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Course description

This course provides the foundation for future study in Political Science. It provides a grounding in the key political ideas that form the basis for political debate, discourse and decision making globally. Students will understand the (often implicit) basis for political arguments, which will empower them to engage as active citizens in the world. The course provides an introductory study of key political ideas in the world today including liberalism, conservatism, nationalism, religious fundamentalism, socialism, multiculturalism, ecologism and Indigenous political thought.

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