What does international relations theory have to say about refugees? What do you as an international relations scholar have to say?

2. What does international relations theory have to say about refugees? What do you as an international relations scholar have to say?
– You can compare and contrast a school of thought, focus on one or make up your own.

– See but do not restrict yourself to:

Author: edited by Alexander Betts, Gil Loescher
Title: Refugees in international relations (electronic version) (

Author: Khalid Koser, Susan Martin
Title: The Migration-Displacement Nexus: Patterns, Processes, and Policies (electronic book)

– Because this is an international relations course and we are looking at Australian border security in the second term, it is important that your essay not focus on Australian refugee politics. Ensure that any arguments or examples relating to Australian refugee politics do not constitute more than 10% of your essay.
– There are some tips associated with the essay question, but they are merely included to stimulate your own thinking about the issue. All of the questions are open to interpretation. However, it is important that you show your engagement with the course.

As this is a final year course, a high standard of critical engagement is expected.

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POLS2101 Essay Tips

? INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: POLS2101 is an international relations course that requires a degree of engagement with ideas and events beyond Australian territory. To that end your essay should not engage with Australian border protection or its refugee history which will be explored in the second half of the course.
? ARUGMENT: You’re in university (one of the best) not high school. This means you don’t have to waste time and space regurgitating large amounts of the lectures and
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allocated readings. It is assumed that you have grasped these and expected that you can build your own argument using them as a foundation.
? AUDIENCE: Who am I writing for? An intelligent and hardworking fellow student. You want to show that you are just as intelligent and more hardworking. So you should avoid covering anything that that student would obviously know or say ‘duh’ to. For instance you can take the definition of a refugee from the 1951 Convention as assumed knowledge and not directly quote it at length.