POL101 Australian Government and Politics (8)
Enrolment restrictions: Not to be taken by students who have completed POL105 or POL106
This subject surveys the institutional framework of Australian politics and the political process itself. It examines the Constitution, cabinet, parliament, bureaucracy and federal system; it then looks at the role of parties, pressure groups and the media. Criteria for evaluating the processes and outcomes of liberal democracy are mentioned and applied throughout.