VCE Global politics - Units 3 & 4 - Global actors & challenges

Identifies resources and search strategies to access relevant items for the VCE Global politics - Global actors & challenges

Ethical issues & debates

In this area of study you will look at global ethical issues, and the debates surrounding how global actors should respond to them. You will analyse the issues and debates using the concepts of realism and cosmopolitanism as framework, and will consider implications on international law and international relations. The two global issues studied will be chosen from the following:

For definitions and overviews of ethical issues and definitions of key terms:

For treaties and conventions under the auspices of the United Nations, search the UN Treaty Collection website.

To search our eBook collection, set the drop-down menu to the right of the search box to 'Ebooks'. To search articles, change the drop-down menu to 'Articles'. You can search your keywords anywhere in the record, or search more specifically within the subject field. See the Catalogue tab of this guide for more information about searching.

Human rights

eBooks

Search the catalogue by changing the dropdown in the search bar to 'eBooks', and performing a broad search for Human Rights in the subject. You can further narrow down your search by adding additional keywords or using the filters on the right hand side.

Some examples of eBooks in the collection:

Article search

Books at SLV

SLV has a range of physical books relating to human rights. Many of these will be historical in nature, or will discuss the theories and backgrounds to human rights issues. Many of our books will be in storage, but some will be available on the shelf in the Redmond Barry Reading Room

Perform a catalogue search using the Books scope. You can Ask a Librarian for assistance if you need to order an item from storage. Alternatively, use the Find on Shelf search scope to limit results to books you can read immediately. Note that SLV is not a lending library; books are to be read onsite at the Library. 

If you would like to browse the shelves, start at 323 - Civil Rights. Below are some of the books that you can expect to find at that range:

Note that books on human rights which are more focused on law will be held at 342.

People movement

International conventions / treaties

The following treaties and conventions can be found online:

From our pictures collection

Korean refugees piling belongings into goods vans at train station

Korean refugees on the road southH2002.199/4220

Online databases

eBooks

Search the catalogue by changing the dropdown in the search bar to 'eBooks', and performing a broad search for Refugees in the subject. You can further narrow down your search by adding additional keywords such as crisis, adding a specific country to your search, or using the filters on the right hand side.

Other subject headings or keywords that you could try include:

Some examples of eBooks in the collection:

Article search

Try searching the following subject headings in our catalogue, using the Article search scope:

Development

International conventions / treaties

The following can be found online on the United Nations Treaty Collection website:

Sustainable development goals

Overviews:

Articles:

  • this Articles search identifies recent articles on the UN and sustainable development goals
  • do further searches including keywords describing the focus of your search. Use the 'Refine results by' options to narrow your search. Limit by date to get the most recent articles 

Fair trade

Overviews

eBooks

Articles

  • this search identifies recent articles on the "international development" and "fair trade" 
  • do further searches including keywords describing the focus of your search. Use the 'Refine results by' options to narrow your search. Limit by date to get the most recent articles 

Trade liberalisation

Overviews

Articles

There will be variations in spelling - 'liberalisation' or 'liberalization'. Our catalogue takes account of this and will search both spellings.

  • this search identifies recent peer-reviewed articles on trade liberalisation. Note the date restrictions applied to the search.
  • do further searches including keywords describing the focus of your search. Use the 'Refine results by' options to narrow your search. Limit by date to get the most recent articles

Micro finance

Overviews

eBooks

Articles

  • this search identifies recent articles on microfinance.
  • do further searches including keywords describing the focus of your search. Use the 'Refine results by' options to narrow your search. Limit by date to get the most recent articles

Development aid 

Overviews

  • Desai, V. Aid International Encyclopedia of Human Geography 
  • Bader, Julia, and JÖrg Faust. Foreign aid The encyclopedia of political science
  • Foreign Aid Worldmark global business and economy issues

Articles

  • this search identifies recent articles on development aid and politics. Note the limits added to the search
    do further searches including keywords describing the focus of your search. Use the 'Refine results by' options to narrow your search. Limit by date to get the most recent articles

Debt relief

Overviews

Articles

  • this search identifies recent articles on international debt relief.
    do further searches including keywords describing the focus of your search. Use the 'Refine results by' options to narrow your search. Limit by date to get the most recent articles

Arms control

International laws & conventions

Overviews

Articles

  • this is a broad article search for items on arms control OR disarmament
  • do further searches including keywords describing the focus of your search. Use the 'Refine results by' options to narrow your search. Limit by date to get the most recent articles 

Online databases

Ebooks

Search the catalogue by changing the dropdown in the search bar to 'eBooks', and performing a broad search for arms control or disarmament in the subject. You can further narrow down your search by adding additional keywords, adding a specific country to your search, or using the filters on the right hand side.

Some examples of eBooks in our collection:

Books at SLV

SLV has a range of physical books relating to disarmament and arms control. Many of our books will be in storage, but some will be available on the shelf in the Redmond Barry Reading Room

Perform a catalogue search using the Books scope. You can Ask a Librarian for assistance if you need to order an item from storage. Alternatively, use the Find on Shelf search scope to limit results to books you can read immediately. Note that SLV is not a lending library; books are to be read onsite at the Library. 

If you would like to browse the shelves, start at 327.174 - Disarmament and arms control. Below are some of the books that you can expect to find at that range: