1.3 Reading a Renaissance play
What does Christopher Marlowe's Doctor Faustus tell us about the author and the time at which the play was written? This unit will help you to discover the intricacies of the play and recognise how a knowledge of the historical and political background of the time can lead to a very different understanding of the author's intended meaning.
Indian power Episode 3: Nuclear Power: Cure or Curse Duration: 19 min 38 sec Episode 87: The Fractaled Page: Poets on Poetry Poets Kevin Brophy and Alex Skovron read from their works, and discuss poetry's power, inspiration and importance to human experience. With host Jennifer Cook. Prof Kevin Brophy - Acknowledgements 1.4.1 Natural stores of carbon 1.2.3 Global power demand An introduction to energy resources Kicking the Bastards Out? Divided We Stand: Political Reflections on the Federal Experiment Dialogue, Justice and Peace The Future of East Timor Korea’s Middle Power Foreign Policy in the 21st Century Inaugural Crawford-Nishi Lecture on Japan and Australia: A Vision for the Future China and the West in the 21st Century Climate Change and the Australian Reform Agenda Rising to Global Power How Australia could supply the whole world's energy needs Managing the European economy after the introduction of the Euro 9.3 Mental health practice: Bonnyrigg Constitutionalism, the politics of power and AIDS
Nirmalya Kumar, Professor of Marketing, shares the essence of what he learned from 10 trips to India to interview more than 30 CEOs and top executives who are unleashing the new global power of Indian firms
Energy resources are essential for any society, be it one dependent on subsistence farming or an industrialised country. There are many different sources of energy, some well-known such as coal or petroleum, others less so, such as tides or the heat inside the Earth. Is nuclear power a salvation or a nightmare? This unit provides background information to each resource, so that you can assess them for yourself.
Energy resources are essential for any society, be it one dependent on subsistence farming or an industrialised country. There are many different sources of energy, some well-known such as coal or petroleum, others less so, such as tides or the heat inside the Earth. Is nuclear power a salvation or a nightmare? This unit provides background information to each resource, so that you can assess them for yourself.
Energy resources are essential for any society, be it one dependent on subsistence farming or an industrialised country. There are many different sources of energy, some well-known such as coal or petroleum, others less so, such as tides or the heat inside the Earth. Is nuclear power a salvation or a nightmare? This unit provides background information to each resource, so that you can assess them for yourself.
Energy resources are essential for any society, be it one dependent on subsistence farming or an industrialised country. There are many different sources of energy, some well-known such as coal or petroleum, others less so, such as tides or the heat inside the Earth. Is nuclear power a salvation or a nightmare? This unit provides background information to each resource, so that you can assess them for yourself.
Advocates of reform want to subject their representatives to constant
scrutiny, allowing voters to judge every word spoken, coalition joined,
and compromise approved. Professor Jane Mansbridge believes that this
approach to reform is misguided. She argues that a better strategy is
to allow more discretion in office and concentrate on three goals: one,
select better legislators to begin with; two, communicate with both
legislators and bureaucrats in settings where they have a strong
inc
Was the federation of the six Australian colonies into a Commonwealth of Australia really such a good idea? What were the alternatives? Might there have been a better way of doing things? The hard and brutal fact is that the Federation in the end was a political compromise; it was a product of some ferocious horse-trading and Canberra is its monument. This lecture looks at the politics - as distinct from the legal and financial aspects - of Australia's federal arrangements. How the politica
Our interdependent world creates both new opportunities and new challenges. The gravest danger today is insecurity, which has taken on global proportions. In order to deal with the threat of this insecurity, it is imperative for the world community to engage in constructive dialogue, but this must be based on two foundations: a deep comprehension of civilisations, religions and cultures; and justice. Indeed, in our insecure world, full of extremism and conflict, only serious di
In his first visit to Australia as Prime Minister of
Timor-Leste, Dr Jose Ramos-Horta discusses the current political
situation in his country.
Dr Ramos-Horta, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate and
accomplished diplomat, was handed one of the biggest challenges of his
life on 10 July 2006, he became Timor-Leste’s second Prime Minister. He
came to the position amid high expectations that he restore political
stability, reconstitute the security forces, promote development,
eradicate corruption a
This lecture starts by briefly defining the middle power and its role in the regional system. The security environment that the Korean peninsula is facing is later introduced including the North Korean nuclear weapons problem, the rise of China, and human security issues. Korea's foreign policy postures both at bilateral and multilateral levels is also provided. The lecture concludes with a brief introduction of Korea's alliance strategy, policy toward North Korea, polic
The Minister for Foreign Affairs discusses where the Australian Government is taking a relationship that Prime Minister Aso recently described as having reached the most productive time in its history. Particularly focussing on:
quick, coordinated action through the G20 to get the global economy working again
enhancing our already close economic relationship through the early conclusion of a comprehensive free trade agreement
turning our bilateral defence cooperation to efforts to improve
China’s phenomenal economic growth is paralleled in scale and speed
only by the rise of the United States between the Civil War and the
First World War in 1914. Since 1978 the economy has grown ninefold, and
is set to become the second largest within a decade. From inauspicious
beginnings, China has become a $2 trillion economy because the
Communist Party has channelled huge savings into investment, and
encouraged millions of workers into its booming cities, the biggest
migration in histor
This lecture is the ninth annual Sir Leslie Melville Lecture presented by the Australian National University. The introduction of an emissions trading scheme in Australia constitutes a significant economic reform. Unlike other key reforms with such a broad impact across the economy, there has not been a broad consensus within the economics profession on the merits of this reform or the general approach to how it should be implemented. In part this is due to the complex and multidimensional natur
In this exciting presentation, he examines the question of how – by expanding our vision to consider energy supply on a massive scale – an Australian collaboration between electrical engineers, economists and chemical engineers could potentially power the entire world.
The Euro was first adopted as a currency in 1999, but what impact has it had on the European economy? This unit looks at the key developments in the economy since that date and examines the challenges of economic policy formation and governance of the EU's expanding economy.
This unit is intended to be of interest not only to people living in Scotland but to anyone wishing to know more about Scottish society and culture. It brings together a collection of free educational resources relevant to Scotland. The resources within this unit cover a wide range of subject areas, including education, environment, technology, history, law, literature, politics, social care and social sciences.
Justice Edwin Cameron, Judge of the Constitutional Court of South Africa and James and Jean Davis Prestige Visitor presents a public lecture on Constitutionalism, the politics of power and AIDS.
