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Part Three – Postgraduate Units of StudyIRPG844 The Asian-Pacific Region andAustralia4 pg cpThis unit studies the international relations of Australia inthe Asian-Pacific region, focusing on government policyin foreign, security and economic policy but also includingthe interactions of NGOs and individual Australianswith the global system in such issues as disarmament, theenvironment, human rights, foreign aid and labour conditions.Australia’s bilateral and multilateral relations willalso be considered.IRPG845 International Institutions4 pg cpThis unit provides a study of the role of internationalinstitutions, such as the UN Security Council and WorldHealth Organisation, IMP and World Bank, in the contextof world order and the management and regulation ofrelations between states and other global actors.Particular attention is given to the UN system, to peacekeepingand global economic managementIRPG846 Research Project8 pg cpA substantial research project of at least 12,000–15,000words on an approved topic.IRPG848 International OrganisationalAnalysis4 pg cpOrganisation as a form of technology has long beenrecognised as a constituent element of modern politicsand classical theories of organisation have alwaysinformed our understanding of how international institutionswork. In the new information era, new theories andforms of organisation are emerging. This unit examinesthe implications of these theories for international institutions.IRPG849 International Political Economy4 pg cpThe ascendancy of international political economy (IPE)within the disciplinary umbrella of international relations(IR) has reflected both global processes and a belief thatto understand international order more fully, one woulddo well to integrate an understanding of economic powerwielded by both state and non-state actors. This is anadvanced IPE unit examining power, change and inequalityin the global political economy. In addition to theperennial debates, current issues in the political economyof international relations are also addressed. This offersan opportunity to review both the major interpretive traditionsin IR as well as more recent theoretical developments.IRPG854 Conflict in the Pacific4 pg cpThis course examines the security issues—external andinternal, political and economic—in the Pacific islands,including Papua New Guinea, West Papua, The SolomonIslands, Fiji, East Timor and New Caledonia.IRPG855 Globalisation, Development andNation State-Building in Africa4 pg cpGlobalisation poses special challenges for African developmentand state-building. The history of African stateshas been very turbulent in the postcolonial period: inmany, the capacity of the state to govern has been questioned.This unit examines globalisation and developmentdebates, focusing on South Africa’s relations withAfrica and the rest of the world.LAW860 Transnational EnvironmentalLaw4 pg cpThis unit examines the sources and obligations of internationallaw in relation to the environment and their connectionwith municipal laws, related inter-governmentalorganisations and non-government organisations. It concentrateson the major international environmentaldebates being addressed at the present time, includingsuch issues as the greenhouse effect, ozone depletion,biodiversity, ocean pollution and sustainable development.LIT801 Nineteenth Century Literature4 pg cpThis unit considers the fiction, prose and poetry of thenineteenth century. Literary and cultural issues areaddressed through critical analysis of the work of representativewriters.LIT802 Shakespeare and the Renaissance4 pg cpThis unit studies poems and plays by Shakespeare andother writers of the English Renaissance in relation tonotions of gender, sexuality, subjectivity and power. Thetexts are considered in the context of the unorthodox, theheretical and the alien.LIT803 Literary Discourse4 pg cpThis unit examines the use of language in literary texts. Itsurveys attitudes to the language of literature andexplores distinctions between literary and non-literaryuses of language. Assessment includes a number of briefpractical exercises.LIT804 Twentieth Century Literature4 pg cpThis unit considers the development of modernist andcontemporary literature. Literary and cultural issues areaddressed through critical analysis of the work of representativewriters.277