The Political, Legal and Governance Environment
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Griffith University
Earners understand the principle of responsible government and its implications for policy analysis, and the values/ethics of the policy sciences in a democracy. Earners can identify the forces that have challenged institutions and traditions and evaluate their role in shaping policy-making. Earners think critically about issues and dilemmas in policy and analysis and can research, evaluate and communicate their arguments. Earners understand policy making and how it is influenced and governed.
Additional DetailsEarning Criteria
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Earners can describe the role of the professional policy analyst in Australian government, drawing on insights from the policy studies literature, as well as from practitioner perspectives.
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Earners can describe the political ideas and principles that underpin Australian governance frameworks and identify the forces that have challenged these institutions and traditions and evaluate their contemporary role in shaping policy-making.
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Earners can use concepts from the policy studies literature, analyse and evaluate the dynamics of their own policy sector with reference to examples to evidence their arguments.
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Earners demonstrate the capacity to think critically about issues and dilemmas in policy and analysis, and effectively research, evaluate and communicate their arguments.
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Earners have successfully completed a Critical Reading Report (Written Assignment)
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Earners have successfully completed a Problem Definition Exercise (Written Assignment)
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Earners have successfully completed a on research report on Policy sub-system analysis (Research-based Assignment)