Students have encountered the study of public policy and administration in theory as well as practice. This unit builds on, and challenges, their understanding by looking at wicked problems: those that are multi-dimensional, multi-scalar, and inter-disciplinary. It encourages them to engage deeply with the challenges of contemporary policy-making. Because the topics are "wicked", the approach to them will be flipped so that rather than going from the general to the specific, the reverse will be the case. Students will be challenged to take what appears to be a simple problem, but as it is a sub-set of a broader and more complex set of issues, to go from a narrow to broad conception of it.
Unit details and rules
Academic unit | Government and International Relations |
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Credit points | 6 |
Prerequisites
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24 credit points at 3000-level in Politics and International Relations stream, including GOVT3601 and a minimum of 126 credit points |
Corequisites
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None |
Prohibitions
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None |
Assumed knowledge
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None |
Available to study abroad and exchange students | Yes |
Teaching staff
Coordinator | Robert MacNeil, robert.macneil@sydney.edu.au |
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Lecturer(s) | Robert Macneil, robert.macneil@sydney.edu.au |