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Course description

This course is now POLS3103. This course presents a topical introduction to contemporary political issues and debates. It concerns our understanding of some of the major political, social and economic issues that confront Australian society and Australian political decision-makers and how policies are framed by these understandings. The course also reviews the significant changes that characterise the key institutions of political decision-making and the ideologies that have influenced these changes. It examines the opportunities and costs that these changes present for democratic political development and the ideologies that have influenced these changes. It examines the opportunities and costs that these changes present for democratic political development.