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Year 1 Politics.
Credit points: 12.5 1st year
Coordinator: Mark Considine and Michael Crozier.
Contact: Two 1-hour lectures and a tutorial a week
Timetable: Second semester
Objectives:
On completion of the subject, students should:
- demonstrate an awareness of some of the key issues in contemporary Australian politics such as the republican debate and the changing character of urban life;
- have an understanding of the broader parameters in which these issues are framed and discussed;
- have a working knowledge of the current literature in the field;
- have developed several basic skills for the critical analysis of political phenomena;
- have attained a rudimentary acquaintance with a number of traditions of political thought;
- have developed a capacity to discuss these matters, both verbally and in written form, in a clear and informed manner.
Content:
This subject will examine current debates about whether Australia should become a republic or not with a sensitivity to the wider issues involved, including: what it means to be an Australian citizen in the 1990s; the implications of the retreat from the norm of full-employment; and the types of urban spaces and senses of community that may evolve in the near future. Drawing on various traditions of political thought, the underlying puzzle to be explored is the question of what constitutes a good polity.
Assessment:
Written work of 4,000 words.
Prescribed texts:
1. Politics, Faculty of Arts (v3, p148) : Next:166-103 | Prev:166-101
2. Politics, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p159) : Next:166-103 | Prev:166-101
Credit points: 12.5
Coordinator: Mark Considine and Michael Crozier.
Contact: Two 1-hour lectures and a tutorial each week
Timetable: Second semester.
Objectives:
On completion of the subject, students should:
- demonstrate an awareness of some of the key issues in contemporary Australian politics such as the republican debate and the changing character of urban life;
- have an understanding of the broader parameters in which these issues are framed and discussed;
- have a working knowledge of the current literature in the field;
- have developed several basic skills for the critical analysis of political phenomena;
- have attained a rudimentary acquaintance with a number of traditions of political thought;
- have developed a capacity to discuss these matters, both verbally and in written form, in a clear and informed manner.
Content:
This subject will examine current debates about whether Australia should become a republic or not with a sensitivity to the wider issues involved, including: what it means to be an Australian citizen in the 1990s; the implications of the retreat from the norm of full-employment; and the types of urban spaces and senses of community that may evolve in the near future. Drawing on various traditions of political thought, the underlying puzzle to be explored is the question of what constitutes a good polity.
Assessment:
Written work of 4,000 words.
Prescribed texts:
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Status: Official 1996 Date created: Oct 9 1995 Last modified: Oct 9 1995 Authorised by: Academic Registrar Email enquiries: Course_Information@registrar.unimelb.edu.au
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