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166-225 Public Policy Making in Australia | |
Note | Available as 166-325 at 3rd-year level. |
Credit Points | 16.7 2nd and 3rd year |
Coordinator | Mark Considine |
Prerequisites | Normally 25 points of first-year Politics; students with only 12.5 points in Politics may apply to the 2nd/3rd-year coordinator. |
Semester | 2 |
Contact | One 2-hour lecture and a 1-hour tutorial a week |
Subject Description | This subject explores the means by which Australian society is steered, reproduced and reorganised through policy making. The key structures of policy making - political economy and culture - are mapped through a direct engagement in critical case studies from the Australian context. Analysis will focus upon the role of the actor in securing change or resistance in policy engagements and students will be encouraged to undertake their own case studies. Students who complete this subject should: have a thorough grasp of the political economy of policy making; understand the formation and role of policy institutions; have skills in policy research; have a thorough understanding of structure and agency in policy theory. |
Assessment | Essay work or equivalent totalling 5000 words. |
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