UNSW Handbook Course - Politics and Business

Politics and Business - POLS2040


	Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
	School: School of Politics and International Relations
	Contact: Fortescue,Stephen Charles
	Campus: Kensington Campus
	Career: Undergraduate
	Units of Credit: 6
	EFTSL: 0.125 (more info)
	Contact Hours per Week: 3
	Enrolment Requirements:
	Prerequisite: 36 units of credit
	Session Offered: See Class Timetable
	Fee Band: 1 (more info)

Description

An examination of the relationship between business and politics at both international and national levels. The emphasis is on developed capitalist countries, but attention is also devoted to transitional, NIC and developing countries. Topics dealt with include globalisation, politics and business; corporatist relationships; business lobbying; business influence on public opinion; and corruption.

Learning Outcomes

At the completion of the course students should be able to:

apply some basic political and economic theories to business-government relationships in a broad range of 'real world' circumstances
demonstrate a detailed knowledge of some specific and topical issues in business-government relations
carry out independent empirical research sufficient to complete an essay.

Assessment

Tutorial paper - 15%
Essay summary - 5%
Essay - 40%
Examination - 40%

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