coursemapLoading course
School of Politics and International Relations · ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
This course addresses three questions. Who is a refugee? What compels refugees to leave their homes? And how should governments and communities respond to them? In answering the first question we will explore recent examples of asylum seeking, state building and international law. In answering the second question we will look at the impacts of globalisation, war, persecution, poverty and environmental change on people flows. In answering the third question we will assess border protection, international organisations, and refugee advocacy. The interaction of concepts and case studies will illuminate the dynamics of political belonging and exclusion in international relations.
130 hours of total student learning time made up from: a) 35 hours of contact over 12 weeks: 24 hours of lectures and 11 hours of tutorials; and b) 95 hours of independent student research, reading and writing.