Politics Honours
Dr. Remy Davison
Rm. W1105, Menzies Building, Clayton
03 9905 9432
Remy.Davison@monash.edu
Dr Michael Ure
Rm. H5.41, H Building, Caulfield
03 9903 4588
Michael.Ure@monash.edu
Thesis
Students complete the following compulsory units:
- ATS4923 PSI Honours Thesis (full-time candidates); or
- ATS4925 PSI Honours Thesis A and ATS4926 PSI Honours Thesis B (part-time candidates)
Coursework
Students complete the following compulsory unit:
- ATS4924 PSI Honours Seminar
Plus one of the following elective units:
- ATS4843 Fringe Politics and extremist violence: An introduction to terrorism
- ATS4324 Advanced Seminar in International Political Economy (not offered in 2011)
- ATS4333 Australian National Government
- ATS4328 Grand Theories of Politics
Any 12 point, fourth year level unit offered in the School of Political & Social Inquiry and approved by the Politics Honours Coordinator
Allocation of supervisors
Applicants are required to submit a short proposal (500 words) of their thesis topic to the Program Honours Coordinator at the time of applying for the Honours program. Applicants are encouraged to contact potential thesis supervisors either prior to, or soon after lodging their proposal.
Staff and their areas of research
Prof. Greg Barton (Greg.Barton@monash.edu) – Indonesian social movements, politics and religion; Islamic thought; Islam in Turkey.
Dr. Irfan Ahmad (Irfan.Ahmad@monash.edu) – South Asia, Islam and Muslims in India.
Assoc. Prof. Susan Blackburn (Susan.Blackburn@monash.edu) – Indonesian history and politics; the Indonesian women’s movement; foreign aid.
Dr. Andy Butfoy (Andy.Butfoy@monash.edu) – The evolving political, strategic and conceptual framework for arms control; the role of nuclear weapons in international relations; and the relationship between US power and world order.
Dr. Remy Davison (Remy.Davison@monash.edu) – International relations theory; foreign policies of the major powers; international security; international political economy; European Union economics; the government and politics of the EU.
Dr. Nick Economou (Nick.Economou@monash.edu) – Australian politics, with particular emphasis on the politics of Australian environmentalism, the politics of federal and state elections and the politics of Australian public policy-making.
Dr. Michael Janover (Michael.Janover@monash.edu) – Political theory; the symbolic and cultural frameworks in which political ideas and images are developed; ideas drawn from morality, art and science,and political thinking and action.
Dr. Sayed Khatab (Sayed.Khatab@monash.edu) – Middle East, Islamic political thought, fundamentalism, theory of government, Islamic law and politics, Democracy in Islam, human rights, and counter-terrorism related issues.
Dr. Pete Lentini (Pete.Lentini@monash.edu) – Contemporary Russian and post-Soviet politics, the politics of extremism, terrorism and political violence, and identity and media politics.
Dr. Terry MacDonald (Terry.Macdonald@monash.edu) – Non-government organisations; civil society actors; ethics and international relations.
Dr. Narelle Miragliotta (Narelle.Miragliotta@monash.edu) – Australian politics; elections and electoral systems; Green parties; and the politics of the Australian media.
Dr. Paul Muldoon (Paul.Muldoon@monash.edu) – Modern political theory, with particular reference to questions of democracy and citizenship, nationalism, the politics of identity, globalisation, feminist and post-colonial critiques of modernity and the issue of historical injustice.
Dr. Paul Strangio (Paul.Strangio@monash.edu) – 20th-century Australian political and social history, with a political emphasis on Labor Party politics; political biography; Victorian state politics, public policy; and social movements and community activism.
Dr Michael Ure (Michael.Ure@monash.edu) – Political and social theory, with particular emphasis on modern European theories; the politics of the emotions and passions; biopolitics; and political reconciliation.
Prof. James Walter (James.Walter@monash.edu) – Australian politics, history, biography and culture; Australian studies, biographical methods, foreign policy and urban development.