The United States and Changing Global Orders - GLST2103

   
   
 
Contact: Bell,Roger John
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.125 (more info)
 
 
Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: Enrolment in International Studies or International Studies/Law programs, 36 units of credit; Excluded: HIST2510, SPAN2431
 
 
Session Offered: See Class Timetable
 
 
Fee Band: 1 (more info)
 
 

Description


Examines the role of the USA in the world in the context of the history of changing global orders. Drawing on diplomatic history, international history, international relations, international political economy, and social and cultural history, the main themes include: westward expansion, 'Manifest Destiny', theories of imperialism, US-Soviet rivalry, and debates about globalisation and the character and future of the contemporary global order centred on the USA.