ATS2699 Parties and power
Faculty of Arts
ATS2699 Parties and power is a level 2, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Arts, offered in 2020 in Semester 1 at Clayton. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2020
- Semester 1
- Clayton
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
This is the 2020 handbook entry. See the 2023 entry.
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Requisites
Before ATS2699
No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.
After ATS2699
No unit lists ATS2699 as a prerequisite in the 2020 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Prohibition: ATS3699
Prerequisite: Twelve credit points of first-year Arts units. It is highly recommended that students only take this unit after they have completed two gateway units in Politics.
Overview
This is an advanced unit in Politics which concentrates on the political party system. It involves an examination of:
i. the emergence of the party system in liberal democratic states
ii. the organisation and ideologies of the parties
iii. the role of parties in the political life of liberal democratic states
iv. the comparison of the Australian party system with party systems in other liberal democratic states
v. the relationship between political parties and social movements
vi. the relationship between the party system and the electoral system.
A theme of the subject will be the way the parties exercise political power in liberal democracies
Offerings in 2020
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| First semester | Clayton | On campus |
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
To foster an understanding of the importance of political parties as organizational forms by which citizens in a liberal democracy seek to influence governance
- 2
To foster a comparative understanding of how parties and party systems are organized in liberal democratic states
- 3
To develop a knowledge of the contribution political science has made to the theorizing about parties and party systems
- 4
To foster an understanding of the applicability of theories about organisation and power to an analysis of political parties
- 5
To develop a clear understanding of the forms and dynamics of inter-party and intra-party politics, and the impact this has on debates about public policy and governance
- 6
To develop advanced analytical skills so that graduates can analyse organisational power and communicate these skills by way of coherent argument in tutorial situations, and to present rigorously analytical research essays
Workload and teaching
Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. A unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.
Where it fits
ATS2699 is part of 3 areas of study in the 2020 handbook.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Dr Nicholas Economou
- Unit Coordinators
- Dr Nicholas Economou
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for ATS2699?
ATS2699 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is ATS2699 offered?
In 2020, ATS2699 runs in Semester 1 at Clayton.
How much work is ATS2699?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Which majors and minors include ATS2699?
ATS2699 is part of Politics.