Honours Theses and Postgraduate Coursework: Recent submissions
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Seas of Change - The Effects of China's Naval Modernisation on Southeast Asia.
Published 2011-01-01China‘s naval modernisation and assertiveness in the South China Seas (SCS) is causing major concerns for Southeast Asia. While substantial scholarship documents how Southeast Asian states have employed a ‗hedging‘ strategy, ...Open AccessThesis -
Political Parties and Australia’s Migration Program, 1972-2010: A Partisan Difference?
Published 2011-01-01This thesis examines the historical relationship between political parties and Australia’s permanent migration program. Whilst the existing empirical literature has often compared the decisions of specific, consecutive ...Open AccessThesis -
Lebanon: The Cycle of Death
Published 2011-01-01This essay addresses the fact that as most countries in the Middle East have managed to protect themselves from external interference, why does Lebanon continue to be a target for intervention. Since the regional elements ...Open AccessThesis -
Contemporary Russian Identity and the Soviet Union: Continuity and Confrontation
Published 2011-01-01Over the two decades since the fall of the Soviet Union, Russian society has continued to rely upon Soviet history for national pride and identification. Critics have voiced concerns over this reliance, arguing that the ...Open AccessThesis -
The Politics of Nostalgia and Its Discontents: An Intensive Case Study of the Tea Party Social Movement in the United States of America
Published 2011-01-01The focus of the thesis is an intensive case study of the processes accompanying the mobilisation and growth of the social movement known as the Tea Party in the United States of America. The thesis is grounded in an ...Open AccessThesis