Politics in Australia: Assessing the Evidence

As the second title in Palgrave Macmillan’s Assessing the Evidence series, Politics in Australia adopts both a historical and conceptual approach, dealing with issues considered fundamental to the Australian political system throughout the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
This text provides a detailed examination of the structural elements as well as the key concepts considered central to an understanding of Australian politics at a Commonwealth level, such as:
federalism
the constitution
parliament
executive government
citizenship
liberalism
conservatism
political parties
democracy
Key features:
Utilises a source-based approach, which encourages students to read and analyse primary source material, allowing them to move from existing observations and facts to formulating informed opinions of their own.
The book combines a historical and conceptual approach towards politics in Australia with key political ideas explored.
Each chapter contains discussion questions, further reading and interesting websites.