100 Level Papers

POLS101 Political Philosophy - Basic Problems

Dr Lam (18pts 2nd semester)

Selected thinkers from Plato to the present. Three problems are looked at: whether reason can justify humane ideals, whether politics is natural, and individual liberty versus other goods.

POLS102 New Zealand Politics – Introduction

Drs Hayward & Edwards (18pts 1st semester)

The study of institutions and processes of the New Zealand political system. The course focuses on the formal structure of government, political parties and interest groups, the citizen and political participation, and theoretical perspectives.

POLS103 International Politics – Asia Pacific

Dr Tan (18pts 2nd semester)

This course provides a broad overview of the international politics of the Asia-Pacific from the encounter between the East and the West during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries to the rise of China and the dramatic political and economic changes of a post-Cold War world. It examines the trends, patterns and issues that drive the relations between states in one of the most important and dynamic regions of the world, and therefore, the prospects for war and peace, economic development and environmental co-operation.

POLS104 International Relations – Introduction

Prof Taylor and Prof Nel (18pts 1st semester)

Key elements of modern international relations. Origins and dynamics of the Cold War system, regional developments, the emerging post-Cold War world, perennial international issues and contending analytical perspectives.