Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Unit Convenor
Francesco Stolfi
Hearing Hub, Level 2, South Wing
Wednesdays 5-6 or by appointment
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Credit points |
Credit points
4
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
Admission to MPPP or MPASR or MIntRel or MIntPubDip or MIntLawGovPP or GradDipPP or GradDipPASR or GradDipIntRel or GradDipSIA or GradCertSIA or GradCertPP or MSc in Environmental Health or MTransInterMIntRel or MIntBusMIntRel or MPPPMDevStud or MPPPMPASR or MPPPMIntRel
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
The framework of public policy-making has become internationalised in recent years. This unit will examine the range of approaches for comparing policies and programs in circumstances of increasing globalisation, considering the international and domestic institutions, structures and agents involved in these processes and the methods used to evaluate policy "borrowing". The unit will evaluate theories and frameworks concerned with policy transfer and policy learning and apply these critically to real-world instances of policy-making.
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On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, (a) a penalty for lateness will apply – two (2) marks out of 100 will be deducted per day for assignments submitted after the due date – and (b) no assignment will be accepted more than seven (7) days (incl. weekends) after the original submission deadline. No late submissions will be accepted for timed assessments – e.g. quizzes, online tests.
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Literature Review 1 | 40% | No | 15/04/2018 |
Literature Review 2 | 40% | No | 10/06/2018 |
Attendance and Participation | 10% | No | Weekly |
Quizzes | 10% | No | Weekly |
Due: 15/04/2018
Weighting: 40%
Literature review, namely a review of the academic literature. The academic literature includes academic journal articles, academic books and chapters in edited academic books.
This review should analyze in depth one topic between Week 2 and Week 5
Further information can be found in the assessment guide
Due: 10/06/2018
Weighting: 40%
Literature review, namely a review of the academic literature. The academic literature includes academic journal articles, academic books and chapters in edited academic books.
This review should analyze in depth one topic between Week 8 and Week 12
Further information can be found in the assessment guide
Due: Weekly
Weighting: 10%
It includes two presentations
Due: Weekly
Weighting: 10%
Quizzes on the mandatory readings
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Required readings will be provided via e-Reserve on the library database.
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