POL530: Public Policy Analysis

How do problems come to the attention of governments? Who is involved in the policy-making process? Pressure groups? The media? Think tanks? Who else? What are their goals? How are problems handled? How are policies evaluated? Theoretical explanations are combined with practical examples from Australia and overseas to provide students with a critical understanding of how policy is made. The unit also equips students with the main conceptual tools for analysing the impact of a policy or policy recommendation.

Related Unit Codes:

Points	4
Enrolment Options	Murdoch: S2-internal, S2-external
Contact Time	Contact time: Up to 3 hours per week.
Prerequisites	Co-requisite: Internet access if studying externally.
Exclusions
School	School of Social Sciences and Humanities
Unit Coordinator	Dr Yvonne Haigh Position: Lecturer PoliticsandCommunity Develop E-mail: Y.Haigh@murdoch.edu.au Location: Murdoch Campus Education and Humanities Room 3.031B Phone: Prefix: +618 9360 2991
Unit Contacts	Contact Phone Prefix: +618 Location Explanation of Location Codes Teaching Period(s) Dr Yvonne Haigh Lecturer PoliticsandCommunity Develop (Y.Haigh@murdoch.edu.au) 9360 2991 Murdoch Campus Education and Humanities Room 3.031B HKU S2: External (03/08/2009 - 27/11/2009)   MURDOCH S2: Internal (03/08/2009 - 27/11/2009)   MURDOCH S2: External (03/08/2009 - 27/11/2009)

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Key to Offshore Campus Location abbreviations: APMISIN Asia Pacific Management Institute (Singapore) CEJTOKYO Chiropractic Education Japan (Tokyo) JKURASHIKI NET Corporation (Kurashiki, Japan) KDUPG KDU College (Penang, Malaysia) KDUPJ KDU College (Petaling Jaya, Malaysia) SGP-REPOLY Republic Polytechnic (Singapore) SMANUFED Singapore Manufacturing Federation ZHENGZHOU Zhengzhou University (China)