PL5003 - Governance, Democratisation and the State

[Offered in even-numbered years]

Credit points:	03
Year:	2010
Student Contribution Band:	Band 1
Administered by:	School of Arts & Social Sciences

No individual can escape the state -- but how pervasive is it? What relationships pertain between the state, globalisation, democratisation and governance? In this subject we: examine the development of the modern state, state power and competing modern state theories; discuss the role of the state in the economy and its relationship with civil society in both advanced industrial countries and countries in the developing world; study the relationship between state power, democratisation and globalisation; and consider those issues of governance which in recent years have gained prominence in the reform agenda promoted by such international bodies as the United Nations, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

Learning Outcomes

• enable students to conceptualise the state and to identify various forms and functions of the state;
• enhance students skills appropriate to analysing politics and public policy;
• equip students with more advanced skills in comparative politics.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments;
• The ability to adapt knowledge to new situations;
• The ability to define and to solve problems in at least one discipline area;
• The ability to speak and write logically, clearly and creatively;
• A coherent and disciplined body of skills, knowledge, values and professional ethics in at least one discipline area;
• The ability to learn independently and in a self-directed manner;
• A commitment to lifelong learning and intellectual development.

Inadmissible Subject Combinations:

PL2003 and PL3003

Availabilities
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 26-Aug-2010
Coord/Lect:	Dr Surin Maisrikrod.
Contact hours:	26 hours lectures 10 hours tutorials
Assessment:	end of semester exam (40%); presentations (10%); essays (50%).
External, Study Period 2
Census Date 26-Aug-2010
Coord/Lect:	Dr Surin Maisrikrod.
Contact hours:	26 hours lectures 10 hours tutorials
Method of Delivery:	and WWW - LearnJCU and OtherPrinted materials
Assessment:	end of semester exam (40%); presentations (10%); essays (50%).
Cairns, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 26-Aug-2010
Coord/Lect:	Dr Surin Maisrikrod.
Contact hours:	26 hours lectures 10 hours tutorials
Assessment:	end of semester exam (40%); tutorial attendance and participation (10%); essays (50%).

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.