Australian political institutions / Singleton ... [et al.]
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- 4473971
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- Edition:
- 9th ed.
- Description:
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- Frenchs Forest, N.S.W. : Pearson Education Australia, 2009
- xvii, 492 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
- ISBN:
- 9781442504080
- Summary:
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Introduces students to the structure and organisation of the institutions and functions of government in Australia, with reference to contemporary issues and debates.
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- Machine derived contents note: CHAPTER 1 Politics and democracy
- Why study politics? 2
- What is politics? 3
- The state and society 5
- Political ideologies and the state 6
- Representative and responsible government 7
- Comparative analysis of modern liberal democracies I I
- An institutional approach to understanding the Australian political system 12
- Questions for discussion 13
- Further reading 14
- Useful websites 14
- CHAPTER 2 The political culture of Australia's political institutions 17
- The institutions of Australia's system of government 18
- Politics and the economy 26
- Pressures for change 28
- Political culture from a comparative perspective 34
- Questions for discussion 41
- Further reading 41
- Useful websites 41
- CHAPTER 3 The Australian Constitution 43
- The function of a constitution 44
- The Australian Constitution: the path to federation 46
- The making of the Australian Constitution 49
- Provisions of the Constitution 54
- Influences on the Constitution since federation 63
- Judicial interpretation: the High Court 64
- Cooperation between governments 71
- Formal amendment of the Constitution 72
- Constitutional reform and the political agenda 78
- The republic and constitutional change 80
- Questions for discussion 85
- Further reading 85
- Useful websites 86
- CHAPTER 4 The federal system 87
- The principles of federalism 88
- Reasons for choosing a federal system 90
- The role of the states in the Australian federal system 94
- The role of the Commonwealth 100
- The territories 103
- Local government 106
- The politics of Australian federalism 109
- Federalism and 'efficiency' 112
- Federalism and policy making 113
- Federalism and responsible government I17
- Political parties and federalism 119
- Financial control by the Commonwealth 121
- The future of Australian federalism 130
- Questions for discussion 132
- Further reading 132
- Useful websites 133
- CHAPTER 5 The Australian Parliament 135
- Origins of parliament 136
- Parliament and the modern state 137
- Functions of parliament 141
- Problems with parliamentary government 143
- Australia's parliamentary system 146
- The Australian parliament 147
- Parliament House 149
- The representative function of members of the Australian parliament 151
- Procedures in the House of Representatives 152
- The legislating function 156
- The Senate and money bills 162
- Investigating expenditure function 163
- The 'scrutiny' function of parliament 164
- The Senate as a house of review 171
- Questions for discussion 176
- Further reading 176
- Useful websites 177
- CHAPTER 6 Executive government: cabinet and prime minister 179
- The executive 180
- Cabinet 182
- The prime minister 186
- Government in Australia 188
- Selection of ministers and cabinet 193
- Ministers' careers 195
- Ministerial office 198
- Ministers, cabinet and Westminster conventions 201
- The power of the prime minister 212
- Desirable qualities of a prime minister 219
- Questions for discussion 222
- Further reading 222
- Useful websites 223
- CHAPTER 7 The public service 225
- Public administration and bureaucracy 226
- The origins of modern bureaucracy 23 I1
- Bureaucracy in the modern state 233
- The development of public administration and bureaucracy in Australia 237
- The Australian Public Service (APS) 241
- Staffing the APS 248
- Financing the APS 254
- Treasury and economic management 254
- Policy and administration 255
- The policy process: coordination and control 258
- Accountability and administrative review 260
- Non-departmental organisations 265
- Questions for discussion 267
- Further reading 267
- Useful websites 268
- CHAPTER 8 Elections and voting behaviour 271
- The importance of elections 272
- Types of electoral systems 275
- The Australian electoral system 280
- The development of the Commonwealth electoral system 287
- Redistributions 289
- 'Fairness' 291
- Public funding and disclosure 292
- Electronic voting (e-voting) 293
- Voting behaviour 294
- A note on voting methods: counting the votes 304
- Questions for discussion 310
- Further reading 310
- Useful websites 311
- CHAPTER 9 Political parties and party systems 313
- The nature of political parties 314
- Ideology 317
- Organisation 319
- Policy making 321
- Party discipline 322
- Party systems 323
- The party system in Australia 327
- Australia's two-party system in retrospect 337
- Changes to the Australian party system 339
- Questions for discussion 341
- Further reading 342
- Useful websites 343
- CHAPTER 10 Australia's major parties 345
- The Australian Labor Party 346
- The Liberal Party of Australia 356
- Policy differentiation in the 'catch-all' context 365
- Questions for discussion 368
- Further reading 368
- Useful websites 369
- CHAPTER 11 Minor parties and independents in Australia 371
- Minor parties 372
- Minor parties with representation in Australian parliaments 376
- Significant minor parties not represented in Australian parliaments 390
- Independents in the Australian parliament 396
- Questions for discussion 401
- Further reading 401
- Useful websites 402
- CHAPTER 12 Interest groups 405
- Why are interest groups important? 406
- What is an interest group? 406
- Types of interest groups 407
- Interest group strategies 409
- Groups and government 412
- Insiders and outsiders 416
- Policy networks 420
- Social movements 422
- Groups and democracy 425
- Questions for discussion 426
- Further reading 426
- Useful websites 427
- CHAPTER 13 Political communication 429
- The mass media 431
- Politics in the Australian media 437
- The parliamentary press gallery 441
- Political advertising 443
- Political polling 445
- Technology and political communication 447
- E-government 452
- E-democracy 454
- Questions for discussion 455
- Further reading 455
- Useful websites 457
- Appendix: The Australian Constitution 459.
- Notes:
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- Previous ed.: 2006.
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Also available online (Table of contents)
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- Singleton, Gwynneth, 1943-
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