer all three of the following three questions: 

1. Identify and describe the four main beliefs that most define your view of the world and of politics? 

(400 words max) 

2. Describe two political activities you are likely to engage in and explain why/how these activities are 

related to your beliefs (approx 300 words). 

3. a. Name one of your main ideological opponents? (2 words max). 

b. What are two of the main criticisms your opponents have of your beliefs? (approx 200 

words) 

c. Why, in your view, are your opponents wrong? (approx 200 words) 

d. Do you have anything in common with your ideological opponents? (100 words) 

Please note: 

• This paper should be written in the first person. Begin with the statement ‘I am a 20 year old 

student living in Brisbane in 2006. I am also a (social liberal)….’. Then follow the prescribed 

format; clearly indicate (label) your answer to each question. (more over page) 

• Pay attention to the required word length for each question. Marks will be deducted for overlength 

answers and for poor grammar and spelling. 




• In the preparation of your paper, pay attention to the Marking Criteria (see below) 

• Tutorial Papers must be adequately referenced - see the School’s Essay Guide 2006 if you do 

not know how to do this. Copies of the Essay Guide will be handed out in class and are also 

available on-line at http://www.polsis.uq.edu.au//materials/psis-essay-guide- 

2006.pdf. 

• Tutorial Papers need to include a Reference List or Bibliography (see Essay Guide if you do 

not know how to do this). This is not to be counted in the total word-count of the paper. 

There is no minimum or maximum requirement for the number of references in this paper. 

Use your Textbook and as many of the items in your Course Reader as you find appropriate. 

Please do not reference lecture outlines. 

• Your Tutorial Papers should have an Assignment COVER SHEET that records your name, 

tutorial time and student number. It should also record the total word count of your paper 

(minus the Reference List). You do not need to use an official School cover sheet although 

these are available at the School Office (39A-535). 

• You may discuss a plan of this paper with your tutor (email them and make an appointment 

or attend during their office hours). Tutors are not allowed to read and comment on full 

drafts but you can show them a one page plan. Aim to do this at least a week before the 

paper is due. 

Completed Tutorial Papers should be handed TO YOUR TUTOR at your tutorial in week 6 (i.e. in the 

week beginning Monday 3 April). 

Marking Criteria – Tutorial Paper 

The Tutorial Paper is worth 20% of your total assessment for POLS1301. Twenty marks will be allocated 

according to the following criteria: 

1. Identification and description of main beliefs (8 marks available): 

• Four main beliefs correctly identified and described – 8 marks 

• Four main beliefs correctly identified but some problems with the description of one of these 

(eg unclear description or description contains errors of fact) – 7 marks 

• Four main beliefs correctly identified but some problems with the description of two of these – 

6 and ½ marks 

• Four main beliefs correctly identified but problems with the description of three or four of 

these – 6 marks 

• Three main beliefs correctly identified and described – 6 marks 

• Three main beliefs correctly identified but some problems with the description of one of these 


• Three main beliefs correctly identified but some problems with the description of two or three 

of these – 4 marks 

• Two main beliefs correctly identified and described – 4 marks 

• Two main beliefs correctly identified but some problems with the description of one of these 


• Two main beliefs correctly identified but some problems with the description of both of these – 

2 and ½ marks 

• One main belief correctly identified and described – 2 marks 

• One main belief correctly identified but some problems with the description – 1 mark 

• Answer not attempted; or beliefs identified are not main beliefs; or all four descriptions contain 

significant inaccuracies – 0 marks 




2. Description of two likely political activities and explanation of how/why these are related to beliefs (4 

marks available): 

• Description of two likely activities and a clear explanation of how/why these are related to 

beliefs – 4 marks 

• Description of two likely political activities but with problems in the explanation of one or both of 

these (eg explanation is not clearly written or contains factual inaccuracies) – 3 marks 

• Description of one likely political activity and a clear explanation of how/why these are related to 

beliefs – 2 marks 

• Description of one likely political activities but with problems in the explanation of this (eg 

explanation is not clearly written or contains factual inaccuracies) – 1 mark 

• Answer not attempted; or both political activities are unlikely for the designated ideology; or 

both descriptions/explanations contain significant factual inaccuracies – 0 marks 

3a. Identification of one main ideological opponent (1 mark available): 

• Correct – 1 mark 

• Absent or incorrect – O marks 

3b. Two main criticisms by opponents (2 marks available): 

• Two main criticisms identified and correctly described – 2 marks 

• Two main criticisms identified but one description contains minor inaccuracies – 1 and ½ marks 

• One main criticism identified and correctly described – 1 mark 

• One main criticisms identified but the description of this contains minor inaccuracies – ½ mark 

• Both criticisms offered are not main criticisms; or are main criticisms but contain significant 

factual inaccuracies (0 marks) 

3c. Discussion of why opponents are wrong (2 marks available)? 

• Excellent (both main criticisms convincingly addressed) – 2 marks 

• Good (both main criticisms addressed but some problems in relation to the clarity or 

convincingness of one) – 1 and ½ marks 

• Adequate (one main criticism convincingly addressed) – 1 mark 

• Poor (one main criticism addressed but some problems in relation to the clarity or 

convincingness of this) – ½ mark 

• Not attempted; or no clear and convincing address to either of the criticisms - 0 marks 

3d. Anything in common (1 mark available)? 

• Correct identification of things in common or that the ideologies have nothing in common – 1 

mark 

• Incorrect – 0 marks 

4. Style, ie grammar, spelling, adherence to word length (2 marks available): 

• Significant deficiencies in one or more of the following - grammar, spelling, adherence to word 

length – 0 marks 

• Minor deficiencies in grammar, spelling or word-length – 1 mark 

• No deficiencies – 2 marks 

ASSESSMENT DETAILS – ESSAY – 30% 

Please write a 2000 word essay on one of the following topics: 

1. ‘A good government is one that protects vulnerable people and which enables all individuals to 

develop their inherent capacities’. Do you agree or disagree? Illustrate your answer by reference 

to both Social Liberalism AND either Classical Liberalism or Neo-liberalism. 




2. ‘The government and legal system should uphold traditional moral virtue and sexual behaviour – 

for example by outlawing pornography and homosexuality’. Do you agree or disagree? Illustrate 

your answer by reference to both Liberalism and Conservatism. 

3. ‘Liberalism is not able to adequately address central problems in our time. Socialism, as envisaged by 

Marx, is the only way forward’. Do you agree or disagree? Illustrate your answer by reference to both 

Liberalism and Marxism AND one important problem in the world, or Australia, in the present day. 

4. ‘Anarchism is the only political ideology compatible with human freedom’. Do you agree or disagree? 

Illustrate your answer by reference to anarchism and (either) liberalism or socialism. 

5. ‘Democracy is a universal good; it should be practised in all political communities in the world today’. 

Do you agree or disagree? (In your answer make sure you specify the type of democracy your 

argument is referring to). 

6. ‘In the world today, the possibilities of liberal democracy are significantly undermined by differences 

of wealth, culture and/or gender’. Do you agree or disagree? 

7. ‘Both men and women have a lot to gain from feminism’. Do you agree or disagree? 

8. ‘Totalitarianism represents the darker side of western political thought; the central and enduring 

values of the Enlightenment were not abandoned but rather transformed or turned upside down’. Do 

you agree or disagree? Discuss in relation to fascism. 

9. ‘Ecologism is the only ideology in the 21st century able to address major problems of the present 

and future’. Do you agree or disagree? Discuss in relation to ecologism and one other political 

ideology studied in POLS1301. 

10. ‘In a truly multicultural society there must be more than toleration of minorities and different 

cultures; the basic fabric of society needs to change so all cultures are respected and all citizens 

have a voice in democratic decision-making’ Do you agree or disagree? 

11. ‘Religious fundamentalism is an anti-modern force in the world today; it seeks to overturn 

Enlightenment values and to diminish human rights and freedoms’. Do you agree or disagree? 

Discuss in relation to either Christian Fundamentalism or Islamism 

12. ‘Nationalism is always a pernicious force’. Do you agree or disagree? 

Please note: 

• Make sure you consult the Marking Criteria while preparing your essay (see below) 

• Your essay should be approximately 2000 words (and definitely no less than 1800 words or 

more than 2200 words). Marks will be deducted for essays that are under or over length. Marks 

will also be deducted for incorrect grammar or spelling. 

• All essays need to present an argument and to offer reasons that support this 

argument. Make sure you fully explain the reasons (so another person can understand them). 

Also provide some ‘evidence’ to support your claims. There are two sorts of ‘evidence’ that will 

be particularly useful for POLS1301: 

o Other authors who confirm your argument and/or support your reasons for making this 

argument (see especially the POLS1301 textbook, the Course Reader, and the list of 

Recommended Readings in this Course Profile). 

o Examples drawn from current or past events in Australia, other countries, or the world 

at large. Indicate exactly how (in your view) these events help substantiate your 

argument/reasons. 

• All sources utilised in the preparation of the essay must be adequately referenced. The 

penalties for plagiarism are serious! (See below). If you do not already know how to reference 

see the School’s Essay Guide (to be handed out in class and available on-line at 

http://www.polsis.uq.edu.au//materials/psis-essay-guide-2006.pdf). Essays must include a 

Reference List or Bibliography; this List is not counted as part of the total word-count of the 

essay. 




• The Essay should utilise as many references as you think are necessary to answer the question. 

Use as much of the assigned reading material for POLS 1301 as possible – eg textbook, Course 

Reader, ‘Recommended Readings’ (in this Course Profile) and/or other printed sources obtained 

from the library. You may also use a few internet sources. The minimum requirement for the 

essay is SIX different readings/sources; these need to be visibly utilised in the body of the 

essay and cited in the Reference List. Only two internet source will be counted towards this 

minimum requirement. Lecture Outlines will not count towards the minimum requirement. 

• Your Essay should have a COVER SHEET that records your name, student number, tutorial time 

and the total word count of the Essay (minus the Reference List). You do not need to use an 

official School cover sheet although these are available at the School Office (39A-535). 

• Completed Essays should be placed in the Assignment box at the School Office, School of Political 

Science and International Studies (General Purpose North Building 39A Level 5) by 3pm on 

Friday 12 May. 

• Students seeking an extension of this deadline must contact the course co-ordinator, Dr Sullivan, 

beforehand. Extensions will not normally be granted without documentary evidence (eg a medical 

certificate or a letter from a counsellor) of illness or misadventure. 

• Students who submit late papers – without an official extension – will be penalised by the 

deduction of one and half marks (out of a total of 30 marks available for the essay) for each 

working day the essay is overdue. 

Marking Criteria – Essay 

The essay is worth 30% of your grade for POLS1301. Thirty marks will be assigned according to the 

following criteria: 

1. Research (10 marks) 

• A minimum of SIX different and appropriate sources (books, chapters, journal articles or internet 

sites) cited in the reference list or bibliography and visibly utilised in the body of the essay; no 

more than 2 internet sites to count (4 marks; ½ mark for each source). 

• Evidence of a deep understanding of the field and of the essay topic, thorough research and wide 

reading. This will be evident in the use of more than the minimum number of sources and in the 

application of good judgement in the selection of sources; students should particularly look to 

additional sources listed in the Course Profile and/or included in the Course Reader (6 marks 

available) 

2. Presentation and Substantiation of Argument (15 marks) 

• The introduction of your essay should contain a clear statement of the overall argument of the 

essay. This argument should be framed in response to the whole question and all key terms and 

concepts should be fully explained (4 marks). It should also ‘signpost’ the main points to be 

raised in the body of the essay (1 mark). 

• The body of your essay should present a clear and convincing ‘case’ in support of the overall 

argument. This case should be presented in the form of TWO reasons which why your argument 

is right (8 marks in total; 4 marks for each reason). Make sure you fully explain these reasons 

(so another person can understand them) and offer some ‘evidence’ to support your claims. 

There are two sorts of ‘evidence’ that will be particularly useful for POLS1301: 

a. Other authors who confirm your argument and/or support your reasons for making 

this argument (see especially your textbook, the Course Reader, and the 

Recommended Readings in this Course Profile). 

b. Examples drawn from current or past events in Australia, other countries, or the world 

at large. Indicate exactly how (in your view) these events help substantiate your 

argument/reasons. 

• The body of the essay should also address the main counter-argument - ie say why those who 

disagree with your argument are wrong (2 marks). 




3. Style (5 marks) 

• Adherence to word limit 

• Consistent and correct use of an accepted referencing system. Bibliography and/or Reference List 

supplied. 

• Correct spelling and grammar 

ASSESSMENT DETAILS - EXAM (OR SECOND ESSAY) – 30% 

An examination will be scheduled by the University in the official examination period (10 June-24 

June). The questions on the exam paper will be selected from a list of questions to be distributed at 

the last lecture (on Wednesday 31 May). Marking Criteria for the exam will also be available at the 

last lecture. 

The exam will consist of three short essay questions and will test your knowledge of material 

presented in lectures and tutorials. If you have attended all the lectures and tutorials and completed 

all the required reading for tutorials you will not need to do any additional research or reading in 

order to pass the examination. 

Students may choose to write a second essay in place of the exam if they wish. Students who are 

likely to be away from Brisbane during the exam period are particularly encouraged to select this 

option (as it is not possible to schedule another exam time; supplementary exams are held in July and 

only available to students who miss the exam due to documented illness or misadventure). Topics for 

the 2nd Essay will be distributed in Week 8. Regardless of the exam schedule, all 2nd essays must 

be submitted by 3pm on Friday 9 June. No extensions will be available without documentary 

evidence of illness or misadventure. 

LATE SUBMISSION OF ASSESSMENT ITEMS 

If you require an extension, you should contact the Course Coordinator on or before the due date. 

Requests for extensions after the due date will only be granted in exceptional circumstances. 

Penalties for late submission apply (unless an extension has been granted). Students are 

penalised 5% for every working day that the assessment is late (e.g. you will lose 1.5 marks each day 

the POLS1301 essay is late). No late submission – without an extension - is permitted for the 2 nd 

essay (in place of the exam). 

COURSE GRADING 

Marks will be directly added together from all of the above assessment items. Students will be 

awarded one of the following grades for the whole course: 

1 Serious Fail 1 - 19% 

2 Fail 20 - 44% 

3 Fail 45 – 49% 

4 Pass 50 - 64 % 

5 Credit 65 - 74 % 

6 Distinction 75 - 84 % 

7 High Distinction 85 - 100 % 




PLAGIARISM & ADVICE FOR STUDENTS WRITING ESSAYS 

Students are advised to thoroughly acquaint themselves with the University’s policy concerning 

plagiarism as outlined in the School of Political Science and International Studies Essay Guide 2006. 

The guide can be obtained from the School’s Enquiries Office (Level 5, Building 39A) or downloaded 

from the Handbooks section of the School’s website (http://www.uq.edu.au/polsis). 

It is the University’s task to encourage ethical scholarship and to inform students and staff about the 

institutional standards of academic behaviour expected of them in learning, teaching and research. 

Students have a responsibility to maintain the highest standards of academic integrity in their work. 

Students must not cheat in examinations or other forms of assessment and must ensure that they do 

not plagiarise. 

The University has adopted the following definition of plagiarism: 

Plagiarism is the act of misrepresenting as one’s own original work, the ideas, interpretations, 

words or creative works of another. These include published and unpublished documents, 

designs, music, sounds, images, photographs, computer codes and ideas gained through 

working in a group. These ideas, interpretations, words or works may be found in print and/or 

electronic media. 

The following are examples of plagiarism where appropriate acknowledgement or referencing of the 

author or source does not occur: 

• Direct copying of paragraphs, sentences, a single sentence or significant parts of a sentence; 

• Direct copying of paragraphs, sentences, a single sentence or significant parts of a sentence 

with an end reference but without quotation marks around the copied text; 

• Copying ideas, concepts, research results, computer codes, statistical tables, designs, images, 

sounds or text or any combination of these; 

• Paraphrasing, summarising or simply rearranging another person’s words, ideas, etc without 

changing the basic structure and/or meaning of the text; 

• Offering an idea or interpretation that is not one’s own without identifying whose idea or 

interpretation it is; 

• A ‘cut and paste’ of statements from multiple sources; 

• Presenting as independent, work done in collaboration with others; 

• Copying or adapting another student’s original work into a submitted assessment item. 

The School takes the issue of plagiarism very seriously, and all incidents of suspected plagiarism 

will be referred to the Head of School. The Head of School, in consultation with the staff 

member, will determine if the plagiarism has resulted from poor academic practice or was intentional. 

• Unintentional plagiarism, such as cavalier or inadequate referencing or failure to reference, will 

be considered “poor academic practice” and a demonstration of carelessness in research and 

presentation of evidence. In these cases, you may lose marks for that part of the assessment 

that has been plagiarised and/or you may be required to correct the error. 

• Intentional plagiarism will be treated as misconduct. The Head of School will proceed in 

accordance with HUPP 3.60.1 – Procedures for dealing with Student Discipline and Misconduct. 

You are encouraged to read the UQ Academic Integrity and Plagiarism policy, available at 

http://www.uq.edu.au/hupp/index.html?page=25128, which makes a comprehensive 

statement about the University’s approach to plagiarism, the consequences and the principles 

associated with preventing plagiarism. 




FEEDBACK ON ASSESSMENT 

Students are entitled to feedback on each item of their assessment. This feedback should specifically 

address the assessment criteria for the assessable item. For further information students are should 

read the University Policy on Student Access to Feedback on Assessment: http://www.uq.edu.au/ 

hupp/contents/view.asp?s1=3&s2=30&s3=6. 

There are certain steps you can take if you feel your result does not reflect your performance against 

the assessment criteria. 

For POLS1301 (different procedures may apply in other POLS courses): 

• If you think your marks for tutorial attendance and participation – or for the tutorial paper – 

do not reflect your performance against the assessment criteria, please discuss this with your 

tutor (in the first instance). If the issue is not satisfactorily resolved, or if you do not wish to 

speak to your tutor, please contact the Course Co-ordinator, Dr Sullivan 

(barbara.sullivan@uq.edu.au). 

• If you think your marks for the Essay or for the Exam do not reflect your performance against 

the assessment criteria, please contact the Course Co-ordinator, Dr Sullivan 

(barbara.sullivan@uq.edu.au). A re-mark may be arranged if Dr Sullivan thinks this is 

warranted. Please note: Tutors are not able to review the marking of essays and exams. 

• You may also use the formal university procedures to request a re-mark for a piece of 

assessment. This involves completing the “Request for Assessment Re-Marking” form 

available at http://www.polsis.uq.edu.au//materials/request-for-assessment-remark.doc 

(However, please note this process involves official consultation with the Course Coordinator). 




LECTURE PROGRAM 

There are 13 lectures and 12 tutorials in POLS1301. The tutorial program commences in week 2. In 

general (although not in every case!), the tutorial program follows the lecture program by one week. 

For example, Liberalism is the topic for week 2 lectures and week 3 tutorials. For details about tutorial 

topics and required reading for tutorials, please consult the ‘Tutorial Program’ (see page 19). 

WEEK 1 INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE 27 FEBRUARY – 3 MARCH 

Lecture Program: 

• The ‘modern’ in Modern Political Ideologies - Enlightenment and counter-movements; 

characteristics of modern political theory (priority of reason, perfectibility of human beings and 

human society, humanism, universalism); the concept of ideology; framework for the study of 

political ideology. 

Required Reading: 

Heywood, Andrew. 2003. Political Ideologies. An Introduction, 3rd ed. London: Macmillan. Chapter 1 

(pp.1-23). 

WEEK 2 LIBERALISM 6 – 10 MARCH 


• Origins and main features of liberalism; Classical liberalism; Social or Modern Liberalism; 

individualism; the priority of freedom; positive and negative freedom; equality; liberal forms of 

government; liberal theories of property and economics; Adam Smith, Locke, J.S. Mill, T.H. 

Green, Hobhouse. 

WEEK 3 CONSERVATISM 13 – 17 MARCH 


• Origins and main features of conservatism; tradition; human imperfection; organic society; 

hierarchy and authority; politics of virtue (laws against homosexuality, pornography and 

prostitution); Burke; Oakeshott; Devlin. 

WEEK 4 SOCIALISM AND ANARCHISM 20 – 24 MARCH 


• Lecture 1 – Socialism - Historical and intellectual background of socialism; utopian and scientific 

socialism; Marx; Engels; mode of production – capitalism and socialism; historical materialism; 

Marx’s theory of alienation; Marx’s theory of exploitation. Socialism in the world today. 

• Lecture 2 - Anarchism - Origins and main features of anarchism; opposition to coercive authority 

(especially the state); individualist and collectivist anarchism; Godwin, Proudhon, Kropotkin; 

anarchism in contemporary peace, green and anti-globalization movements. 




WEEK 5 NEO-LIBERALISM AND THE NEW RIGHT 27 – 31 MARCH 


• Origins (late 20th century) and main features of neo-liberalism; critique of Keynesian economics, 

economic rationalism; minimal state; Hayek, Friedman, Nozick. Impact of neo-liberalism on 

international politics and international institutions (eg World Bank, IMF). Critiques of neoliberalism. 

Neo-liberalism combined with conservatism to produce the New Right. 

WEEK 6 DEMOCRACY AND TOTALITARIANISM 3 – 7 APRIL 


• Lecture 1 – Democracy - Historical background to democracy and various models of 

democracy (eg direct/participatory, representative, republican); sovereignty of ‘the people’ 

(what is involved in the idea that ‘the people’ should rule themselves? What would this mean 

for political institutions?); Are the possibilities of democracy undermined by capitalism (and 

inequalities of wealth) or by other inequalities (eg gender)? 

• Lecture 2 - Totalitarianism – State has ‘total power’; abolition of civil society; Fascism, Marxism- 

Leninism; Hannah Arendt; Noam Chomsky. 

WEEK 7 SOCIAL DEMOCRACY 10 -13 APRIL 


• Historical and intellectual background of Social Democracy (reform path of socialism); citizens 

share equally in the standard of living their society is capable of producing (i.e. citizen 

entitlements determined independently of individual capacity to pay or work); social 

democratic welfare state; decommodification; corporatism; Myrdal; Polanyi; Esping-Anderson. 

MID-SEMESTER BREAK - NO CLASSES 

17 – 22 APRIL 

WEEK 8 FEMINISM 24 – 28 APRIL 


• Historical and intellectual background; first, second and third ‘wave’ feminism; oppression, 

freedom, equality, autonomy and sexual difference; feminism and liberalism, socialism, anarchism, 

& ecologism; Wollstonecraft, JS Mill & Harriet Taylor, Engels, Emma Goldman; postmodern and 

cyber feminism; post-feminism; trans-national feminism; and third world women; women’s human 

rights. 




WEEK 9 NATIONALISM 1 – 5 MAY 


• Historical and intellectual background of nationalism; the nation; self-determination; imagined 

communities; constructive and destructive aspects of nationalism; cosmopolitanism; Gellner; 

Kedourie, B. Anderson 

WEEK 10 MULTICULTURALISM 8 – 12 MAY 


• Examines key issues and concept of multiculturalism. 

WEEK 11 ECOLOGISM 15 – 19 MAY 


• Historical and intellectual background of ecologism: critique of liberalism, conservatism and 

socialism; major streams of ecological thought in the present day. 

WEEK 12 RELIGIOUS FUNDAMENTALISM 22 -26 MAY 


• The concept of ‘fundamentalism’; the resurgence of religious fundamentalism in the late 20 th 

and early 21 st centuries; Christian fundamentalism; Islamism. 

WEEK 13 REVIEW OF THE COURSE 29 MAY – 2 JUNE 


• Review of main themes of POLS1301; Discussion of exam requirements. 




TUTORIAL PROGRAM 

Students are expected to have completed all required reading each week before attending tutorials. 

WEEK 1 INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE 27 FEBRUARY – 3 MARCH 

No tutorials this week. (Register for tutorials via MySI-net after the first lecture). 


Heywood, Andrew. 2003. Political Ideologies. An Introduction, 3rd ed. London: Macmillan. pp.1-23. 

WEEK 2 INTRODUCTION TO TUTORIALS 6 – 10 MARCH 


Heywood, Andrew. 2003. Political Ideologies. An Introduction, 3rd ed. London: Macmillan. pp.25-68 AND 

Singer, Peter. 2003. ‘“The Bread Which You Withhold Belongs to the Hungry”: Attitudes to Poverty’. 

Available at http://www.iadb.org/etica/documentos/dc_sin_elpan-i.htm (to be handed out at 

lecture 1). 

Tutorial Discussion: 

• Discussion of tutorial program requirements. 

• Discussion of Peter Singer article (see Required Reading above). 

WEEK 3 LIBERALISM 13 – 17 MARCH 

Key Words: 

Liberty, sovereignty, individualism, state of nature, rights, social contract, constitutionalism. 

Questions for Discussion: 

1. What are some of the main features of classical liberalism? Is classical liberalism important in 

Australia or in the world today? 

2. What are the main differences between classical and social liberalism? What do they share? 


Heywood, Andrew. 2003. Political Ideologies. An Introduction, 3rd ed. London: Macmillan. pp.25-68 

AND at least one of the following from the Course Reader: 

French National Assembly. [1789] 1995. ‘The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen’. In The 

Portable Enlightenment Reader, ed. I. Kramnick. New York: Penguin. pp.466-468. 




Gouges, Olympe. [1791] 1995. ‘The Rights of Woman’. In The Portable Enlightenment Reader, ed. I. 

Kramnick. New York: Penguin. pp.609-614. 

Locke, John. [1690] 1995. ‘The Second Treatise of Civil Government’. In The Portable Enlightenment 

Reader, ed. I. Kramnick. New York: Penguin. pp. 395-404. 

Smith, Adam. [1776] 1995. The Wealth of Nations. Selections from Books I and IV. In The Portable 

Enlightenment Reader, ed. I. Kramnick. New York: Penguin. pp.505-515. 

Mill, John Stuart. [1859] 2005. Excerpts from ‘On Liberty’. Political Ideologies. A Reader and Guide, eds. 

M. Festenstein and M. Kenny. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp.78-85. (Social Liberal). 

Hobhouse, L.T. [1911] 1964. Liberalism. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp.63-73. (Social Liberal). 

WEEK 4 CONSERVATISM 20 – 24 MARCH 

Key Words: 

Absolutism, aristocracy, political class, tradition, human nature, rationalism, elites. 


1. What are the principal characteristics of conservatism? Is conservatism important in Australia 

and/or in the world today? (where? On what issues?) 

2. In your view, what are the main weaknesses and strengths of conservatism? 

3. How is conservatism different from liberalism? Is it also critical of liberalism? 


Heywood, Andrew. 2003. Political Ideologies. An Introduction, 3rd ed. London: Macmillan. pp. 69-90. 


D’Souza, Dinesh. 2002. Letters to a Young Conservative. New York, NY: Basic Books. ‘The Feminist 

Mistake’, pp.101-106. 

Lindgard, R.(and others). 1990. Second Reading Debate on the Criminal Code & Other Acts Amendment 

Bill. Queensland Legislative Assembly. Hansard 28 November 1990 pp.5474-5485. 

Oakeshott, Michael. [1962] 1975. ‘On Being Conservative’. In How Conservatives Think, ed. P. Buck. 

Harmondsworth: Penguin. 

Pell, George. 2002. ‘The Failure of the Family’. Quadrant 384: 6-22. 

WEEK 5 SOCIALISM 27 – 31 MARCH 

Key Terms: 

Historical Materialism, Capitalism, Socialism, Surplus Value and Exploitation, Alienation, bourgeoisie, 

proletariat, class conflict, imperialism. 


1. Why does Marx think workers are exploited in capitalist society? Do you agree with Marx? 




2. What do Marxist socialists think about liberalism? And democracy? 

3. For Marxist socialists what are the main causes of war, crime and racism? 

4. Who are the main ideological opponents of socialists? Do they have anything in common? 




Frankel, Boris. 2004. ‘Sadomasochism: the new culture of work in Australia’. Arena Magazine 73: 17-22. 

Lenin, Vladimir. [1917]. 1999. The State and Revolution. Sydney: Resistance Books. pp.1-4 (On 

democracy). 

Marx, Karl. [1848] 1978. ‘Manifesto of the Communist Party’. In The Marx-Engels Reader, 2nd ed, ed. R. 

Tucker. New York: Norton. 

Miller, Richard W. 2002. ‘Marx’s Legacy’. In The Blackwell Guide to Social and Political Philosophy, ed. R. 

Simon. Malden, MA: Blackwell. pp.131-196. 

WEEK 6 ANARCHISM 3 – 7 APRIL 

Note that Tutorial Papers are due at your tutorial this week. 

Questions for Discussion 

1. What are the main features of anarchism? Where is anarchist thought visible in Australia and the 

world today? 

2. In your view, do citizens have an obligation to obey the law and to conform to state directives (eg 

regarding compulsory voting or payment of taxes)? 

3. Who are the main ideological opponents of anarchists? 

4. What do anarchists, liberals and Marxist socialists have in common? 

Required Reading 



Bakunin, Michael. [1910] 1977. ‘Church and State’. In The Anarchist Reader, ed. G. Woodcock. UK: 

Harvester. pp.81-88. 

Gibson, Tony. 1966. ‘A Psychological Basis of Freedom for Youth’. In Patterns of Anarchy, eds. L. 

Krimerman and L. Perry. Garden City, NY: Anchor Books. pp.436-444. 

Proudhon, Pierre-Joseph. [1870] 1969. ‘An Anarchists View of Democracy’. In Selected Writings. 

London: Freedom. pp.50-69. 




WEEK 7 DEMOCRACY 10 -13 APRIL 

Key Terms: 

Sovereignty of the people, recognition, representation, participation. 


1. What is involved in the idea that ‘the people’ should rule themselves? Who are ‘the people’ and, if 

they are to rule, what does that require of political institutions? 

2. What conditions are conducive to democratic participation? Do differences of wealth, culture and 

gender undermine the possibilities of democracy? 

3. What are the causes of political apathy in society today? Is cynicism about politics necessarily an 

unhealthy democratic phenomenon? 

Required Reading 



Dunn, John. 1993. Western Political Theory in the Face of the Future. Cambridge: Cambridge 

University Press. ‘Democratic Theory’. 

Nasr, Vali. 2005. ‘The Rise of “Muslim Democracy’. Journal of Democracy 16(2): 13-20. 

Pateman, Carole. 1989. The Disorder of Women. Cambridge: Polity Press. ‘Feminism and Democracy’, 

pp. 210-225. 

Sen, Amartya. 1999. ‘Democracy as a Universal Value’. Journal of Democracy 10(3): 3-17. (Not in 

Course Reader but available on-line via UQ library). 

MID-SEMESTER BREAK - NO CLASSES 

17 – 22 APRIL 

WEEK 8 NEO-LIBEALISM AND THE NEW RIGHT 24 – 28 APRIL 


1. Why is it said that Neo-Liberalism is a revival of Classical Liberalism? In what ways are 

they alike? What are the differences? 

2. In your view, what are the strengths of neo-liberalism? Does it have any detrimental 

effects in Australia or in the world at large? 

3. On what grounds do social liberals and social democrats criticise neo-liberalism? 

4. The alliance of neo-liberals and conservatives is often called ‘The New Right’. Where do 

you see this in Australia – or in the world – today? 







Friedman, Milton and Rose Freidman. 1980. Forced to Choose. A Personal Statement. San Diego: Harvest. 

‘The Power of the Market’, pp.9-37. 

Hamilton, Clive. 2004. ‘Diseases of Affluence and Other Paradoxes’. Australian Financial Review 15 

October: 8. 

Mendes, Philip. 2003. Australia’s Welfare Wars. The Players, The Politics and the Ideologies. Sydney: 

University of NSW Press. pp.11-49. 

Vale, Brian. 2004. ‘Globalisation and Third World Poverty’. In Political Issues for the 21 st Century, eds. D. 

Morland and M. Cowling. Aldershot: Ashgate. pp.239-256. 

WEEK 9 FEMINISM 1 – 5 MAY 


1. What do all feminists agree on? What ideological issues/premises do they disagree on? 

2. Can men be feminists? Do men and women stand to gain – or lose - from feminism? (specify 

which men and women you are discussing) 

2. How is feminism associated with some of the other ideologies studied in POLS1301 (eg liberalism 

and socialism)? 


Heywood, Andrew. 2003. Political Ideologies. An Introduction, 3rd ed. London: Macmillan. pp. 240-265 


Bordo, Susan. 1995. ‘Reading the Slender Body’. In Feminism and Philosophy. Essential Readings in 

Theory, Reinterpretation, and Application, eds. N. Tuana and T. Tong. Boulder: Westview Press. pp.467- 

485. 

Frye, Marilyn. 1983. The Politics of Reality: Essays in Feminist Theory. New York: Crossing Press. 

‘Oppression’ pp. 1-16. 

WEEK 10 NATIONALISM & MULTICULTURALISM 8-12 MAY 

Key Terms: 

Nationalism, national identity, national imagination, patriotism. 


1. What is the appeal of nationalism? Is nationalism mainly a constructive or destructive force? (In 

Australia? Elsewhere in the world?) 




2. In a multicultural polity is the toleration of minorities and different cultures sufficient? Should all 

cultures be respected (or are some not worthy of this)? 

3. In a multicultural polity should there still be public holidays celebrating the dominant, 

white/British, Christian culture? (like Australia Day, Anzac Day, Christmas and Easter)? 


Heywood, Andrew. 2003. Political Ideologies. An Introduction, 3rd ed. London: Macmillan. pp.66-67 and 

155-187. 

AND in Course Reader: 

Hage, Ghassan. 1998. White Nation. Fantasies of White Supremacy in a Multicultural Society. 

Annandale, NSW: Pluto Press. ‘Good White Nationalists: The Tolerant Society as a “White Nation” 

Fantasy’, pp.78-104.. 

WEEK 11 ECOLOGISM 15 – 19 MAY 


1. What are the major divisions between environmentalists? 

2. What criticisms do environmentalists make of liberalism, socialism and conservatism? 

3. Is it irrational to suggest that economic growth and industrialisation need to be scaled down? 

4. Should non-humans be taken into account in politics? Are all animals equal? 




Lee, Keekok. 1993. ‘To De-Industrialize - Is It So Irrational’. In The Politics of nature. Explorations in 

Green Political Theory, eds. A. Dobson and P. Lucardie. London and NY: Routledge. pp.105-117. 

Singer, Peter. [1974] 1990. ‘All Animals Are Equal’. In Political Theory and Animal Rights, eds. A.B. 

Clarke and A. Linzey. London: Pluto. pp.162-167. 

WEEK 12 RELIGIOUS FUNDAMENTALISM 22 -26 MAY 


1. Is religious fundamentalism anti-modern? (i.e. does it seek to oppose and overturn Enlightenment 

values?) 

2. Are religious fundamentalists just deeply conservative? What do they see wrong with liberalism? 




3. What sort of world do Christian fundamentals want to see? How would major social and political 

institutions operate? (would there still be a parliament? A High Court? Human rights? A state-run 

school system?). What about for Islamists? 

4. Why are people attracted to fundamentalist Christianity? Or Islamism? 




Boroumand, Ladan and Roya Boroumand. 2002. ‘Terror, Islam and Democracy’. Journal of Democracy 

13(2):5-20. 

Power, Rachel. 2004. ‘The Rise and Rise of the Pentecostals’ Arena Magazine 74: 27-31. 

WEEK 13 REVIEW OF THE COURSE 29 MAY – 2 JUNE 



Tutorial Topic: Discussion of exam questions. 




RECOMMENDED READING 

CLASSICAL LIBERALISM 

Arblaster, A. 1984. The Rise and Decline of Western Liberalism Oxford: Blackwell. pp. 237-53. 

Barry, N.P. 1981. ‘Liberty’ in Introduction to Modern Political Theory. London: Macmillan. pp. 157-81. 

Brennan, T. and C. Pateman. 1979. ‘‘Mere Auxiliaries to the Commonwealth’: Women and the Origins of 

Liberalism’. Political Studies 27: 183-200. (Photocopy) 

Coole, D.H. 1988. Women in Political Theory. Brighton: Wheatsheaf. pp. 71-102 and/or pp. 103-32. 

Conway, D. 1995. Classical Liberalism: The Unvanquished Ideal. Basingstoke: Macmillan. 

Cranston, M. 1966. ‘John Locke and Government by Consent’ in D. Thomson. ed. Political Ideas. 

Harmondsworth: Penguin. pp. 67-80. 

Cranston, M. 1967. ‘Liberalism’ in P. Edwards. ed. The Encyclopedia of Philosophy. London: Macmillan. Vol. 

4. pp. 458-61. 

Foucault, M. 1979 Discipline and Punish Harmondsworth Penguin pp.195-231 

Gray, J. 1986. Liberalism. Milton Keynes: Open University Press. 

Gray, J. 2000. The Two Faces of Liberalism Oxford: Polity Press. 

Grimes, A.P. 1976. ‘Conservative Revolution and Liberal Rhetoric: The Declaration of Independence’ Journal 

of Politics 38:1-19. (Photocopy) 

Hobhouse, L.T. 1964. Liberalism. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp.63-73. 

Hayek, F.A. 1978. ‘Liberalism’ in his New Studies in Philosophy, Politics, Economics and the History of 

Ideas. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul. Ch 9. 

Mill, J.S., [1859] 1972. On Liberty. Dent: London. pp.72-85, 112-117. 

Macpherson, C.B. 1962. The Political Theory of Possessive Individualism. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 

Manning, D.J. 1976. Liberalism. London: Dent. 

Pateman, C. 1988. The Sexual Contract. Cambridge: Polity. 

Ryan, A. 1988. ‘Locke on Freedom: Some Second Thoughts’ in K. Haakonssen, ed. Traditions of Liberalism. 

St Leonards: Centre for Independent Studies. 

Ryan, A. 1988. Property and Political Theory. Oxford: Blackwell. Chpts 1 and 4. 

Shanley, M.L. 1979. ‘Marriage contract and Social Contract in Seventeenth Century English Political 

Thought’. Western Political Quarterly 32(1): 79-91. (Photocopy) 

Voegelin, E. 1974 ‘Liberalism and its History’. The Review of Politics 36: 504-520. 

Wollstonecraft, M. [1792] 1975. A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. Harmondsworth: Penguin. 

SOCIAL LIBERALISM 

Anderson, E. 1991. ‘John Stuart Mill and Experiments in Living’. Ethics 102(1): 4-27. 

Berlin, I. 1967. ‘Two Concepts of Liberty’. In his Four Essays on Liberty Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 

141- 52. 

Campbell, C. 1973. ‘Liberalism in Australian History’. Arena 32/33: 92-102. (Photocopy) 

Carritt, E.F. 1967. ‘Liberty and Equality’ in A. Quinton, ed. Political Philosophy. Oxford: Oxford University 

Press. pp. 127-40. 

Crowder, G. 2002. Liberalism and value pluralism London: Continuum. 

Cook, I. 1999. Liberalism in Australia. Melbourne: Oxford University Press. 




Duncan, G. 1969. ‘J.S. Mill and Democracy’. Politics 4:67-83. (Photocopy) 

Duncan, G. 1973. Marx and Mill: Two Views of Social Conflict and Social Harmony. Cambridge: Cambridge 

University Press. Part 3. 

Evans, M. 2001. The Edinburgh companion to contemporary liberalism. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University 

Press. 

Friedman, Richard B. 1966. ‘A New Exploration of Mill’s Essay on Liberty’. Political Studies 14: 281-304. 

Friedman, Milton and Rose. 1980. ‘The Power of the Market’ in their Forced to Choose. A Personal 

Statement. San Diego: Harvest. Pp.9-37. 

Gaus, G.F. 1983. The Modern Liberal Theory of Man. London: Croom Helm. 

Gray, J. 1995. Liberalism (2 nd ed). Milton Keynes: Open University Press. 

Hobhouse, L.T. 1964. Liberalism. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Chs 4, 6, 7 or 8. 

Himmelfarb, G. 1974. On liberty and liberalism: the case of John Stuart Mill. NY: Knopf. 

Hughes, P. 1979. ‘The Reality versus the Ideal: J.S. Mill’s treatment of Women, Workers, and Private 

Property’. Canadian Journal of Political Science 12: 523-42. (Xerox) 

Keekok. 1993. ‘To De-Industrialize - Is It So Irrational’ in A. Dobson and P. Lucardie, eds. The Politics of 

nature. Explorations in Green Political Theory. London and NY: Routledge. pp.105-117. 

Keynes, John Maynard, 1972. ‘Am I a Liberal?’. In his Essays in Persuasion. London: Macmillan, pp. 

295-306. 

Kymlicka, W. 1995. Individual and Collective Rights in Kymlicka, Multicultural Citizenship. A Liberal 

Theory of Minority Rights. Oxford: Clarendon Press pp.34-77. 

Kymlicka W. 2002 ‘Communitarianism’ in Kymlicka, Contemporary Political Philosophy. An Introduction. 

Oxford: Clarendon Press pp. 208-283 


University of NSW Press. pp.11-49. 

MacCullum, Gerald C., 1972. ‘Negative and Positive Freedom’. In Peter Laslett et al., eds, Philosophy, 

Politics and Society. Fourth Series. Oxford: Basil Blackwell. Ch. 8. 

McCloskey, H. J. 1963. ‘Mill’s Liberalism’. Philosophical Quarterly 13: 143-56. (Photocopy) 

McCloskey, H. J. 1986. ‘Mill’s Liberalism’ in D. Muschamp, ed. Political Thinkers. pp. 177-93. 

Nelson, William. 2002. ‘Liberal Theories and Their Critics’ in Robert L. Simon, ed. The Blackwell Guide to 

Social and Political Philosophy. Oxford: Blackwell. pp.197-217. 

Nethercote, J.R. ed. 2001. Liberalism and the Australian Federation. Annandale NSW: Federation Press. 

Okin, S.M. (1979) Women in Western Political Thought. Princeton: Princeton University Press. pp. 197-230. 

Rossi, A.S. ed. 1970. Essays on Sex Equality: John Stuart Mill and Harriet Taylor Mill. Chicago: University of 

Chicago Press. 

Sawer, Marian. 2003. The Ethical State? Social Liberalism in Australia. Carlton, Vic: Melbourne University 

Press. 

Tapper, M. 1986. ‘Can a Feminist be a Liberal?’ Australian Journal of Philosophy Supplement to Vol 64: 37- 

47. 

Watkins, J.W.N. 1969. ‘John Stuart Mill and the Liberty of the Individual’. In D. Thomson, ed. Political 

Ideas. pp. 154-67. 

NEO LIBERALISM & THE NEW RIGHT 

Beilharz, P. and R. Watts. 1986. ‘The Discourse of Laborism’. Arena 77: 96-109. (Photocopy) 

Belsey, A. 1986. ‘The New Right, Social Order and Civil Liberties’. in R. Levitas, The Ideology of the New 

Right. pp. 169-197. 




David, M. 1986. ‘Moral and Maternal: The Family in the Right’. In Ruth Levitas. ed. The Ideology of the 

New Right. Cambridge: Polity. pp. 136-68. 

Edgar, D. 1986. ‘The Free or the Good’. In Ruth Levitas. ed. The Ideology of the New Right. pp. 55-79. 

Friedman, M. 1962. Capitalism and Freedom. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 

Gamble, A. 1986. ‘The Political Economy of Freedom’. in Ruth Levitas. ed. The Ideology of the New Right. 

pp. 25-54. 

Green, D.G. 1987. The New Right. The Counter-Revolution in Political, Economic and Social Thought. 

Brighton: Wheatsheaf. 

Hayek, F.A. 1978. ‘Liberalism’. In his New Studies in Philosophy, Politics, Economics and the History of 

Ideas. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul. 

Levitas, R. 1986. ‘Introduction: Ideology and the New Right’. In her The Ideology of the New Right. pp. 

1-21. 

Friedman, M. and S. 1980. Free to Choose. Harmondsworth: Penguin. 

Macpherson, C.B. 1973. ‘Revisionist Liberalism’. In his Democratic Theory: Essays in Retrieval. Oxford: 

Clarendon Press. Ch.4. 


University of NSW Press. 

Now We The People. 2002. Now We the People: papers from the national conference, July 2001 (‘Uniting 

against economic rationalism & corporate globalisation’). Haymarket, NSW: Now We the People. 

O’Sullivan, N. 1989. ‘The New Right: the Quest for a Civil Philosophy in Europe and America’, in R. 

Eatwell and N. O’Sullivan, eds. The Nature of the Right. London: Pinter, pp. 167-190. 

Reglar, S. 1988. ‘What’s New about the New Right?’ Labor Forum 10(2): 24-7. (Photocopy) 

Ruth, Sheila. 1983. ‘A Feminist Analysis of the New Right’ Women’s Studies International Forum 6(4): 345- 

51. 

Sawer, M. 1982. ‘Philosophical underpinnings of libertarianism in Australia’. in her Australia and the New 

Right. Sydney: Allen and Unwin. pp. 20-37. 

Singer, P. 1983. ‘Individual Rights and the Free Market’. In M. Sawer. ed. Australia and the New Right. pp. 

38-48. 

Smith, B. 1993. ‘Natural Resource Use and Environmental Policy’ in S. King and P. Lloyd, eds. Economic 

Rationalism: Dead End or Way Forward? Sydney: Allen and Unwin. pp.196-215. 

Somerville, Jennifer. 2000. Feminism and the Family: Politics and Society in the UK and USA. Basingstoke: 

Macmillan. See chapter 5 ‘The New Right: Anti-Feminism in Power?’ and chapter 6, ‘The New Right 

Impasse on Family Policy’. 

Stretton, H. 1980. ‘Social Policy: Has the Welfare State all been a Terrible Mistake?’. In G. Evans and J. 

Reeves. eds. Labour Essays 1980. Richmond: Drummond. pp. 19-39. (Photocopy) 

Wright, John. 2003. The Ethics of Economic Rationalism Sydney: University of NSW Press. 

CONSERVATISM 

Allison, L. 1984. Right Principles: A Conservative Philosophy of Politics. Oxford: Blackwell. 

Burke, E. 1969 (and other editions). Reflections on the Revolution in France. Harmondsworth: Penguin. 

Costar, B. 1986. ‘Burke and Conservatism’ in D. Muschamp, ed. Political Thinkers. South Melbourne: 

Macmillan. pp. 138-48. 

Eatwell, R. and O’Sullivan, N. eds. 1989. The Nature of the Right. London: Pinter. 

Eccleshall, R. 1977. ‘English Conservatism as Ideology’. Political Studies 25: 62-83. (Photocopy) 

Honderich, T. 1992. Conservatism. Harmondsworth: Penguin. 




Hayek, F.A. 1960. ‘Why I am not a Conservative’ in his The Constitution of Liberty. London: Routledge and 

Kegan Paul. pp. 397-411. 

Huntington, J.P. 1957. ‘Conservatism as Ideology’ American Political Science Review 51: 454-73. 

(Photocopy) 

Kramnick, I. 1983. ‘The Left and Edmund Burke’. Political Theory 11: 189-214. 

Kukathas, C. 1992. ‘Thoughts on the Causes of the Present Discontents: A Liberal Salve for the 

Conservative Conscience’. Quadrant April: 8-10. (Photocopy) 

Lingard, K.R. 1990. Second Reading speech on the Criminal Code Amendment Bill (Decriminalisation of 

Homosexuality). Queensland Parliamentary Debates, Vol 317, 1990-91, pp.5574-80. 

Manne, R. ed. 1982. The New Conservatism in Australia Melbourne: Oxford University Press. 

Manne, R. 1992. ‘The Future of Conservatism’. Quadrant 36(1/2): 49-55. (Also see J. Stone. 1992. ‘The 

Future of Clear Thinking: A Response to Robert Manne’. Quadrant 36(1/2): 56-62). 

Nisbet, Robert. 1986. Conservatism: dream and reality. Milton Keynes: Open University 

Oakeshott, Michael. [1962] 1975. ‘On Being Conservative’ in Buck, P. ed. How Conservatives Think. 


Oakeshott, Michael [1962} 1981 ‘Rationalism in Politics’ in Rationalism and Politics and other essays 

London: Methuen Press. 

O’Rourke, P.J.1987. Republican Party Reptile. London: Picador. ‘Introduction’. 

O’Sullivan, N. 1976. Conservatism. London: Dent. 

Parkin, C.W. 1969. ‘Burke and the Conservative Tradition’ in D. Thomson, ed. Political Ideas. pp. 118-29. 

Scruton, R. 1980. The Meaning of Conservatism. Harmondsworth: Penguin. 

Smith, P. 1985. ‘Queensland’s Political Culture’ in A. Patience, The Bjelke-Petersen Premiership. Melbourne: 

Longman Cheshire. pp. 17-32. 

Wintrop, N. and Lovell, D. 1983. ‘Varieties of conservative theory’. In N. Wintrop, ed. Liberal Democratic 

theory and its Critics. London: Croom Helm. pp. 133-89. (Photocopy) 

SOCIALISM and MARXISM 

Acton, H.B. 1967. ‘Historical Materialism’. In P. Edwards ed. Encyclopedia of Philosophy Vol. 4 pp. 12-20. 

Avineri, S. 1968. The Social and Political Thought of Karl Marx. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 

Berki, R.N. 1975. Socialism London: Dent. 

Bottomore, T. ed. 1983/84. A Dictionary of Marxist Thought. Oxford: Basil Blackwell. (A useful reference 

text) 

Bottomore, T.B. and M. Rubel, eds. 1963. Karl Marx: Selected Writings in Sociology and Social Philosophy. 


Coole, D.H. 1988. Women in Political Theory. pp. 154-78 and 179-205. 

Derrida, Jacques. 1994. Specters of Marx. London: Routledge. pp3-49. 

Dow, G. and G. Lafferty, eds. 1998. Everlasting Uncertainty. Interrogating the Communist Manifesto 1848- 

1998. Annandale: Pluto. 

Draper, H. 1971. ‘The Principle of Self-Emancipation in Marx and Engels’. In R. Miliband and J. Saville. eds. 

The Socialist Register 1971. London: Merlin. pp. 81-109. (Photocopy) 

Duncan, G. 1973. Marx and Mill. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Part one. 

Evans, M. 1975. Karl Marx. London: Allen and Unwin. 

Fetscher, I. 1966. ‘Marx’s Concretization of the Concept of Freedom’. In E. Fromm. ed. Socialist Humanism. 

New York: Doubleday Anchor. pp. 260-72. (Photocopy) 




Fischer, E. 1973. Marx in his Own Words. Harmondsworth: Penguin. 

Fromm, E. 1966. Marx’s Concept of Man. New York: Frederick Unger. pp. 43-58. 

Gilbert, A. 1980. ‘Marx on Internationalism and War’. In M. Cohen et al. eds. Marx, Justice and History. 

Princeton: Princeton University Press, pp. 185-208. 

Held, D. and A. McGrew. 2002. Globalization/Anti-Globalization. Malden: Blackwell. 

Lenin, V.I. 1917. The State and Revolution (selections) 

Lichtheim, G. 1964. Marxism. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul. 

Marcuse, Herbert. 1964 One Dimensional Man Sphere London pp.9-32. and 194-200. 

McLellan, D. 1982. ‘The Materialistic Concept of History’. In E.J. Hobsbawm, ed. The History of Marxism Vol 

1: Marxism in Marx’s Day. Bloomington: Indiana Press, pp. 29-46. 

Meszaros, I. 1970. Marx’s Theory of Alienation. London: Merlin Press. 

Miller, Richard W. 2002. ‘Marx’s Legacy’ in Robert L. Simon, ed. The Blackwell Guide to Social and Political 

Philosophy. Oxford: Blackwell, pp.131-153. 

Singer, P. 1980. Marx. London: Fontana. pp.1-32. 

Schmitt, Richard. 1997. ‘Capitalism and Exploitation’, Chapter 9 in Schmitt’s Introduction to Marx and 

Engels. A Critical Reconstruction. Boulder: Westview. pp.100-113. 

Suchting, W.A. 1983. Marx: An Introduction. Sussex: Wheatsheaf. 

SOCIALISM – Marxism-Leninism 

Beilharz, P. 1992. Labour’s Utopias. London: Routledge. Ch. 2. 

Blackburn, R. ed. 1991. After the Fall: The Failure of Communism and the Future of Socialism. London: 

Verso. 

Callinicos, A. 1991. The Revenge of History: Marxism and the East European Revolutions. Cambridge: 

Polity. Ch 1. 

Carr, E.H. 1966. The Bolshevik Revolution 1917-1923 Vol. 2 Harmondsworth: Penguin, pp. 238-56. 

Ehrenberg, J.B. 1979. ‘Lenin and the Politics of Organization’. Science and Society 43: 70-86. (Photocopy) 

Luxemburg, R. 1972. The Russian Revolution and Leninism or Marxism Ann Arbor: University of Michigan 

Press, pp. 57-72 and 76-80. 

Reglar, S. and G. Young. 1983. ‘Modern Communist Theory: Lenin and Mao Zedong’. In N. Wintrop. ed. 

Liberal Democratic Theory and its Critics. London: Croom Helm, pp. 252-88. 

SOCIALISM – Social Democracy 

Beilharz, P. 1992. Labour’s Utopias: Bolshevism, Fabianism, Social Democracy. London: Routledge, pp. 51- 

92 or 93-124. 

Callinicos, A. 2001. Against the third way. Cambridge: Polity. 

Castles, Francis. 1987. ‘Australia and Sweden: the politics of economic vulnerability’. Thesis Eleven 16: 

112-121. 

Dow, Geoff. 2005. ‘The great appropriation: political possibilities since 1974’ in Tim Battin (ed.) A 

passion for politics: essays in honour of Graham Maddox. Sydney: Pearson Longman, pp.27-39. 

Dow, Geoff. 1993. ‘What do we know about social democracy?’ Economic and Industrial Democracy 

14(1):11-48. 

Dow, Geoff. 1999. ‘Economic Rationalism versus the community: reflections on social democracy and state 

capacity’. Australian Journal of Social Issues 34(3): 209. (Photocopy) 

Duncan, G. 1985. ‘A Crisis of Social Democracy?’ Parliamentary Affairs 38(3): 267-81. (Photocopy) 




Giddens, A. 1998. The third way: the renewal of social democracy. Malden: Polity Press. 

Giddens, A. 2000. The Third Way and its Critics. Cambridge, UK: Polity. 

Keat, R. 1982. ‘Liberal Rights and Socialism’. In K. Graham. ed. Contemporary Political Philosophy. 

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 59-82. (Photocopy) 

Maddox, G. and Battin, T. 1991. ‘Australian Labor and the Socialist Tradition’. Australian Journal of Political 

Science 26(2): 181-96. (Photocopy) 

Holmwold, John. 2000. ‘Three pillars of welfare state theory: T.H. Marshall, Karl Polanyi and Alva Myrdal 

in defence of the national welfare state’ European Journal of Social Theory vol.3(1), February, pp.23-50. 

Meidner, Rudolf.1993. ‘Why did the Swedish model fail?’ in Ralph Miliband & Leo Panitch (eds) Socialist 

Register 1993: Real problems, false solutions. London: Merlin Press, pp.211-228. 

Miliband, R. 1973. Parliamentary Socialism. London: Merlin. 

Nursey-Bray, P. and C. Bacchi, eds. 2001. Left Directions: is there a third way? Crawley, WA: University of 

Western Australia Press. 

Przeworski, A. 1980. ‘Social Democracy as a Historical Phenomenon’ New Left Review 122: 27-58. 

(Photocopy) 

Przeworski, A. 1985. Capitalism and Social Democracy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 

Slee, R. and G. Stokes. 1983. ‘Social Democratic Theory’. In N. Wintrop. ed. Liberal Democratic Theory and 

its Critics. pp. 305-329. (Photocopy) 

NATIONALISM 

Anderson, B. 1991. Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism. London: 

Verso. pp.187-206. 

Berlin, I. 1979. ‘Nationalism: Past Neglect and Present Power’. Partisan Review. 46: 337-58. (Photocopy) 

Berlin, I. 1991. ‘The bent twig: On the rise of nationalism’. In H. Hardy, ed. The Crooked Timber of 

Humanity. London: Fontana. pp. 238-61. 

Guiberneau M. 1996. Nationalisms. Cambridge: Polity. pp 100-132 

Brass, Paul R. 1993. ‘Elite Competition and Nation-Formation’ in J. Hutchinson and A.D. Smith, eds. 

Nationalism. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp.83-89. 

Cannadine, D. 1986. ‘The British Monarchy and the invention of tradition’ in J. Donald and S. Hall, eds. 

Politics and Ideology. Milton Keynes: Open University Press. pp. 121-37. 

Dunn J. 1993. ‘Nationalism’. In Western Political Theory in the Face of the Future. pp.57-81 

Gellner, E. 1983. Nations and Nationalism. Oxford: Blackwell. 

Hutchinson, J. and A.D. Smith. 2000. Nationalism: critical concepts in political science. London and NY: 

Routledge. 

Kamenka, E. 1973. ‘Political Nationalism: The Evolution of an Idea’. in his Nationalism: The Nature and 

Evolution of an Idea. Canberra: ANU Press. (Photocopy) 

Kedourie E. 1961 Nationalism. London: Hutchinson. pp .9-51 

Kohn, H. 1965. Nationalism, Its Meaning and History. New Jersey: Van Nostrand. 

Kukathas, C. 1993. ‘Multiculturalism and the idea of an Australian identity’. In Multicultural Citizens: The 

Philosophy and Politics of Identity. Sydney: Centre for Independent Studies, pp. 143-57. 

Kymlicka, Will. 2001. Politics in the Vernacular: Nationalism, Multiculturalism and Citizenship. Oxford, UK: 

Oxford University Press. 

Lake, M. 1992. ‘Mission Impossible: How Men Gave Birth to the Australian Nation: Nationalism, Gender 

and Other Seminal Acts’. Gender and History 4(3): 305-22. 

Mayer, T. 2000. Gender Ironies of Nationalism: Sexing the Nation. London and New York: Routledge. 




Nicoll, Fiona J. 2001. From Diggers to Drag Queens: Configurations of Australian National Identity. Sydney: 

Pluto Press. 

Nimni, E. 1991. Marxism and Nationalism. London: Pluto. 

Smith, A.D. 1979. Nationalism in the Twentieth Century. Canberra: ANU Press. pp. 1-14, or 115-49. 

Smith, A.D. 1991. National Identity. Harmondsworth: Penguin. Ch.1 or ch.4. 

DEMOCRACY 

Ackerly, Brooke A. 2005. ‘Is Liberalism the Only Way Toward Democracy. Confucianism and Democracy’ 

Political Theory 33(4): 547-576. 

Arblaster, Anthony. 2002. Democracy, 3rd ed. Buckingham: Open University Press. 

Axtmann, Roland, ed. 2003. Understanding Democratic Politics: An Introduction. London, Sage. 

Beitz, Charles. 1989. Political Equality: An Essay in Democratic Theory. Princeton: Princeton University 

Press. 

Bell, Daniel. 2000. East Meets West: Human Rights and Democracy in East Asia. New Jersey: Princeton 

University Press. ‘Democratic Rights: On the Importance of Local Knowledge’, pp. 106-172. 

Cammack, Paul. 1985. ‘Democratisation: A Review of the Issues’. Bulletin of Latin American Research 

4(2): 39-46. 

Dunn, John. 1979. Western Political Theory in the Face of the Future. Cambridge, Cambridge University 

Press. pp. 1-28. 

Graham, Keith. 1986. The Battle of Democracy, Conflict, Consensus and the Individual. Brighton, 

Wheatsheaf. 

Held, David. 1996. Models of Democracy. Cambridge: Cambridge Polity Press. pp. 1-10. 

Held, David. 1997. ‘At the Limits of Political Possibility: The Cosmopolitan Democratic Project’. New Left 

Review (225): 140-150. 

Hirst, Paul. 1990. Representative Democracy and its Limits. Cambridge, Polity Press. 

Kymlicka W. 1995. Multicultural Citizenship Oxford: Clarendon Press. ‘Individual and Collective Rights’, 

pp. 34-77 

Leftwich, Adrian, ed. 1996. Democracy and Development: Theory and Practice. Cambridge, Polity Press. 

Levine, Andrew. 1989. Liberal Democracy: A Critique of its Theory. Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms 

International. 

Markoff, John. 1996. Waves of Democracy: Social Movements and Political Change. Thousand Oaks, 

CA: Pine Forge Press. 

Mouffe, Chantal. 1992. Dimensions of Radical Democracy: Pluralism, Citizenship, Community. London: 

Verso. 

Pateman, Carole. 1970. Participation and Democratic Theory. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 

pp. 1-22, 103-111. 

Phillips A. 1995. Politics of Presence. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp.1-25 

Sartori, Giovanni. 1973. Democratic Theory. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. 

Saward, M. 2003. Democracy. Cambridge: Polity. 

Sen, Amartya. 1999. ‘Democracy as a Universal Value’. Journal of Democracy 10(3): 3-17. 

Stokes, G. 2002. ‘Australian Democracy and Indigenous Self-determination 1901-2001’. In Australia 

Reshaped. Essays on Two Hundred Years of Institutional Transformation, eds. G. Brennan and F. Castles. 

Melbourne: Cambridge University Press. pp.181-219. 

Therborn, Goran. 1977. ‘The Rule of Capital and the Rise of Democracy’. New Left Review 103: 1-41. 




There are a number of theory journals (hard copies and on-line) that address democracy, including 

Ethnicities, Ethics, The Journal of Political Philosophy, Philosophy & Social Criticism, Constellations, 

Philosophy & Public Affairs, Theory, Culture & Society, Politics, Political Studies, Political Theory. 

ANARCHISM 

Burgmann, V. 1986. ‘One Hundred Years of Anarchism’ Arena 74: 104-14. (Photocopy). 

Carter, A. 1971. The Political Theory of Anarchism. New York: Harper and Row. 

Ferguson, K. 1978. ‘Liberalism and Oppression: Emma Goldman and the anarchist alternative’. In Liberalism 

and the Modern Polity, ed. M.J. McGrath. New York: Marcel Dekker. pp. 93-118. 

George, G. 1982. ‘Social Alternatives and the State: Some Lessons of the Spanish Revolution’. Social 

Alternatives 2(3): 30-44. (Photocopy). 

Gibson, Tony. 1966. ‘A Psychological Basis of Freedom for Youth’. In Patterns of Anarchy, eds. L.I. 

Krimerman and L. Perry. New York: Anchor Books. pp.436-444. 

Miller, D. 1984. Anarchism. London: Dent. 

Morland, David. 1997. Demanding the Impossible? Human Nature and politics in 19 th century social 

anarchism. London: Cassell. 

Purchase, G. 1997. Anarchism and Ecology. Montreal: Black Rose Books. 

Purkis, J. and James Bowen. 1997. Twentieth Century Anarchism: unorthodox ideas for a new millennium. 

London: Cassell. 

Rushton, P.J. 1972. ‘The Revolutionary Ideology of the Industrial Workers of the World’. Historical Studies 

15: 424-46. (Photocopy). 

Stokes, G. 1983. ‘The New Left and Counter Culture’. In Liberal Democratic Theory and Its Critics, ed. N. 

Wintrop. pp. 444-62. (Photocopy) 

Thoreau, H. D. [1863] 1964. ‘Civil Disobedience’. In The Anarchists, ed. I. Horowitz. pp. 311-21. Also in 

other editions. (Photocopy). 

Woodcock, G. 1967. ‘Anarchism’. In Encyclopedia of Philosophy, ed. P. Edwards. pp. 111-15. 

Woodcock, G. ed. 1977. The Anarchist Reader. London: Fontana. 

TOTALITARIANIM - FASCISM 

Ben Ghiat, R. 1996. ‘Italian Fascism and the aesthetics of the Third Way’. Journal of Contemporary 

History 31: 293-316. 

Holborn, H. 1964. ‘Origins and Political Character of Nazi Ideology’. Political Science Quarterly 79: 542-54. 

(Photocopy). 

Hurst, M. 1968. ‘What is Fascism?’ The Historical Journal 2:165-85. (Photocopy) 

Griffin, R. ed. 1995. Fascism. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 

Laqueur, W. ed. 1979. Fascism: A Readers Guide. Harmondsworth: Penguin. 

Levi, Primo. 1959. If This is a Man. London: Orion. 

Neocleous, M. 1997. Fascism. Buckingham, UK: Open University Press. 

O’Sullivan, N. 1987. Fascism. London: Dent. pp.7-71 

Schapiro, L. 1972. Totalitarianism. London: Pall Mall Press. 

Talmon, J.L. 1952. The Origins of Totalitarian Democracy. London: Secker and Warburg. pp.1-35 

Theweleit, K. 1987. Male Fantasies. Vol 1. Women, Floods, Bodies, History. Minneapolis: University of 

Minnesota Press. 

Wilford, Rick. 1984. ‘Fascism’. In Political Ideologies: An Introduction, ed. R. Eccleshall. pp. 217-246. 




Vajda, M. 1972. ‘Crisis and the way out: the rise of fascism in Italy and Germany’. Telos 12: 3-26. 

(Photocopy). 

FEMINISM 

Allen, J. 1983. ‘Marxism and the Man Question...’. In Beyond Marxism, eds. J. Allen and P. Patton. Sydney: 

Intervention. pp. 91-112. (Photocopy). 

Bhavnani, K. 2001. Feminism and “Race”. Oxford, UK: Oxford Uni Press. 

Brittan, Arthur. 1989. Masculinity and Power. Oxford: Basil Blackwell. ‘Men, Reason and Crisis’, pp. 178- 

204. 

Burgmann, Verity. 1993. Power and Protest. Movements for Change in Australian Society. Chapter 2. 

Sydney: Allen and Unwin. 

Connell, R.W. 1988. Gender and Power: Society, the Person and Sexual Politics. Sydney: Allen and Unwin. 

Ch. 11 ‘Sexual Ideology’. 

Coole, D.H. 1986. ‘Re-reading political theory from a woman’s perspective’. Political Studies 34(1): 129-48. 

(Photocopy). 

Coole, D.H. 1988. Women in Political Theory. pp. 234-77. 

Francis, Babette. 1987. ‘Feminism: The Six Frauds’. Quadrant: 87-89. 

Frazer, E. and N. Lacey. 1993. The Politics of Community. A Feminist Critique of the Liberal-Communitarian 

Debate. Hemel Hempstead, UK: Harvester Wheatsheaf. 

Grosz, E. 1986. ‘What is Feminist Theory?’. In Feminist Challenges: Social and Political Theory, eds. C. 

Pateman and E. Grosz. Sydney: Allen and Unwin. pp. 195-204. 

Held, Virginia. 2002. ‘Feminism and Political Theory’. In The Blackwell Guide to Social and Political 

Philosophy, ed. R. Simon. Oxford: Blackwell. pp.154-176. 

Crowley, Helen and Susan Himmelweit, eds. 1992. Knowing Women. Feminism and Knowledge. 

Cambridge: Polity. pp.355-369. 

Jackson, K. 1989. ‘And Justice for All? Human Nature and the Feminist Critique of Liberalism’. In Women 

and a New Academy: Gender and Cultural Contexts, J. O’Barr. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press. 

Jaggar, A. 1983. Feminist Politics and Human Nature. Brighton: Wheatsheaf. 

Levine, L. 1984. ‘The Limits of Feminism’. Social Analysis 15: 11-19. 

Madison, Sarah. 2004. ‘Young Women in the Australian Women’s Movement’. International Feminist Journal 

of Politics 6(2): 234-256. 

Moreton-Robinson A. 2000. Talkin’ Up to the White Woman. St Lucia: University of Queensland Press. 

Okin, Susan M. 1979. Women In Western Political Thought. Princeton: Princeton University Press. 

Pateman , Carol 1997 The Sexual Contract Cambridge Polity pp.1-37 

Seidler, Cass R. 1990. ‘Men, Feminism and Power’. In Me, Masculinities and Social Theory, eds. J. Hearn 

and D. Morgan. London: Unwin Hyman. pp. 215-28. 

Stavropoulos, Pam. 1990. ‘Conservative Intellectuals and Feminism: The Australian Case’. Australian 

Journal of Political Science 25: 218-227. 

Sullivan, B. 1990. ‘Sex Equality and the Australian Body Politic’. In Playing the State: Australian Feminist 

Interventions, ed. S. Watson. Sydney: Allen & Unwin, pp. 173-89. 

Tong, R. 1989. Feminist Thought: A Comprehensive Introduction. Boulder: Westview Press. 

MULTICULTURALISM 

Barry, Brian. 2001. Culture and Equality. An Egalitarian Critique of Multiculturalism. Cambridge: Polity. 

(Critique of Parekh). 




Baumann, Gerd. 1999. The Multicultural Riddle: rethinking national, ethnic and religious identities. New 

York: Routledge. 

Galligan, Brian and Winsome Roberts. 2003. ‘Australian Multiculturalism: It’s Rise and Demise’. Refereed 

paper presented to the Australasian Political Studies Association, Hobart 29 September- 1 Oct 2003. 

Available online at http://www.utas.edu.au/government/APSA/GalliganRoberts.pdf. 

Hage, Ghassan. 1998. White Nation. Fantasies of White Supremacy in a Multicultural Society. 

Annandale(NSW): Pluto Press. pp.78-104. 

Hage, Ghassan. 2003. Against Paranoid Nationalism. Searching for Hope in a Shrinking Society. 

Annandale, NSW: Pluto. 

Hardgrave, Gary. 2003. ‘National Press Club Speech, Wed 23 July 2003: Twenty-five years of 

Multiculturalism’. At http://www.minister.immi.gov.au/cam/media/speeches/pressclub_220703.htm. 

Hefner, Robert W. ed. 2001. The Politics of Multiculturalism: Pluralism and citizenship in Malaysia, 

Singapore and Indonesia. Honolulu: University of Hawaii. 

Kelly, Paul. 2002. Muticulturalism Reconsidered. ‘Culture and Equality’ and its Critics. Cambridge: Polity. 

(Reply to Barry 2001). 

Kukathas, Chandran. 2003. The Liberal Archipelago. A Theory of Diversity and Freedom. Oxford: Oxford 

University press. 

Kymlicka, Will. 2001. Politics in the Vernacular: Nationalism, Multiculturalism and Citizenship. Oxford: 

Oxford University Press. 

Kymlicka, Will. 1995. Multicultural Citizenship. A Liberal Theory of Minority Rights. Oxford: Oxford 

University press. 

Kivisto, Peter. 2002. Multiculturalism in a Global Society. Oxford: Blackwell. 

Okin, Susan M. 1999. Is Multiculturalism Bad for Women? Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. 

Parekh, Bhikhu. 2000. Rethinking Multiculturalism. Cultural Diversity and Political Theory. London: 

Macmillan. 

Parekh, Bhikhu. 2000. (Runneymede Trust. Commission on the Future of a Multi-Ethnic Britain) Report 

of the Future of Multi-Ethnic Britain. London: Profile Books. 

Shachar, Ayalet. 2001. Multicultural Jurisdictions. Cultural Differences and Women’s Rights. Cambridge: 

Cambridge University Press. 

Spinner-Halev Jeff. 2001. ‘Feminism, Multiculturalism, Oppression and the State’ Ethics 112(1):84-113 

Tully, James. 1995. Strange Multiplicity. Constitutionalism in an Age of Diversity. Cambridge: Cambridge 

University Press. pp.1-29. 

Vasta, Ellie and Stephen Castles, eds. 1996. The Teeth Are Smiling: The persistence of racism in 

multicultural Australia. St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin. 

ECOLOGISM 

Bernstein, S. F. 2001. The compromise of liberal environmentalism. New York: Columbia University Press. 

Bookchin, M. 1980. Toward an Ecological Society. Montreal: Black Rose. 

Bookchin, M. 1982. ‘An Open Letter to the Ecological Movement’. Social Alternatives 2(3): 13-16. 

Carter, N. 2001. The Politics of the Environment: Ideas, Activism, Policy. Cambridge: Cambridge 

University Press. Chapters 1-2. 

Carson, R. 1965. Silent Spring. Harmondsworth: Penguin. Chapters 2-3, pp. 23-49. 

Dryzek, J. 1997. The Politics of the Earth. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Chapters 9-10. 

Eckersley, R. 1992. Environmentalism and Political Theory: Toward an Eco-centric Approach. London: 

UCL Press. Chapters 6-7. 




Fairweather, N. Ben et al. 1999. Environmental Futures. New York: St Martins Press. 

Goodin, R. 1992. Green Political Theory. Cambridge: Polity Press. 

Owen, D. 1974. What is Ecology? London: Oxford University Press. Chapter 1 

Porritt, J. 1984. Seeing Green. Oxford, Basil Blackwell. pp. 115-214. 

Pepper, D. et al., eds. 2003. Environmentalism: critical concepts. London: Routledge. 

Spowers, R. 2002. Rising tides: a history of the environmental revolution and visions for an ecological age. 

Edinburgh: Canongate. 

Wall, D. ed. 1993. Green History: A Reader in Environmental Literature, Philosophy and Politics. 

London, Routledge. 

Wells, D. 1993. ‘Green Politics and Environmental Ethics: A Defence of Human Welfare Ecology.’ Australian 

Journal of Political Science 28(3): 515-27. 

FUNDAMENTALISM 

Boroumand, Ladan and Roya Boroumand. 2002. ‘Terror, Islam and Democracy’. Journal of Democracy 

13(2): 5-20. 

Gerami, S. 1996. Women and Fundamentalism: Islam and Christianity. New York: Garland Publishing. 

Howland, Courtney W. ed. 1999. Religious Fundamentalisms and the Human Rights of Women. New 

York: St Martin’s Press. 

Hage, Ghassan. 2001. ‘The Politics of Australian Fundamentalism. Reflections on the Rule of Ayatollah 

Johnny’. Arena Magazine 27-31. 

Parekh, B. ‘The Concept of Fundamentalism’. In The End of ‘isms’? Reflections on the Fate of Ideological 

Politics After Communism’s Collapse, ed. A. Shtromas. Oxford: Balckwell. 

Saikal, A. 2000. ‘Islam and the West’. In Contending Images of World Politics, eds. G. Fry and J. O’Hagan. 

NY: St Martin’s Press. 

Sayyid, Bobby S. 1997. A Fundamental Fear. Eurocentrism and the Emergence of Islamism. London: Zed. 

Shadid, A. 2001. Legacy of the prophet: despots, democrats and the new politics of Islam. Boulder: 

Westview Press. 

Tibi, B. 2002. The Challenge of Fundamentalism: political islam and the new world disorder. Berkeley: 

University of California Press. 




STAYING IN TOUCH 

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boards) to facilitate effective communication within the School community. The following are 

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students. It is a great place to exchange ideas and information relating to research projects and 

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FEEDBACK 

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International Studies and believe that feedback from students is one of our most valuable sources of 

information. In the past, student feedback has been used to aid course development and teaching 

delivery. 

Towards the end of each semester you may be asked to complete a short paper-based survey about 

this course (iCEVAL). Students in first or final years, in second semester, you will be sent an online 

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We ask that you make the most of these opportunities to have your say about your teaching and 

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HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT AN INTERNSHIP? 

POLS3801 provides an opportunity for undergraduate students to undertake an internship based on a 

mutually agreed partnership between a student and an external organisation. The student agrees to 

carry out a research project on a topic or issue of direct interest to the external organisation. In 

return, the organisation agrees to provide the support necessary for the project to be completed 

within a definite time-frame and with a time commitment commensurate with undergraduate 

coursework of #2 units over a standard semester. Supervision is provided by an academic staff 

member from the School. 

Established internship partners include members of federal and state parliaments and a number of 

other national and international, government and non-government agencies. POLS3801 is a 

competitive entry course and the availability of internships is limited. Applicants will be awarded 

places on academic merit taking into consideration their GPA based on two years equivalent full time 

study and any work experience which may be relevant. Preference is given to students completing a 

relevant major within the School of Political Science and International Studies (Political Science, 

International Relations, Peace and Conflict Studies or Governance and Public Policy). 

The deadlines for applications for internships are 31 January for Semester 1, 30 June for Semester 2 

and 1 October for Summer Semester. More information is available from the School’s website at 

www.polsis.uq.edu.au/internships or please contact: 

Ms Tricia Rooney 

Internship Coordinator 

Phone: 3365 2054 

Email: tricia.rooney@uq.edu.au 

HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT HONOURS? 

The Honours program fosters the development of independent research skills and provides students 

with the opportunity to acquire specialised knowledge of a topic or policy area of their choice. An 

Honours degree is an important qualification for both career advancement and postgraduate study. 

An Honours degree is a vital credential for those seeking graduate employment in the public and 

private sectors. Honours graduates from the School of Political Science and International Studies 

presently work for many key government offices, including Foreign Affairs & Trade, Prime Minister & 

Cabinet, Treasury and Defence. Honours is also a necessary step for those who wish to pursue an 

academic career and want to undertake a research degree such as the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD). 

Honours graduates from the School currently hold senior academic positions in Australian, North 

American and European universities. 

The Honours program is only available to students with outstanding undergraduate results and who 

have completed a Bachelor of Arts (BA) or a relevant dual degree with a substantial focus on Politics 

or International Relations and, in these courses, achieved a GPA of 5.0 or better. The School presently 

does not have a quota on the number of Honours students it can accept, so all applicants who meet 

the entry requirements are offered a place. Applications are due by 30 November for semester 1 and 

by 30 May for those seeking to commence Honours in semester 2. 

More information is available from the School’s website www.uq.edu.au/polsis. Please address 

enquiries concerning the Honours programs in Political Science and International Relations to: 

Dr Barbara Sullivan 

Honours Coordinator 

Phone: 3365 7014 

Email: barbara.sullivan@uq.edu.au

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