The Australian political system in action
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The Australian political system in action
Oxford University Press, 2013
2nd ed
- : pbk
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Bibliography: p. 265-287
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book introduces the dynamics of the Australian political system. It sets out the key concepts and institutions of democratic politics and demonstrates how the actors and institutions of Australian politics interact and develop.
Each chapter is divided two discrete but related sections. The first part gives an overview of a particular institution within the Australia political system. The second part is an "Issue in Focus" which encourages students' critical thinking in unpacking the everyday application of one aspect of the institution under discussion. This engaging text uses current examples throughout, blending the practical with the theoretical. While focusing on the institutions of Australian government this
text also discusses and analyses the processes and power themes and includes discussion of comparative political systems.
Table of Contents
- 1. DEMOCRACY AND LIBERALISM IN AUSTRALIA
- 2. THE AUSTRALIAN CONSTITUTION
- 3. FEDERALISM
- 4. THE LEGISLATURE
- 5. RUNNING THE STATE: EXECUTIVE POWER
- 6. THE PUBLIC SERVICE: MAKING AND IMPLEMENTING POLICY
- 7. THE HIGH COURT
- 8. THE IMPORTANCE OF ELECTORAL SYSTEMS
- 9. AUSTRALIAN POLITICAL PARTIES AND THE PARTY SYSTEM
- 10. THE AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY
- 11. THE LIBERAL PARTY
- 12. MINOR PARTIES IN AUSTRALIA
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