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POLICY 737
: Applied Policy Project2025 Semester Two (1255)
Supervised project on an applied policy topic agreed between the student and a nominated supervisor. Students will produce a project proposal, progress report, dissemination plan, final report, and reflective comments.
Prerequisite: POLICY 701 or 769
Restriction: POLITICS 737, 774
Restriction: POLITICS 737, 774
Outline is not available yet
3852
POLICY 737
: Applied Policy Project2025 Semester One (1253)
Supervised project on an applied policy topic agreed between the student and a nominated supervisor. Students will produce a project proposal, progress report, dissemination plan, final report, and reflective comments.
Prerequisite: POLICY 701 or 769
Restriction: POLITICS 737, 774
Restriction: POLITICS 737, 774
Outline is not available yet
3853
POLICY 737
: Applied Policy Project2021 Semester One (1213)
Supervised project on an applied policy topic agreed between the student and a nominated supervisor. Students will produce a project proposal, progress report, dissemination plan, final report, and reflective comments.
Prerequisite: POLICY 701 or 769
Restriction: POLITICS 737, 774
Restriction: POLITICS 737, 774
Outline is not available yet
3854
POLICY 740
: Policy Design, Analysis and Implementation2023 Academic Year Term (1231)
Provides a critical overview of the policy process including problem definition, co-design as well as focusing on a range of theoretical and methodological approaches to policy analysis, including cost-benefit analysis, regulatory impact analysis and gender and diversity impact assessments.
Restriction: POLICY 701
Outline is not available yet
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POLICY 740
: Policy Design, Analysis and Implementation2021 Academic Year Term (1211)
Provides a critical overview of the policy process including problem definition, co-design as well as focusing on a range of theoretical and methodological approaches to policy analysis, including cost-benefit analysis, regulatory impact analysis and gender and diversity impact assessments.
Restriction: POLICY 701
Outline is not available yet
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POLICY 741
: Government and Policy: New Zealand Compared2023 Academic Year Term (1231)
Examines New Zealand's machinery of government at both central and local level. Analyses the relative impact of institutions, interests and ideas on public policy outcomes in New Zealand and internationally. Applies these understandings to the methods and processes associated with policy transfer and lesson drawing cross-nationally.
Restriction: POLITICS 756, 757
Outline is not available yet
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POLICY 741
: Government and Policy: New Zealand Compared2021 Academic Year Term (1211)
Examines New Zealand's machinery of government at both central and local level. Analyses the relative impact of institutions, interests and ideas on public policy outcomes in New Zealand and internationally. Applies these understandings to the methods and processes associated with policy transfer and lesson drawing cross-nationally.
Restriction: POLITICS 756, 757
Outline is not available yet
3858
POLICY 742
: Statistics and Data Analysis for Policy2023 Academic Year Term (1231)
Provides the fundamentals of statistical analysis and examines the use of different types of data used in evidence-based policy making, as well as the issues associated with the advent, use and governance of big data. Covers research design choices and quantitative methods for policy analysis.
Restriction: POLICY 769, POLITICS 769
Outline is not available yet
3859
POLICY 742
: Statistics and Data Analysis for Policy2021 Semester One (1213)
Provides the fundamentals of statistical analysis and examines the use of different types of data used in evidence-based policy making, as well as the issues associated with the advent, use and governance of big data. Covers research design choices and quantitative methods for policy analysis.
Restriction: POLICY 769, POLITICS 769
Outline is not available yet
3860
POLICY 743
: Economics, Budgets and Bureaucrats2022 Semester One (1223)
Applies key concepts and tools of economic analysis to contemporary policy problems. Focuses on the allocation of the economy’s resources, the budget process and the role of public finance agencies, rationales for government intervention in a market economy, and the impact of expenditure and taxation on the economy and citizens’ wellbeing.
Prerequisite: POLICY 742
Restriction: POLICY 702
Restriction: POLICY 702
Outline is not available yet
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POLICY 743
: Economics, Budgets and Bureaucrats2021 Semester One (1213)
Applies key concepts and tools of economic analysis to contemporary policy problems. Focuses on the allocation of the economy’s resources, the budget process and the role of public finance agencies, rationales for government intervention in a market economy, and the impact of expenditure and taxation on the economy and citizens’ wellbeing.
Prerequisite: POLICY 742
Restriction: POLICY 702
Restriction: POLICY 702
Outline is not available yet
3862
POLICY 744
: Policy in Practice2023 Academic Year Term (1231)
Provides a practical opportunity for participants to work with a policy agency in an advisory capacity to develop evidence-informed recommendations addressing a complex policy problem. Engages students in a team-based exercise that applies the knowledge and skills gained from completing the core courses in a way that informs “real world” policy decisions.
Prerequisite: POLICY 740-743
Restriction: POLICY 737, POLITICS 774
Restriction: POLICY 737, POLITICS 774
Outline is not available yet
3863
POLITICS 107
: New Zealand Politics2024 Semester One (1243)
An introduction to understanding who governs New Zealand and in whose interests. Topics include national identity, institutions of government, leadership, voting and elections, the place of Māori within the political system, parties and political participation. The course draws on current research in NZ politics and provides knowledge that can be applied to a variety of careers, including law, business and public service.
No pre-requisites or restrictions
Outline is not available yet
3864
POLITICS 107G
: New Zealand Politics2024 Semester One (1243)
An introduction to understanding who governs New Zealand and in whose interests. Topics include national identity, institutions of government, leadership, voting and elections, the place of Māori within the political system, parties and political participation. The course draws on current research in NZ politics and provides knowledge that can be applied to a variety of careers, including law, business and public service.
No pre-requisites or restrictions
Outline is not available yet
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POLITICS 107G
: New Zealand Politics2023 Semester Two (1235)
An introduction to understanding who governs New Zealand and in whose interests. Topics include national identity, institutions of government, leadership, voting and elections, the place of Māori within the political system, parties and political participation. The course draws on current research in NZ politics and provides knowledge that can be applied to a variety of careers, including law, business and public service.
No pre-requisites or restrictions
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POLITICS 107G
: New Zealand Politics2022 Semester Two (1225)
An introduction to understanding who governs New Zealand and in whose interests. Topics include national identity, institutions of government, leadership, voting and elections, the place of Māori within the political system, parties and political participation. The course draws on current research in NZ politics and provides knowledge that can be applied to a variety of careers, including law, business and public service.
No pre-requisites or restrictions
3867
POLITICS 109
: Foundations of Western Politics and Law2021 Semester Two (1215)
An examination, via the works of selected major European thinkers from Ancient Greece to nineteenth-century Britain, of ideas central to the western tradition of political thought: justice, law, liberty, power, rights, citizenship, the rights of women, and the right to resist governments. Thinkers studied include Plato, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Wollstonecraft, Mill and Marx.
No pre-requisites or restrictions
Outline is not available yet
3868
POLITICS 201
: Globalisation and International Organisations2023 Semester One (1233)
Examines the relationship between globalisation and international relations. Investigates recent developments of globalisation in view of the rise and fall of great powers, placing globalisation against the backdrop of the school of liberalism in international relations theory, and studies the role played by international organisations.
<i>Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage I in Politics and International Relations or Employment Relations and Organisational Studies or POLITICS 106 and 30 points in either Global Politics and Human Rights or International Relations and Business
Restriction: POLITICS 348</i>
No pre-requisites or restrictions
Outline is not available yet
3869
POLITICS 218
: American Politics and Public Policy2021 Summer School (1210)
An overview of structures and processes in American politics and policy. Topics include American political development, elements of civil society, the machinery of government, and contemporary politics and policy.
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage I in Politics and International Relations, or POLITICS 106 and 30 points in Global Politics and Human Rights
Restriction: POLITICS 319
Restriction: POLITICS 319
Outline is not available yet
3870
POLITICS 222
: Public Policy: Actors, Processes and Politics2021 Semester Two (1215)
Government policy choices determine the taxes we pay, the resources we consume and the wars we fight. This course provides an introduction to policy studies together with a conceptual tool-kit for understanding and evaluating public policies. It poses questions about the relevance of different actors and instruments in a series of important substantive policy areas: health and food, the environment, foreign relations, (un)employment, crime and the economy.
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage I in Politics and International Relations or Māori Studies or MĀORI 130, or 30 points at Stage I in Social Science for Public Health
Outline is not available yet
3871
POLITICS 233
: Politics, Media and Public Sphere2020 Semester Two (1205)
Critics voice disquiet about the future of journalism and political deliberation, and the lack of a unified public space where citizens can engage seriously with matters of collective concern. The course surveys the changing public sphere over time, from its early-modern emergence to the challenges of tabloid news and online fragmentation in contemporary media culture.
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage I in Political Studies or Politics and International Relations, or 30 points from COMMS 100, FTVMS 100, 101, MEDIA 101, or 30 points at Stage I in Communication
Outline is not available yet
3872
POLITICS 300
: Great Power Relations2021 Semester One (1213)
Examines international diplomatic, economic, and security interactions of the governments of the United States, Europe, Russia, and China and their implications for the Middle East, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Latin America and Oceania, and for the United Nations and other international organisations.
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II in Politics and International Relations or POLITICS 106 and 30 points at Stage II in Global Politics and Human Rights
Restriction: POLITICS 751
Restriction: POLITICS 751
Outline is not available yet
3873
POLITICS 313
: Governing Planet Earth2021 Semester Two (1215)
Environmental problems play an increasingly important role in contemporary politics. This course examines the role of ideologies and institutions in shaping environmental governance challenges from climate change and land-use conflicts to air and water pollution. Drawing from examples in New Zealand and around the globe, topics include limits to growth, sustainable development, ecological modernisation, ecolocalism and environmental justice.
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II in Politics and International Relations, or POLITICS 106 and 30 points at Stage II in Global Environment and Sustainable Development
Restriction: POLITICS 205
Restriction: POLITICS 205
Outline is not available yet
3874
POLITICS 347
: Special Topic: American Politics and Public Policy2021 Summer School (1210)
Analyses the US political system and its governance, which is built upon the ideas of federalism, separation of powers, checks and balances. Explores the country’s development, its legal and policy-making system, the dynamics between the various actors, and the struggle for power and policy. Covers political parties, participation, interest groups, social movements, media, campaigns and elections.
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II in Politics and International Relations, or 60 points in Global Politics and Human Rights
Restriction: POLITICS 218
Restriction: POLITICS 218
Outline is not available yet
3875
POLITICS 356
: Ethno-Political Violence: Hate Crimes to Genocide2021 Semester Two (1215)
Examines the causes and prevention of ethno-political violence. Forms of violence examined include: hate crimes; ethnic and religious conflict; revolution, insurgency and civil war; mass killings and genocide. Students will become familiar with the main theories and explanations of this violence, numerous case studies and policies for their prevention.
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II in Politics and International Relations, or POLITICS 106 and 30 points at Stage II in Global Politics and Human Rights
Outline is not available yet
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