Political Institutions, Principles, and Ideologies - ARTS1844
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
School: School of Social Sciences
Course Outline: School of Social Sciences
Campus: Sydney
Career: Undergraduate
Units of Credit: 6
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
CSS Contribution Charge: 1 (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
Further Information: See Class Timetable
Available for General Education: Yes (more info)
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Description
Subject Area: Politics
This course can also be studied in the following specialisation: Legal Studies
This course introduces you to the normative study of political institutions, principles, and ideologies. The course focuses on the normative assumptions and concepts built into political institutions (such as the state, parliament, citizenship, constitution, public sphere, rule of law, representation, etc.). This course begins with a consideration of these institutions and then studies the specific principles and ideas that structure these institutions, as well as the ideologies that animate them. It introduces you to the political theory that is actually realized or that is called for in contemporary political life. This course will enable you to explore and gain further understanding of the normative foundations of political institutions, political principles, and ideologies that orient political actors. It will enable you to gain an understanding of the importance of the normative and conceptual dimensions of politics.