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The United States and Changing Global Orders - GLST2103
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Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
 
 
School:  Dept of Spanish & Latin Amer
 
 
Course Outline: http://www.arts.unsw.edu.au/
 
 
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 program, 36 units of credit
 
 
Equivalent: HIST2510, SPAN2431
 
 
Fee Band: 1 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

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.

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