Specialisation - Economic History
Description
We all know how fundamental economic matters are to national and international affairs. Living standards, economic growth, social change, institutions, the role of government, world poverty and inequality, the causes and consequences of wars ... all such basic elements of our existence are almost always rooted in economics. When we study economic history we look at how economies (both our own economy in Australia and those of other countries) have evolved and changed in the past. We try to answer such questions as why some nations and continents have grown strongly at particular times (Britain in the eighteenth century, Japan in our own day, for example) and why some countries remain poor and underdeveloped. What has caused economic change? What have been the social and environmental consequences of economic change? Is economic progress shaped by unstoppable historical forces (such as market capitalism or socialism)? Why does economic activity proceed in fits and starts? Why has Asia become such a dynamic economic force?
These are important questions, and history holds important clues. Economic History is in some ways the core discipline of all social science, for without understanding the economic and social past we cannot make sense of the economic and social present.
Members who teach, research or publish in this area are:
Dr Maxine Darnell
Emeritus Professor Malcolm Falkus (based in Thailand)
Mr Graydon Henning - Honorary Fellow (based in Newcastle)
Professor Amarjit Kaur
Dr John Kellett
Professor Christopher Lloyd
Dr Tony Ramsay
Dr Alfons van der Kraan
Units taught in this specialisation are:
UNE's schedule of units
(Up to date information of a units offering, residential school date and unit coordinator)
ECON 142/242 The International Economy
ECON 143/243 Australian Economic Institutions and Performance
ECON 245/345Economy and Business in Modern Asia
ECON 246/346 The Australian Economy Since the 18th Century
ECON 248/348 The Economic Development of Modern Japan and China
ECON 249/349 Technology and Economic Growth
ECON 250/350 Southeast Asia: Economic and Social Change Since 1850
ECON 251/351 Australian Industrial Relations
ECON 353/453 Regulating Australian Captialism
ECON 354/454 Asian Business Management
ECON 456/556 Industrialisation and Development in Asia
The GSB unit
GSB 723 Asian Business Management
GSB 747 Australian Industrial Relations
ISLM 467 Islam in Malaysia and Indonesia
MM 202/302 International business
Residential School dates and timetables