This unit outline should be read alongside the Master of Politics and Public Policy Guidelines.  These notes relate specifically to the MPP program. Please familiarise yourself with the guidelines. They are available on the iLearn website for this unit, or can be provided in hard copy by your convenor.

For lecture times and classrooms please consult the MQ Timetable website: http://www.timetables.mq.edu.au. This website will display up-to-date information on your classes and classroom locations.

Internal students are expected to attend the following classes each week:

Lecture: Wednesday  6-7pm

Seminar: Wednesday  7-9pm

External students: The lecture is digitally recorded and can be downloaded from the ILearn website shortly after it is delivered. You will also find lecture slides on the website.

External students are also required to attend two on-campus sessions of four hours each over the semester. The dates for these sessions are:

Sunday 18 September  9.30am - 1.30pm W6B 350

Sunday 30 October 1 June: 9.30am - 1.30pm W6B 350

 External students are encouraged to attend weekly lectures and seminar classes whenever they can.

   Attendance

University regulations prescribe regular attendance at classes. Students are expected to attend all lectures and seminars, or on-campus sessions for external students.

For internal students, failure to attend at least three-quarters of seminars risks exclusion from and no credit for the unit.

For external students, failure to attend the first on-campus session will risk exclusion from and no credit for the unit.

If you are unable to attend a class, you should provide documentary support for your absence (eg  medical certificate). If you know that you will be unable to attend a class, or on-campus session, you should contact the convenor as early as possible.

  Assignment submission

All assignments must be submitted using the “Turnitin Assignments” facility on the iLearn website. This facility includes software which scans the uploaded assignments for plagiarism. Follow the instructions on the screen carefully. Your assignment should be uploaded before midnight on the due date.

In all cases, you should ensure that you keep a copy of the assignment.

Return of marked work

Marked assignments will be returned via the same facility on iLearn. When marks are released, you will need to go back in to the assignment submission box, and open your uploaded assignment. When you click on the “GradeMark” button, you will be able to see the marker’s comments on your work. You can save or print the essay with the comments.

Extensions will only be granted in exceptional circumstances, and will require documentary evidence such as a medical certificate to support the request for an extension. You should contact the convenor as early as possible if you think you may need an extension. While we do understand that most students are engaged in paid employment, extensions cannot be granted on this basis alone.

Penalties for late submission: Assignments which are submitted after the due date, without having an extension granted by the convenor, will be penalised, at a rate of 3% of the mark for each week day after the due date. Any paper submitted more than 3 weeks after the due date will not be marked, and the student will be failed for the assignment.

Special Consideration Policy

http://www.mq.edu.au/policy/docs/special_consideration/policy.html

Applying for Special Consideration

Students applying for Special Consideration circumstances of three (3) consecutive days duration, within a study period, and/or prevent completion of a formal examination must submit an on-line application with the Faculty of Arts. For an application to be valid, it must include a completed Application for Special Consideration form and all supporting documentation.

The online Special Consideration application is found at:  http://www.arts.mq.edu.au/current_students/undergraduate/admin_central/special_consideration.

University Grading Policy

http://www.mq.edu.au/policy/docs/grading/policy.html

The grade a student receives will signify their overall performance in meeting the learning outcomes of a unit of study. Grades will not be awarded by reference to the achievement of other students nor allocated to fit a predetermined distribution. In determining a grade, due weight will be given to the learning outcomes and level of a unit (ie 100, 200, 300, 800 etc). Graded units will use the following grades:

Further information on the rubric used in determining grades in MPP units will be distributed in class and posted on the iLearn website.

Academic honesty is an integral part of the core values and principles contained in the Macquarie University Ethics Statement:

http://www.mq.edu.au/ethics/ethic-statement-final.html

Its fundamental principle is that all staff and students act with integrity in the creation, development, application and use of ideas and information. This means that:

·       All academic work claimed as original is the work of the author making the claim.

• All academic collaborations are acknowledged.
• Academic work is not falsified in any way
• When the ideas of others are used, these ideas are acknowledged appropriately.

The link below has more details about the policy, procedure and schedule of penalties that will apply to breaches of the Academic Honesty Policy which can be viewed at:

http://www.mq.edu.au/policy/docs/academic_honesty/policy.html

Macquarie University provides a range of Student Support Services. Details of these services can be accessed at:

http://www.deanofstudents.mq.edu.au/ or http://www.campuslife.mq.edu.au/campuswellbeing

Another useful support service is provided by the Learning Skills unit which you can find at: http://www.mq.edu.au/learningskills/.

Arts Student Centre

Centre staff are there to smooth the way into university life; answer questions; give informed advice; provide a sympathetic ear; de-mystify uni ways and procedures.

The Faculty of Arts online submissions for Special Approval, Special Consideration, Grade Review and Grade Appeal are located at: www.arts.mq.edu.au/current_students/undergraduate.

REQUIRED READING

All students should purchase the Unit Readings from the Coop Bookshop.

 RECOMMENDED READING

Participants who have not already completed POL820, or previously examined the Australian political and party systems in any detail, should refer to a good introductory text-book on Australian Government and Politics, such as:

Ariadne VROMEN, Katherine GELBER and Anika GAUJA: Powerscape – Contemporary Australian Politics.  2nd ed. Allen and Unwin. 2009 (2005 edition also suitable)

Ian WARD and Randal STEWART: Politics One. 4th ed. Macmillan. 2010 (2006 edition also suitable)

Graham MADDOX: Australian Democracy in Theory and Practice. 5th ed. Pearson. 2004 

REFERENCE MATERIAL

The following is a list of books which you may find useful in this unit. Most of them are available at the Macquarie University Library. The list is not exhaustive.

Aulich, C and Wettenhall, R (eds): Howard’s Second and Third Governments 1998-2004, UNSW Press 2005; and Aulich and Wettenhall, Howard's Fourth Government: Australian Commonwealth Administration 2004-2007, UNSW Press 2008.

Barns, G: Selling the Australian Government: Politics and Propaganda from Whitlam to Howard, UNSW Press 2005

Bean, C et al (eds): The Politics of Retribution: the 1996 Australian Federal Election, Allen & Unwin, 1996.

Beilharz, P: Transforming Labor: Labor Tradition and the Labor Decade in Australia, Cambridge UP, 1994.

Benson, S: Betrayal: TheUnderbelly of Australian Labor, Pantera Press, 2010

Bramston, T: Looking for the Light on the Hill: Modern Labor’s Challenges, Scribe, 2011

Brett, J: The Australian Liberals and the Moral MiddleCclass : from Alfred Deakin to John Howard, Cambridge University Press, 2003

Brown, W: Ten Prime Ministers, Longueville Books, 2002.

Browne, P and Thomas, J:  A win and a prayer : scenes from the 2004 Australian election, UNSW Press, Sydney, 2005

Caplan, B: The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies, Princeton University Press. 2007

Cassidy, B: The Party Thieves: The real story of the 2010 election, Melbourne University Press, 2010

Castles, FG, et al: The Great Experiment: Labour Parties and Public Policy Transformation in Australia and New Zealand, Allen & Unwin, 1996.

Cavalier, R: Power Crisis: The Self-Destruction of a State Labor Party, Cambridge University Press, 2010.

Costar, B: For Better or Worse: the Federal Coalition, MUP, 1994.

Costar, B and Curtin, J: Rebels with a Cause: Independents in Australian Politics, UNSW Press, 2004

Crabb, A: Losing It: The inside story of the Labor Party in Opposition, Picador, Sydney, 2005

Dalton, RJ and Wattenburg, MP: Parties without Partisans: Political Change in Advanced Industrial Democracies, Oxford University Press, 2000

Davey, P: The Nationals: The Progressive, Country and National Party in New South Wales 1919 to 2006, Federation Press 2006

Diamond, L and Gunther, R (eds):  Political Parties and Democracy, John Hopkins University Press, 2001

Duverger, M: Political Parties, Methuen, 1965.

Farrell, DM and McAllister, I: The Australian Electoral System: Origins, variations and consequences, UNSW Press 2006

Faulkner, J & Macintyre, S (eds.): True Believers, Allen & Unwin, 2001.

Fitzgerald, J: Lobbying in Australia: You can’t expect anything to change if you don’t speak up! Rosenberg, Sydney 2006

Fraser, M and Simons, M: Malcolm Fraser: The political memoirs, Miegunyah Press, 2010.

Gunther, R, Ramon-Montero, J and Linz, JJ (eds): Political Parties: Old concepts and new challenges, Oxford University Press, 2002

Grattan, M: Australia’s Prime Ministers, New Holland, 2000.

Hancock, I: National and Permanent? The Federal Organisation of the Liberal Party of Australia, MUP, 2000.

Hancock, I: The Liberals : a history of the NSW Division of the Liberal Party of Australia, 1945-2000, Federation Press 2007

Hughes, C and Costar, B: Limiting Democracy: The Erosion of Electoral Rights in Australia, UNSW Press, 2006

Jaensch, D: Power Politics: Australia’s Party System, Allen & Unwin, 1994, 3rd ed.

Jaensch, D: The Liberals, Allen & Unwin, 1994.

Johnson, C: Governing Change: Keating to Howard, UQP, 2000.

Jupp, J: Australian Party Politics, MUP, 1968.

Katz, RS and Mair, P:  How Parties Organize: Change and Adaptation in Party Organizations in Western Democracies, Sage, London, 1994

Katz, R and Crotty, W (eds): Handbook of Party Politics, Sage 2006

Keating, M et al: Institutions on the Edge, Allen & Unwin, 2000.

Kelly, P: 100 Years: The Australian Story, Allen & Unwin, 2001.

Leach, M (eds.): The Rise and Fall of One Nation, UQP, 2000.

Loewenstein, A and Sparrow, J (eds.): Left Turn: Political Essays for the New Left, MUP, 2012.

Lilleker, D and Lees-Marshment, J: Political Marketing: A Comparative Perspective, Manchester University Press, 2005.

McAllister, I & Moore, R: Party Strategy and Change: Australian Electoral Speeches Since 1946, Longman, 1991.

McKnight, D: Beyond Right and Left: New Politics and the Culture Wars, Allen and Unwin, Sydney 2005

Maddox, G: The Hawke Government and Labor Tradition, Penguin, 1989.

Manne, R (ed): The Howard Years, Black Inc Melbourne, 2004

Manne, R and McKnight, D: Goodbye to all that? On the failure of neo-liberalism and the urgency of change, Black Inc, 2010.

Marr, D & Wilkinson, M: Dark Victory, Allen & Unwin, 2003.

Marsh, I: Beyond the Two Party System, Cambridge University Press, 1995.

Marsh, I and Yencken, D: Into the Future: The Neglect of the Long Term in Australian Politics, Black Inc Melbourne, 2004

Marsh, I (ed.): Australia’s Choices: Options for a Prosperous and Fair Society, UNSW Press, 2003.

Marsh, I (ed): Political Parties in Transition?, Federation Press 2006

Megalogenis, G: The Longest Decade, Scribe Melbourne, 2006

Mills, S: The Hawke Years: The story from the inside, Viking, 1993.

Nethercote, JR (ed.): Liberalism and the Australian Federation, Federation Press, 2001.

Prasser, S & Starr, G: Policy and Change: the Howard Mandate, Hale & Iremonger, 1997.

Ryan, S and Bramston, T: The Hawke Government: A Critical Retrospective, Pluto Press Melbourne, 2003

Sartori, G: Parties and Party Systems: A Framework for Analysis, Cambridge University Press, 1976.

Sharman, C (ed.): Parties and Federalism in Australia and Canada, Federalism Research Centre, 1994.

Simms, M (ed.): The Paradox of Parties, Allen & Unwin, 1996.

Simms, M & Warhurst, J (eds.): Howard’s Agenda: The 1998 Australian Election, UQP, 2000.

Simms, M & Warhurst, J (eds) Mortgage Nation: The 2004 Australian Election, API Network, Perth, 2005

Singleton, G (ed.): The Howard Government: Australian Commonwealth Administration 1996-1998, UNSW Press, 2000.

Smith, Rodney: Australian Political Culture, Pearson Sydney, 2001

Smith, R:  Against the Machines: Minor Parties and Independents in New South Wales 1910-2006, The Federation Press, Sydney, 2006

Solomon, D (ed.): Howard’s Race: Winning the Unwinnable Election,  Harper Collins, 2002.

Stockwell, S: Political Campaign Strategy: Doing Democracy in the 21^st Century, Australian Scholarly 2005

Stuart, N: What Goes Up… Behind the 2007 Election, Scribe 2007

Tiernan, A: Power Without Responsibility: Ministerial Staffers in Australian Governments from Whitlam to Howard, UNSW Press 2007

Van Onselen, P: Liberals and Power: The road ahead, Melbourne University Press, 2008

Walter, J and Strangio, P: No, Prime Minister: Reclaiming Politics from Leaders, UNSW Press 2007

Warhurst, J:  Keeping the Bastards Honest, Allen & Unwin, 1997.

Warhurst J & Parkin, A: The Machine: Labor Confronts the Future, Allen & Unwin, 2000.

Warhurst, J: Behind Closed Doors: Politics, Scandals and the Lobbying Industry, UNSW Press, 2007

Weller, P: Don’t Tell the Prime Minister, Scribe, 2002.

Weller, P: Cabinet Government in Australia 1901-2006, UNSW Press 2007

Young, S: The Persuaders: Inside the Hidden Machine of Political Advertising, Pluto Press Melbourne, 2004

Young, S (ed): Government Communication in Australia, Cambridge University Press, 2007

 ELECTRONIC RESOURCES

 Journals

The most clearly relevant academic journals (many of which are available on-line through the Macquarie Library) are:

Australian Journal of Political Science

Australian Journal of Politics and History

Australian Journal of Public Administration

Australian Journal of Social Issues

Governance: An International Journal of Policy and Administration.

Government and Opposition

The easiest way to access these journals is through the Journal Finder pathway on the Library website. In some cases older issues of the journal are available in hard copy only and more recent issues on-line only.  Some journal publishers prevent on-line access to the most recent (1 year) issues. On-line journals are being added to the Library’s resources regularly.

Websites

Useful links to websites are posted on iLearn.

 The detail of the weekly coverage is posted in the iLearn page of the unit, and readings for each week are contained there also.