2009 Course Handbook
BCM302: Policy Analysis and Development
This unit builds on and extends the ideas introduced in a number of previous units and applies them to the concepts and processes of policy analysis and development. The unit explores the roles of government and other stakeholders in policy production and encourages students to identify and critically evaluate the assumed values of these policy formulations. It focuses on the ways in which interventions can influence change in both policy and practice in governments and other institutions. It explores political processes both formal and informal, with an emphasis on the latter, in which policy decisions are made and implemented. This unit is designed to emphasise political theories and analyses of power and change as well as the status of current policies within those contexts. Students are expected to draw on current writings in the media and analysis of current issues and to use some classic readings.
| Credit Points: | 4 |
| Contact Hours: | Block Session |
| When Offered: | X2 - External study; Offered in the second half-year (On Campus session: Block session - contact Department) |
| Staff Contact: | Warawara staff |
| Prerequisites: | Admission to BCM |
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| Unit Designations: | -- |
| Assessed As: | Graded |
| Offered By: |
Department of Indigenous Studies - Warawara |