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Title: VCE Global Politics Question Thread
Post by: Joseph41 on May 16, 2017, 10:33:07 am
VCE GLOBAL POLITICS Q&A THREAD

What is this thread for?
If you have general questions about the VCE Global Politics course or how to improve in certain areas, this is the place to ask!


Who can/will answer questions?
Everyone is welcome to contribute; even if you're unsure of yourself, providing different perspectives is incredibly valuable.

Please don't be dissuaded by the fact that you haven't finished Year 12, or didn't score as highly as others, or your advice contradicts something else you've seen on this thread, or whatever; none of this disqualifies you from helping others. And if you're worried you do have some sort of misconception, put it out there and someone else can clarify and modify your understanding! 

There'll be a whole bunch of other high-scoring students with their own wealths of wisdom to share with you. So you may even get multiple answers from different people offering their insights - very cool.


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Title: Re: VCE Global Politics Question Thread
Post by: allineedisapass on May 18, 2017, 10:47:42 pm
To those who are proficient at writing essays for GloPol: how is it meant to be structured in general, and by extension how are the 20 marks allocated?
Title: Re: VCE Global Politics Question Thread
Post by: Notarobot on May 29, 2017, 08:09:57 pm
About the structure and marking criteria for the essay question in the Global Exam, I haven't looked into it properly yet but even though the study design has changed a bit I think that there will be some advice in the Examination Reports for previous exams. So you can look on the VCAA website at past exams and examiners reports.
The usual advice I think is to have a contention or position, structure the essay in paragraphs, do an introduction and conclusion however basic, use key terms and provide evidence (specific stats/dates/comparisons/examples) where you can, and (the most important) make sure that you actually answer the question that they are asking.
Hope that helps. I'm doing 3/4 too so I'm no expert.
Title: Re: VCE Global Politics Question Thread
Post by: allineedisapass on June 02, 2017, 01:02:33 am
Here's a neat essay marking rubric.
https://i.imgur.com/v7xDokP.png
Title: Re: VCE Global Politics Question Thread
Post by: brady_price on July 30, 2017, 11:27:16 am
Seeing as there doesn't seem to be much activity in this section of the forums, nor is there a useful resources thread, I figured I should just chuck this link in here. Basically, this is the link to the quizlet flashcards I used during year 12. Definitions of all of the key terms in the course can be found there, I found these really helpful and they saved me in a few exam questions.

https://quizlet.com/_21or3c

Hope this helps!
Title: Re: VCE Global Politics Question Thread
Post by: Joseph41 on July 30, 2017, 12:53:11 pm
Seeing as there doesn't seem to be much activity in this section of the forums, nor is there a useful resources thread, I figured I should just chuck this link in here. Basically, this is the link to the quizlet flashcards I used during year 12. Definitions of all of the key terms in the course can be found there, I found these really helpful and they saved me in a few exam questions.

https://quizlet.com/_21or3c

Hope this helps!

Legend! These look fantastic. :))
Title: Re: VCE Global Politics Question Thread
Post by: Notarobot on August 16, 2017, 08:54:07 am
Hello there,
Does anyone know of any revision lectures for Global Politics?
Title: Re: VCE Global Politics Question Thread
Post by: reiinicole on November 14, 2017, 10:56:15 pm
Hello there,
Does anyone know of any revision lectures for Global Politics?

I know it's a bit late now, but just for any future Global students - there is CPAP (it was pretty good!) and TSSM also holds one.
Title: Re: VCE Global Politics Question Thread
Post by: Notarobot on November 15, 2017, 09:56:08 pm
Thanks, and for future students there was also a Social Education Victoria 2017 Global Politics Units 3&4 VCE Exam Revision Lecture, which my teacher booked our class into. It cost $40 and was on the same day in October as the CPAP lecture.
Title: Re: VCE Global Politics Question Thread
Post by: occidit on November 15, 2017, 10:04:50 pm
I know it's a bit late now, but just for any future Global students - there is CPAP (it was pretty good!) and TSSM also holds one.

CPAP is good if it's still run by Lou Spanos, who was the chief assessor in the past. Can recommend.
Title: Re: VCE Global Politics Question Thread
Post by: Coop56 on November 17, 2017, 10:11:13 pm
Hello Global Politics Students

Your exam is on Monday, so here are some of my quick tips for anyone interested.
**CAREFULLY READ THE QUESTIONS. Global Politics is one of the most difficult subjects in terms of questions because they can be so diverse and require so much knowledge. It is quite easy to read the first couple of words in a question and jump into a pre-written response. This will destroy you. Examiners HATE pre-written responses that dont answer the question. Read each question carefully, and figure out EXACTLY what it's asking. Take 10 seconds to plan - think, what targeted evidence supports this idea, THEN go for it. If you cant come up with evidence, apply theory, or quotes or come back to the question later.

**ANSWER QUESTIONS HOW VCAA WANT YOU TO. Sorry people. Doing well in Global Politics is not just about your knowledge. The Examiners dont have time to check every piece of evidence you use, so if it appears legitimate, it'll give you marks (I attributed a quote to a Chinese writer by the name of "Wang" because I forgot his actual name). Doing well in Global Politics is about ANSWERING THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE QUESTION.
For example, in a 6 mark EVALUATE question, you need to talk about the POSITIVES (Supported by 1 or 2 pieces of evidence) AND the NEGATIVES (Supported by 1 or 2 pieces of evidence). Failing to talk about the NEGATIVES as well as the POSITIVES will earn you a maximum of 3/6 marks. In my first practise exam I got 49/80 (Highest in my cohort), partly because I didnt answer Evaluate questions correctly, and lost 50% of the marks on all those questions. 
A generic structure - For most questions: 1/ Provide a definition of a key term mentioned, or a mini introduction in the 1st sentence (For 1 mark). Then mention your evidence or ideas in the following sentences. If the question is worth 4 marks, then you need to earn 3 more marks, so you need to have 3 or 4 things in the response that the examiners can TICK in their MIND and give you the marks for. Quotes are an automatic tick, as is correct terminology, and detailed analysis of evidence, and correct knowledge. 

**MANAGE YOUR TIME - Regardless of your knowledge, not considering how you're going to divide up your time will not get you above 40. My time division was as follows:
Reading Time - 7.5 Minutes skimming questions, 7.5 minutes thinking about the essay.
Writing Time - Section A (18 Minutes per AOS). Section B (3 Minutes Essay Planning, 45 minutes for Essay Writing, 9:30 minutes per body paragraph, 7 minutes for introduction and conclusion) 

**NAIL THE ESSAY INTRODUCTION - The Essay is what distinguishes the 30+ students from the 40+ students. Section A can be answered to a satisfactory extent by anyone who puts in the effort, does the research and memorises the definitions. Section B, the essay, will make all the difference, because many students struggle with it (I always did as well).
The INTRODUCTION needs to be strong, BECAUSE IT IS WHERE MOST EXAMINERS MAKE UP THEIR MIND. The examiners have hundreds of scripts to mark in a short space of time. They dont have time to properly consider all your evidence.Typically,  STRONG INTRODUCTION = >15/20, WEAK INTRODUCTION = Max 16/20. 

**KEY TERMINOLOGY - Know those definitions. Soft Power, Sovereignty, Multilateralism, all those complex words - if you use them, you shouldn't really fall lower than a 30.

**RELAX - Nerves will destroy your study score. Go into that exam room calmly. You know your stuff, you've been preparing for the exam for months; relax and it should all click into place. There is ALWAYS one question on the exam which is DESIGNED TO THROW STUDENTS. Last year, it was the question 4 of Global Actors. I looked at it and had no clue. I came back to it later. I defined what a TNC was. Then I came up with a contention and supported it with evidence. Just think LOGICALLY, and DONT STRESS when it appears.

Best of luck on Monday  :D  - Global is one of the most challenging subjects, but one that will reward you greatly if you know your stuff. 
Title: Re: VCE Global Politics Question Thread
Post by: hums_student on April 04, 2018, 10:11:18 pm
Hey, I know this thread's been inactive for a while but does anyone know if ATARNotes have course notes for Global or Australian Politics 3/4 (or in the process of writing one maybe??) I haven't been able to find one, though I know global politics isn't exactly the most common subject  ;D but I found the course notes for my other subjects pretty helpful so it'd be great if there was one for global as well.
Title: Re: VCE Global Politics Question Thread
Post by: meganallis23 on April 20, 2018, 08:45:38 pm
Hey, I know this thread's been inactive for a while but does anyone know if ATARNotes have course notes for Global or Australian Politics 3/4 (or in the process of writing one maybe??) I haven't been able to find one, though I know global politics isn't exactly the most common subject  ;D but I found the course notes for my other subjects pretty helpful so it'd be great if there was one for global as well.

No there isn't any course notes for poltiics from ATARnotes. I would say this is because of the variety of options teachers can choose to teach for the subject. For example, in Unit 3 AOS1 you need to talk about 2 non-state actors and 1 transnational corporation which can vary heaps. As well as in AOS2 you can choose an Asia-Pacific state from the list given. I think writing a full set of notes on every TNC and NSA and state basically would be way too much for anyone to do, even though it is annoying noot having set notes like for the other subjects. If you wanted to get some notes, the forum's on here have some really decent sets of notes you can look through andpotentially make your own notes from based off of what majority of people include and find to be the msot important to study for this subject.
Title: Re: VCE Global Politics Question Thread
Post by: reiinicole on July 01, 2018, 12:24:09 am
Hey, I know this thread's been inactive for a while but does anyone know if ATARNotes have course notes for Global or Australian Politics 3/4 (or in the process of writing one maybe??) I haven't been able to find one, though I know global politics isn't exactly the most common subject  ;D but I found the course notes for my other subjects pretty helpful so it'd be great if there was one for global as well.

Hey there, I've written some notes that helped me throughout Year 12 along with some exam tips that I relied on! PM me if you're interested :D
Title: Re: VCE Global Politics Question Thread
Post by: Joseph41 on July 31, 2018, 02:28:30 pm
Hey there, I've written some notes that helped me throughout Year 12 along with some exam tips that I relied on! PM me if you're interested :D

Could you upload them to our notes section for Global Politics? Sounds as though they'd help a lot of people! ;D
Title: Re: VCE Global Politics Question Thread
Post by: stephfur on October 22, 2018, 05:06:07 pm
Hi !

I'm currently in Year 11 and attempting to decide what subjects to do;

I am currently dropping history, as I don't think I can manage the work load next year (with methods + chemistry as well), and I've elected to pick up further maths but I'm debating picking up Further maths or Global Politics (which I've never taken before, but I am very interested in politics and am quite political).
I know that to do well in further you have to go the extra mile to battle the scaling down + tonnes of students doing the subject, but i was just wondering what anyone would reccomend? my friends are currently arguing over which subject I should do and I'm really struggling to make a decision.
Title: Re: VCE Global Politics Question Thread
Post by: hums_student on October 27, 2018, 10:23:14 pm
Hi !

I'm currently in Year 11 and attempting to decide what subjects to do;

I am currently dropping history, as I don't think I can manage the work load next year (with methods + chemistry as well), and I've elected to pick up further maths but I'm debating picking up Further maths or Global Politics (which I've never taken before, but I am very interested in politics and am quite political).
I know that to do well in further you have to go the extra mile to battle the scaling down + tonnes of students doing the subject, but i was just wondering what anyone would reccomend? my friends are currently arguing over which subject I should do and I'm really struggling to make a decision.

Hey stephfur!
I don't do further so I can't really offer any advice on that subject except for the fact that you really shouldn't take scaling into too much consideration. At the end of the day the scaling is there to balance things out.
As for global, it's definitely a rewarding subject and one of the most interesting VCE subjects out there. It is also highly enjoyable for people interested in politics (which you said you are). Also, as you said that you're dropping history, global could be a good subject to pick up as both are humanities subjects, the difference is that global is considerably less content-heavy and there are less essays - so if you had the foundation of 1/2 history then you would probably find 3/4 global to be quite manageable.
Just my 2 cents. You might want to ask someone who does both further and global for some deeper insights. :)
Title: Re: VCE Global Politics Question Thread
Post by: charlotte1120 on November 01, 2018, 06:32:02 pm
Hi !

I'm currently in Year 11 and attempting to decide what subjects to do;

I am currently dropping history, as I don't think I can manage the work load next year (with methods + chemistry as well), and I've elected to pick up further maths but I'm debating picking up Further maths or Global Politics (which I've never taken before, but I am very interested in politics and am quite political).
I know that to do well in further you have to go the extra mile to battle the scaling down + tonnes of students doing the subject, but i was just wondering what anyone would reccomend? my friends are currently arguing over which subject I should do and I'm really struggling to make a decision.

I do History Revs, Further and GloPol this year, and would say History is by far the most time-consuming subject. I would highly recommend Global over Further, Further is very boring... It's not particuarly mind blowing math and really only worth it if you know you can do well. Politics however is so rewarding, and going on from what Lsjnzy13 said, I actually wrote more essays in Politics are our SACs were all essay+coursework, unlike in History where we only did an essay for one AoS. But the amount of essays doesn't mean anything, I really love Politics, it's my favourite subject this year. It isn't necassarily content heavy either, I use the same case studies for nearly all the AoS's sometimes haha. Bonus, the exam is towards the end aswell, leaving you extra study time.
Title: Re: VCE Global Politics Question Thread
Post by: humma23 on February 26, 2019, 08:04:51 pm
Hey guys, just having some difficulty with the exact roles that Islamic State play. I am aware of their aims (devotion, territory and the apocalypse) but hesitant on the roles - would it be what they do to achieve those aims such as war crimes, minority persecutions, stuff along the line of that? Any help would be awesome, thanku!!
Title: Re: VCE Global Politics Question Thread
Post by: Hala119 on March 14, 2019, 07:24:53 pm
Hey guys, just having some difficulty with the exact roles that Islamic State play. I am aware of their aims (devotion, territory and the apocalypse) but hesitant on the roles - would it be what they do to achieve those aims such as war crimes, minority persecutions, stuff along the line of that? Any help would be awesome, thanku!!

Hey, a fellow student.

Not sure if this is exactly correct but my teacher informed me that the role is to use violence to achieve a political aim.
Title: Re: VCE Global Politics Question Thread
Post by: enricoyu on April 17, 2019, 04:42:17 pm
Does anyone have sample essays they could share? trying to get a grasp on structuring the whole thing.
Cheers!
Title: Re: VCE Global Politics Question Thread
Post by: Remy33 on April 27, 2019, 11:20:44 pm
Does anyone know if we are still allowed to use the US invasion of Iraq as a case study? It's TECHNICALLY outside the 10-year limit but the last US troops didn't withdrawn until 2011. My teacher said yes but I want to double check.
Thanks a bunch.
Title: Re: VCE Global Politics Question Thread
Post by: ethanlewis27 on June 01, 2019, 06:33:53 pm
Hey guys! My name is Ethan, I am doing global politics 3/4 this year, but I was wondering if anyone had any advice or any notes, at the moment I am doing UNIT 3 AOS 2 and writing an essay of pragmatism and idealism for China. So I was wondering if anyone has done any essay writing on pragmatism and Idealism for China's national interests, or to do with Foreign policy!
Thanks guys, would be greatly appreciated!!!
Title: Re: VCE Global Politics Question Thread
Post by: hums_student on June 02, 2019, 09:04:21 pm
Does anyone know if we are still allowed to use the US invasion of Iraq as a case study? It's TECHNICALLY outside the 10-year limit but the last US troops didn't withdrawn until 2011. My teacher said yes but I want to double check.
Thanks a bunch.

As far as I know, VCAA is quite stringent with the 10-year rule, so it's best to not risk it. On the cover page of the final exam, there's a special line of instructions which specifies you are only allowed to use examples from the past decade, i.e. 2009 onward. As most of the analysis-worthy parts of the invasion happened in 2003, I'd suggest to go for other case studies. If you must use Iraq, then maybe just stick to the 'withdrawal' part.


Hey guys! My name is Ethan, I am doing global politics 3/4 this year, but I was wondering if anyone had any advice or any notes, at the moment I am doing UNIT 3 AOS 2 and writing an essay of pragmatism and idealism for China. So I was wondering if anyone has done any essay writing on pragmatism and Idealism for China's national interests, or to do with Foreign policy!
Thanks guys, would be greatly appreciated!!!

Hey there, I can't help too much with China as I didn't do it for the exam, but I've uploaded full copies of my Unit 3 AOS 1 and Unit 4 AOS 1 notes from 2018 in this post. You can also find plenty of notes from past high-scoring students in the 'notes' tab on the ATAR Notes website.

Good luck with your essay.
Title: Re: VCE Global Politics Question Thread
Post by: Jimmmy on June 09, 2019, 08:35:01 pm
Hello fellow/former Politics students! I have a question for you.

Military Power, what is it? Is it always hard? Sometimes soft?

According to VCAA: 'Military Power' Refers to the use of a state’s military to exert influence over the actions of other global actors. This may not need to be implemented through a use of force as placement and capacity of the military may be enough to influence other global actors.

But, according to some very high scoring students I've spoken to, alongside many textbooks, I come across phrases like;
*'Military Power refers to the actual or threatened use of violence or force to influence actions of another global actor'
*'Military Power is always hard by nature'

So, what do we all think? Our AOS2 SAC is on Tuesday and this has me panicking a little.
Title: Re: VCE Global Politics Question Thread
Post by: hums_student on June 09, 2019, 08:59:32 pm
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Hey Jimmmy,

Military power is a form of hard power. However, hard power does not mean that it must be carried out, or that it must inflict some form of damage, it just means that it has the potential to do so.

'Power' by definition in global politics refers to the ability to influence, control, or manipulate the actions of another global actor. This refers to both hard and soft power. I know that 'influence' sounds like something exclusively reserved for 'soft power', but it's not.

Soft power would be referring to the usage of things such as culture and history to influence, control, or manipulate other global actors into seeing something (for example, an agreement or a treaty) as more appealing.

To put simply (in very un-technical terms), 'hard power' is coercing the other party into doing something reluctantly because they fear the alternative would be much worse, while 'soft power' is enticing the other party into doing something willingly. Military power would definitely fall into 'hard power' in this regard.

Tl;dr - the definitions by VCAA and the info from textbooks and past students are not contradictory. Military power is indeed a form of hard power.

Hope that makes sense. Good luck with your SAC! :)
Title: Re: VCE Global Politics Question Thread
Post by: Jimmmy on June 09, 2019, 09:19:50 pm
Hey Jimmmy,

Military power is a form of hard power. However, hard power does not mean that it must be carried out, or that it must inflict some form of damage, it just means that it has the potential to do so.

'Power' by definition in global politics refers to the ability to influence, control, or manipulate the actions of another global actor. This refers to both hard and soft power. I know that 'influence' sounds like something exclusively reserved for 'soft power', but it's not.

Soft power would be referring to the usage of things such as culture and history to influence, control, or manipulate other global actors into seeing something (for example, an agreement or a treaty) as more appealing.

To put simply (in very un-technical terms), 'hard power' is coercing the other party into doing something reluctantly because they fear the alternative would be much worse, while 'soft power' is enticing the other party into doing something willingly. Military power would definitely fall into 'hard power' in this regard.

Tl;dr - the definitions by VCAA and the info from textbooks and past students are not contradictory. Military power is indeed a form of hard power.

Hope that makes sense. Good luck with your SAC! :)
Hi Hums,

I'm still a little bit confused, perhaps an example might help clarify? We're doing Australia as our A-P state. We've investigated a range of joint AUS/U.S. military bases across W.A/N.T (eg. Pine Gap, North-West Cape etc). Obviously, they're 'military' bases, would you categorise them as hard power? Similarly, Australia has participated in 'training' many Pacific state's militaries (eg. Solomon Islands during RAMSI mission) and their military has helped in clean-up efforts after (eg. Cyclone Pam, 2016). Would you classify these as 'hard power'?

Our teacher mentioned that 'the Australian military wouldn't really be a 'threatening' force to international states', so that its roles in joint-partnerships/training/clean-ups are more soft than hard.

Thoughts?
Title: Re: VCE Global Politics Question Thread
Post by: hums_student on June 09, 2019, 10:15:10 pm
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Regarding your examples, they would both be considered hard power.

VCAA's distinctions between soft and hard power are very clear:

Military and economic = hard power
Cultural and diplomatic = soft power


Australia's military is definitely not a threatening force but we're also allies with the US ;) Even if we're not, any usage of military power would be considered hard, no matter how weak it is.

The thing to remember is that hard power does not necessarily have to be threatening. For example, offering economic aid to another state would be considered hard power. I do agree that this is quite confusing, because offering aid seems more like 'the carrot' than 'the stick'. However the thing is most countries do not offer aid on pure altruism, it's more of a 'I'll help you with this, in exchange for that you must listen to what I say' kind of thing.

So going back to your examples, military bases would be 100% hard power because they send the message of 'don't mess with me'. Australia training Pacific Island states can be seen as aid, which is also hard power.

It's weird that your teacher would classify Australia's usage of military power as more soft than hard. I would suggest double checking with your teacher on that, because it doesn't line up with other sources.

Soft power would be referring to stuff like Australia letting foreign politicians pet koalas.

Have you read upon the distinctions between soft and hard power by Joseph Nye? He was the one who came up with the terms and VCAA stick very closely to his definitions and examples.
Title: Re: VCE Global Politics Question Thread
Post by: Jimmmy on June 09, 2019, 10:33:01 pm
Regarding your examples, they would both be considered hard power.

VCAA's distinctions between soft and hard power are very clear:

Military and economic = hard power
Cultural and diplomatic = soft power


Australia's military is definitely not a threatening force but we're also allies with the US ;) Even if we're not, any usage of military power would be considered hard, no matter how weak it is.

The thing to remember is that hard power does not necessarily have to be threatening. For example, offering economic aid to another state would be considered hard power. I do agree that this is quite confusing, because offering aid seems more like 'the carrot' than 'the stick'. However the thing is most countries do not offer aid on pure altruism, it's more of a 'I'll help you with this, in exchange for that you must listen to what I say' kind of thing.

So going back to your examples, military bases would be 100% hard power because they send the message of 'don't mess with me'. Australia training Pacific Island states can be seen as aid, which is also hard power.

It's weird that your teacher would classify Australia's usage of military power as more soft than hard. I would suggest double checking with your teacher on that, because it doesn't line up with other sources.

Soft power would be referring to stuff like Australia letting foreign politicians pet koalas.

Have you read upon the distinctions between soft and hard power by Joseph Nye? He was the one who came up with the terms and VCAA stick very closely to his definitions and examples.
Alright, I think I understand now how Australia's use of military power (eg. bases, training etc.) is hard power on international states, but in relation to (eg. our relationship with the U.S.), would having those military bases be fostering a regional relationship through the use of diplomatic power? As obviously, without discussion and negotiation, the bases wouldn't exist, and Australia aren't really coercing/threatening the U.S. to have a military relationship with them, nor are they threatening violence with them.

If that's correct, I think it all makes sense. My teacher hasn't classified Australia's use of military power as only soft, we've addressed Sovereign Borders & Operation Okra (missiles on Iraq/Syria) as hard, but he's 100% told us that the examples I've just given you are more soft than hard, which partially concerns me for the SAC.

In terms of Nye, we obviously learnt the VCAA definitions and have gone briefly over Smart power, but less so into the specific examples and distinctions he has said. I'm investigating that now.
Title: Re: VCE Global Politics Question Thread
Post by: hums_student on June 09, 2019, 11:55:17 pm
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The thing is, military power does not automatically correlate to violence and/or threats, it really just refers to using the state's military to achieve certain aims, which could very well extend into the field of aid and diplomacy.

Regarding military and diplomacy though, it is definitely a bit of a grey area and can be interpreted both ways. Back when I did global, I played safe and classified all military power as hard (that was what my teacher said anyway, so it'd be unwise to go against the teacher for a SAC). It could potentially be a factor that distinguishes between a low and high 40s response on the exam (potentially. I'm not 100% on this). I never went down that route for global though, but if you think you can argue it then go for it!

I think it's definitely safe for you to classify military power through the use of diplomacy as 'soft power' for your SAC as your teacher will be the one marking.

Good luck! :) I hope I didn't make it more confusing lol.
Title: Re: VCE Global Politics Question Thread
Post by: NavyBlues9 on July 14, 2019, 04:32:59 pm
Hi, in regards to people movement as a ethical issue what are some good international laws to use? Thanks
Title: Re: VCE Global Politics Question Thread
Post by: hums_student on July 14, 2019, 06:20:43 pm
Hi, in regards to people movement as a ethical issue what are some good international laws to use? Thanks

Hi there, these were the two examples I used last year for people movement:

United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees (CRSR), 1951
    > Article 22: access to education
    > Article 31: No punishment for illegal entry
    > Article 33: Non-refoulement

International Convention on the Protection of Rights of Migrant Workers (CMR), 2003
For undocumented workers
    > Article 8 - 15: Basic freedoms
    > Article 25 - 28: Employment rights
For documented workers
    > Article 40: Employment rights
    > Article 41: Political rights

Hope that helps.
Title: Re: VCE Global Politics Question Thread
Post by: Remy33 on July 15, 2019, 09:55:43 pm
To what extent are we allowed to cite sources which have a heavy left/right bias? I've been doing that for SACs but I'm not sure if that's recommended for the exam? Thanks.
Title: Re: VCE Global Politics Question Thread
Post by: Hala119 on August 01, 2019, 03:45:44 pm
Hi,

I was wondering if there was anywhere I could see sample essays on ethical issues. My teacher says my analysis is great but i need to work on my connections to the contention/topic and topic and linking sentences, which i’m confused on how to do.

Thanks in advance!
Title: Re: VCE Global Politics Question Thread
Post by: Remy33 on August 02, 2019, 04:40:29 pm
Hi,

I was wondering if there was anywhere I could see sample essays on ethical issues. My teacher says my analysis is great but i need to work on my connections to the contention/topic and topic and linking sentences, which i’m confused on how to do.

Thanks in advance!

Try searching them up in the 'notes' tab of this site. Here's a couple I found:
https://atarnotes.com/note/ethical-debates-essay/https://atarnotes.com/note/human-rights-ethical-debates-essay/

with making links between your analysis and your contention, I think it's helpful to structure my essays as follows: "[analysis and evidence]. Hence, it is evident that [contention]". Hope you find this helpful.
Title: Re: VCE Global Politics Question Thread
Post by: agitator.gop on August 28, 2019, 10:34:37 am
Has anyone completed both Australian Politics and Global Politics for Units 3&4? If so, any advice/help or just general knowledge will be greatly appreciated.
I am completing Australian Politics next year on distance, and to my knowledge, there isn't anyone else at my school that has ever done this.
Title: Re: VCE Global Politics Question Thread
Post by: Hala119 on September 29, 2019, 11:54:49 am
Hi!

I was wondering what an international law for 'International security versus state security' for 'arms control' ethical issue would be?

Thanks in advance!
Title: Re: VCE Global Politics Question Thread
Post by: hello876 on November 04, 2019, 01:28:46 am
Hi, I am really confused about the 'analyse' task word. Is it similar to evaluate because I keep hearing different things about how to answer it.

In the question 'Analyse one factor that has shaped the national interest of international standing for your chosen Asia-Pacific state' I am really confused about how to analyse it - do I explain how and why a factor has shaped international standing and then to a degree how this factor hasn't shaped it?

Basically I'm just confused on if analyse requires a counter argument and how would I go about answering the question above?
Title: Re: VCE Global Politics Question Thread
Post by: hums_student on November 04, 2019, 10:32:05 am
Hi, I am really confused about the 'analyse' task word. Is it similar to evaluate because I keep hearing different things about how to answer it.

In the question 'Analyse one factor that has shaped the national interest of international standing for your chosen Asia-Pacific state' I am really confused about how to analyse it - do I explain how and why a factor has shaped international standing and then to a degree how this factor hasn't shaped it?

Basically I'm just confused on if analyse requires a counter argument and how would I go about answering the question above?

No need to bring up counter arguments for ‘analyse’ unless the question says something such as ‘analyse the extent to which a factor help shape the national interest of international standing’.
Title: Re: VCE Global Politics Question Thread
Post by: hello876 on November 04, 2019, 08:04:02 pm
No need to bring up counter arguments for ‘analyse’ unless the question says something such as ‘analyse the extent to which a factor help shape the national interest of international standing’.

Ok thank you!
Title: Re: VCE Global Politics Question Thread
Post by: Hala119 on November 12, 2019, 11:29:17 pm
Hi ! How much time should you spend on writing the essay in the exam. I can probably only get it to 40 minutes even though my teacher recommended 30 mins. Is this possible to complete the exam if I write the essay in 40 mins?
Title: Re: VCE Global Politics Question Thread
Post by: hello876 on November 13, 2019, 12:01:02 am
Hi, I am confused with how I would answer this question:
Explain how a global actor’s perspective has determined its view of how justice can be achieved in relation to one ethical issue.

Is justice for this question what the global actor views as morally right? And do I have to bring in international laws or can I leave them out?

I get confused on the difference between ethics and justice, is ethics just the general range of ideologies/moralities actors can have e.g cosmopolitan and realism, and justice is similar but more of what is morally right?
Title: Re: VCE Global Politics Question Thread
Post by: hums_student on November 13, 2019, 12:49:16 am
Quote from: Hala119
Hi ! How much time should you spend on writing the essay in the exam. I can probably only get it to 40 minutes even though my teacher recommended 30 mins. Is this possible to complete the exam if I write the essay in 40 mins?

30 minutes is the recommended time (the essay is 20 marks and the suggested time allocation is 1.5 minutes per mark). I would recommend writing your essay in 30 minutes then if you have more time at the end you can expand on any points as necessary. Though honestly if you do have time left, prioritise short answer (unless you wrote a really rough draft for your essay) because it’s easier to get marks from SA than your extended response.


Quote from: hello876
Hi, I am confused with how I would answer this question:
Explain how a global actor’s perspective has determined its view of how justice can be achieved in relation to one ethical issue.

Is justice for this question what the global actor views as morally right? And do I have to bring in international laws or can I leave them out?

I get confused on the difference between ethics and justice, is ethics just the general range of ideologies/moralities actors can have e.g cosmopolitan and realism, and justice is similar but more of what is morally right?

Justice is basically the idea of how to implement ethics in practice. An important part of justice is how to punish a party when ethics are undermined. Also, ethics (in VCE global politics) refer strictly to cosmopolitan ideology, it does not encompass realism.

Mentioning international laws would be useful in this case.
Title: Re: VCE Global Politics Question Thread
Post by: elenacatherine on November 13, 2019, 10:08:49 am
hi guys...

so with essay topic for the unit 4 areas of study, it can either ask you to talk about one/at least one/two ethical issues or global crises

if in the exam it asked you to talk about two crises (mine are armed conflict and terrorism) and i wanted to focus more heavily on armed conflict, would it be fine if my discussion about terrorism revolved around the use of terrorism as an instrument of state policy only. this is in the study design under terrorism however my teacher has said that it might not be clear enough that i am talking about two crises

thank you!
Title: Re: VCE Global Politics Question Thread
Post by: hums_student on November 13, 2019, 10:56:00 am
hi guys...

so with essay topic for the unit 4 areas of study, it can either ask you to talk about one/at least one/two ethical issues or global crises

if in the exam it asked you to talk about two crises (mine are armed conflict and terrorism) and i wanted to focus more heavily on armed conflict, would it be fine if my discussion about terrorism revolved around the use of terrorism as an instrument of state policy only. this is in the study design under terrorism however my teacher has said that it might not be clear enough that i am talking about two crises

thank you!

As long as you make it clear in 1) your introduction; 2) your body paragraphs; and 3) your conclusion that you are focusing on terrorism and armed conflict it will be fine. You can chuck in a brief sentence in your intro such as “this essay specifically looks at the usage of terrorism as an instrument of state policy” or something like that to make it even clearer. There’s no rule that says you must focus on both equally.
Title: Re: VCE Global Politics Question Thread
Post by: hello876 on November 13, 2019, 05:08:47 pm
30 minutes is the recommended time (the essay is 20 marks and the suggested time allocation is 1.5 minutes per mark). I would recommend writing your essay in 30 minutes then if you have more time at the end you can expand on any points as necessary. Though honestly if you do have time left, prioritise short answer (unless you wrote a really rough draft for your essay) because it’s easier to get marks from SA than your extended response.


Justice is basically the idea of how to implement ethics in practice. An important part of justice is how to punish a party when ethics are undermined. Also, ethics (in VCE global politics) refer strictly to cosmopolitan ideology, it does not encompass realism.

Mentioning international laws would be useful in this case.

Ok thankyou!
I am just confused I thought ethics was both realism and cosmopolitanism?
Title: Re: VCE Global Politics Question Thread
Post by: elenacatherine on November 13, 2019, 05:29:24 pm
As long as you make it clear in 1) your introduction; 2) your body paragraphs; and 3) your conclusion that you are focusing on terrorism and armed conflict it will be fine. You can chuck in a brief sentence in your intro such as “this essay specifically looks at the usage of terrorism as an instrument of state policy” or something like that to make it even clearer. There’s no rule that says you must focus on both equally.

thank you so much!
Title: Re: VCE Global Politics Question Thread
Post by: hums_student on November 13, 2019, 05:36:35 pm
Ok thankyou!
I am just confused I thought ethics was both realism and cosmopolitanism?

Nope, just cosmopolitanism. This is according to the official definition given in VCAA's global politics glossary page.

Ethics
This seeks to address questions of morality and extends into global politics through the creation and application of international laws that attempts to codify the behaviour of global actors in the pursuit of cosmopolitan goals.​


thank you so much!
No worries :)
Title: Re: VCE Global Politics Question Thread
Post by: Hala119 on November 14, 2019, 02:10:03 pm
Hi---for the ethical debates essay, would they ask you to discuss only ONE ethical issue? Because my essay plan takes into account two ethical issues. Should I practise another paragraph so that my whole essay could plan to only talk about one ethical issue?
Title: Re: VCE Global Politics Question Thread
Post by: hums_student on November 14, 2019, 03:35:38 pm
Hi---for the ethical debates essay, would they ask you to discuss only ONE ethical issue? Because my essay plan takes into account two ethical issues. Should I practise another paragraph so that my whole essay could plan to only talk about one ethical issue?

Yes. On the 2018 exam they asked for only one ethical issue. On the sample exam, they asked for at least one.

You should definitely aim to do preparations around writing on both one AND two issue(s) because VCAA can ask for either on the exam.

This goes for Unit 4 AOS 2 global crises as well - they can ask for one or two.
Title: Re: VCE Global Politics Question Thread
Post by: Remy33 on November 17, 2019, 07:12:35 pm
Will there be one essay topic per outcome? And are we allowed to bring in topics from other outcomes for the essay and for short answer?
Title: Re: VCE Global Politics Question Thread
Post by: hums_student on November 17, 2019, 08:19:48 pm
Will there be one essay topic per outcome? And are we allowed to bring in topics from other outcomes for the essay and for short answer?

Yes, one essay topic for each AOS.

For the essay, you are allowed to bring in content from across the course (you can even go beyond by a little), but stick strictly to the study design for short answer (and only use content from that AOS).
Title: Re: VCE Global Politics Question Thread
Post by: cdel on February 05, 2020, 11:30:25 pm
Hello, just need help with a quick question. I need to be able to write 500 words on:

- TO WHAT EXTENT does being a member of the eu challenge the sovereignty of member states (using Hungary’s position during migrant crisis as example)
Title: Re: VCE Global Politics Question Thread
Post by: Jimmmy on February 07, 2020, 02:56:09 pm
Hello, just need help with a quick question. I need to be able to write 500 words on:

- TO WHAT EXTENT does being a member of the eu challenge the sovereignty of member states (using Hungary’s position during migrant crisis as example)
Hi cdel!

I'll quickly run through some key points around this question for you:
- 'to what extent' dictates a stated contention on your behalf somewhere in the piece (eg. 'being a member of the EU ultimately has little impact over the sovereignty of member states'.)

- In a real SAC/Exam question, you shouldn't ever be asked for a specific regional grouping (eg. EU), but rather the broader 'regional groupings' (eg. African Union, Pacific Islands Forum etc.). Not strictly with context to this question here, but for future reference.

- Hungary specific: Viktor Orban 'Muslim Invaders', their policy of only one refugee per day accepted into their borders (or roundabouts), the EU expectations of member states post-2013. Check out this info, and you should have a good idea what to argue.
 
- Non-Hungary specific: Germany (pro-EU for parts, Merkel 'no upper limit [on number of refugees Germany shall accept]'), Italy (con-EU, didn't want Doctors without Borders bringing refugees to their shores).

There's a bunch of other examples which I have, but these could pretty much cover at least 500 words on the question you've asked and if there's one thing I learnt in Global Politics, it's that 'quality > quantity' everyday of the week.

Good Luck!
Title: Re: VCE Global Politics Question Thread
Post by: alexia.s on July 16, 2020, 10:07:09 am
Hi! I'm doing armed conflict as one of my ethical issues and I'm having a lot of issues wrapping my head around the "arms control vs disarmament" debate. There's virtually nothing online or in the textbook, so if someone could help explain it I would really appreciate it.
Title: Re: VCE Global Politics Question Thread
Post by: Massimo1 on September 23, 2020, 10:23:11 pm
Does anyone know how you would describe the role of a state in Global Politics?
Title: Re: VCE Global Politics Question Thread
Post by: _Ruby_27 on August 21, 2021, 03:52:03 pm
Hi I'm doing unit 1&2 of global politics  and I'm really struggling with an essay at the moment on globalisation this is pretty broad but I was wondering if anyone had any tips or advice on the topic of globalisation, essay structure (for politics essays), good language to use, how to start it off (I'm really bad at intros) etc 

and tips or advice would be greatly appreciated  :)
Title: Re: VCE Global Politics Question Thread
Post by: monsouleil on August 24, 2021, 07:57:03 pm
Hello,

I need to write an essay about "ANALYSE THE CHALLENGES TO ACHIEVING AN EFFECTIVE RESOLUTION TO ONE GLOBAL CRISES" but I'm not sure how to write it on the Yemen Civil War. Can anyone help me out with the structure, especially the conclusion?  I already have a fixed structure but am still confused. Thanks :)
Title: Re: VCE Global Politics Question Thread
Post by: greenbean on September 20, 2021, 02:24:24 pm
Does anyone know how you would describe the role of a state in Global Politics?

i am a student but...
The role of a state is to meet the needs of its citizens ultimately. There are 5 main factors Welfare, Order, Security, Justice and Freedom
there are many different answers to the question. In one of the exams a sample response said that the role was to maintain sov. (which can also be an aim) or to represent their territorial entity in the international community.
Title: Re: VCE Global Politics Question Thread
Post by: 723462346`127 on November 24, 2021, 07:16:24 pm
Hi, next year I am doing units 3&4 global politics via VSV...I am kinda worried about being about to work independently and still score highly. does anyone have any tips/resources/advice that can help me do well?!