Table of Contents

Part I. Contemporary Theories of Australian Politics: 1. Democratic theories Adrian Little; 2. Institutionalism Allan McConnell; 3. Behaviouralism Rodney Smith; 4. Critical theories Ian Cook; 5. Discourse theories and post-structuralism Simon Tormey; 6. International theories Bob Howard and Diarmuid Maguire; Part II. Politics in Everyday Australian Life: 7. Political values and attitudes Shaun Wilson and Kerstin Hermes; 8. Political socialisation Kathy Edwards; 9. Media politics Peter Chen; 10. Politics in Australian culture Catriona Elder; Part III. Elections: 11. Electoral rules Norm Kelly; 12. Political parties as electoral players Nick Economou; 13. Campaigns and campaign funding Stephen Mills; 14. Voter behaviour Ben Spies-Butcher; Part IV. Participation and Representation: 15. Participation and representation through political parties Anika Gauja; 16. Pressure groups and lobbying Darren Halpin; 17. Government consultation Carolyn Hendriks; 18. Social movements and new forms of participation Ariadne Vromen; Part V. Inside the Australian State: 19. Parliament John Uhr and Norman Abjorensen; 20. Prime ministers and ministers Paul Strangio; 21. Politicisation and the executive Maria Maley; 22. Delivering public policy Anne Tiernan; 23. The courts Katherine Gelber; 24. Federalism Marcus Haward; Part VI. Contemporary Public Controversies: 25. A bill of rights Louise Chappell and Suzanne Jamieson; 26. Taxing and spending Tim Battin; 27. Employment and education Toby Fattore; 28. Cities Brendan Gleeson and Wendy Steele; 29. Indigenous Australians Virginia Watson; 30. Health Amanda Elliot; 31. The environment Jancie Dudley; 32. Australia and the world Maryanne Kelton.

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