POLIS 1103 - Justice, Liberty, Democracy: Debates & Directions

North Terrace Campus - Semester 2 - 2015

Do you want to better understand what is at stake when people debate the question of what is a good society? Do you want to have a deeper knowledge of why people disagree about how society should be organised? A number of key concepts within socio-political thinking are very widely employed not only in the work of a range of scholars and other analysts but by media commentators, politicians and public policymakers. Such concepts are crucial to understanding what is going on in public debates on notions as varied as human nature, power, individual freedom, national identity, censorship, human rights, equality, social justice and group marginalisation, community, citizenship, work/life dilemmas, colonialism, civil liberties and social protest, amongst many others. However, even though these concepts underlie important public debates, they are often poorly understood. This course will analyse the theoretical underpinnings of a liberal-democratic society such as Australia, seeking to develop an understanding of key concepts, both in themselves and in their relation to each other. The aim of this course is to enable students to better understand the basis of public debates, and hence be able to reflect upon their own views, by gaining a grounding in the major terms employed in socio-political thought today.

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Course Details

Course Code	POLIS 1103
Course	Justice, Liberty, Democracy: Debates & Directions
Coordinating Unit	Politics and International Relations
Term	Semester 2
Level	Undergraduate
Location/s	North Terrace Campus
Units	3
Contact	3 hours per week
Available for Study Abroad and Exchange	Y
Incompatible	POLI 1103, POLI 1104
Assessment	Course participation (10%), Tutorial Workbook (40%), Essay [or default Exam] (50%)

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Course Coordinator: Dr Jonathon Louth

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M10 (Coursework Mark Scheme)
Grade	Mark	Description
FNS		Fail No Submission
F	1-49	Fail
P	50-64	Pass
C	65-74	Credit
D	75-84	Distinction
HD	85-100	High Distinction
CN		Continuing
NFE		No Formal Examination
RP		Result Pending

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