16.7 2nd and 3rd years Michael Crozier. Normally 25 points of first-year Politics; students with only 12.5 points in Politics may apply to the 2nd/3rd-year coordinator. First semester Two 1-hour lectures and a 1-hour tutorial per week. Students who complete this subject should have:

• acquired a critical understanding of the major transformations in social and political life in Australia since Federation;
• developed the basic analytical skills to begin to evaluate differing interpretations of these transformations and their contemporary significance;
• an awareness of the dramatic transformations in Australian culture during the 1980s;
• been introduced to forms of 'culturological' analysis;
• attained an appreciation of culturological approaches in the explanation of social and political phenomena;
• be prepared for further studies in political and social analysis.

Is the Australian 'Way of Life' disappearing? If so, are new ways of life emerging in its place? In the past, what role did state-sponsored institutions play in the generation of an Australian Way of Life? Can state-instigated reform in the current context reshape the forms of life and cultural fabric of Australian society? Is the very notion of an Australian 'Way of Life' a mere myth? This subject will introduce students to the Australian Federation Settlement, the social and political institutions which shaped the Australian way of life until the 1980s, and the new cultural configurations emerging in the 1990s. Essay work or equivalent totalling 5,000 words. 16.7 Michael Crozier. First semester. Two 1-hour lectures and a 1-hour tutorial each week. Students who complete this subject should have:

• acquired a critical understanding of the major transformation in social and political life in Australia since Federation;
• developed the basic analytical skills to begin to evaluate differing interpretations of these transformations and their contemporary significance;
• an awareness of the dramatic transformations in Australian culture during the 1980s;
• been introduced to forms of culturological analysis;
• attained an appreciation of culturological approaches in the explanation of social and political phenomena;
• be prepared for further studies in political and social analysis.

Is the Australian "Way of Life" disappearing? If so, are new ways of life emerging in its place? In the past, what role did state-sponsored institutions play in the generation of an Australian Way of Life? Can state-instigated reform in the current context reshape the forms of life and cultural fabric of Australian society? Is the very notion of an Australian "Way of Life" a mere myth? This subject will introduce students to the Australian Federation Settlement, the social and political institutions which shaped the Australian way of life until the 1980s, and the new cultural configurations emerging in the 1990s. Essay work or equivalent totalling 5,000 words.