VCE AUSTRALIAN POLITICS 2012–2017 RESOURCES
VCE Australian Politics
Resources 2012–2017
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Unit 1: The Australian Citizen
Area of Study 1: Power, politics and democracy
Books
Arblaster, A 2002, Democracy, 3rd edn, Open University, Buckingham and Philadelphia, PA.
Bell, S & Hindmoor, A 2009, Rethinking Governance: The Centrality of the State in Modern Society, Cambridge University Press, Australia.
Boreham, P, Stokes, G & Hall, R 2004, The Politics of Australian Society, 2nd revised edn, Pearson Education Australia, Australia.
Breen, M 2006, Rock Dogs: Politics and the Australian Music Industry, 2nd revised edn, University Press of America, US.
Cavalier, R 2009, Democracy for Beginners, For Beginners Series, Danbury, CT.
Chappell, L, Chesterman, J & Hill, L 2009, The Politics of Human Rights in Australia, Cambridge University Press, Australia.
Cook, I 2004, Government and Democracy in Australia, Oxford University Press, Australia.
Cosgrove & Hankey 1992, Australian Government: Its History and How It Works, Longman Cheshire, Melbourne.
DeLaney, A 2002, Politics for Dummies, 2nd edn, For Dummies, New York..
Dickenson, J & Corcoran, R 2010, A Dictionary of Australian Politics, Allen & Unwin, Sydney.
Economou, N & Ghazarian, Z 2010, Politics for Dummies, Wiley, Milton.
Fenna, A 2008, Government and Politics of Australia, Pearson Education Australia, Australia.
Fenna, A 2000, Essentials of Australian Government, Tertiary Press, Australia.
Finer, SE 1987, Comparative Government: An Introduction to the Study of Politics, Penguin Books, UK.
Galligan, B & Roberts, W 2007, The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics, Oxford University Press, Australia.
Hall, E & Wilson, L, Power, People and Ideas, 3rd edn, VCE International Politics, Units 1 & 2, Social Education Victoria, Melbourne.
Henderson, P 2002, The Oxford Politics Study Dictionary, Oxford University Press, Melbourne.
Held, D 1996, Models of Democracy, Polity Press, Cambridge.
Heywood, A 1994, Political Ideas and Concepts: An Introduction, Macmillan.
Hirst, J 1999, Discovering Democracy: A Guide to Government and Law in Australia, Curriculum Corporation, Melbourne.
Jaensch, D 1994, Parliament, Parties and People — Australian Politics Today, 2nd edn, Longman Cheshire.
Jaensch, D 1997, Australia’s Political System, 2nd edn, Longman.
Lovell, D et al. 1998, The Australian Political System, 2nd edn, Longman.
Maddox, G 2005, Australian Democracy in Theory and Practice, 5th edn, Addison Longman.
McLean, I & McMillan, A (eds) 2009, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Politics, 3rd edn, Oxford University Press, New York.
McNamara, B 2002, How Australia is Governed, Fremantle Arts, Centre Press.
Miragliotta, N, Errington, W & Barry, N 2009, The Australian Political System in Action, Oxford University Press.
Saunders, C 1998, It’s Your Constitution, Governing Australia Today, The Federation Press.
Sawer, M & Zappal, G 2001, Speaking for the people: representation in Australian politics, Melbourne University Press.
Scott, A 2009, Politics, Parties and Issues in Australia: An Introduction, Pearson Education Australia, Sydney.
Sharman, C & Moon, J 2003, Australian Politics and Government: The Commonwealth, The States and The Territories, Cambridge University Press.
Smith, R, Cook, I & Vromen, A 2006, Keywords in Australian Politics, Cambridge University Press.
Smith, R & Watson, L (eds) 1997, Politics in Australia, 3rd edn, Allen & Unwin, Sydney.
Stokes, G 2004, Citizenship and Australian Democracy, University of Queensland Press.
Stokes, G, Pitty, R & Smith,G (eds) 2008, Global Citizens Australian Activists for Change, Cambridge University Press.
Stokes, G et al. 2004, The Politics of Australian Society Political Issues for the New Century, 2nd edn, Pearson Education Australia, Australia.
Swift, R 2010, No-Nonsense Guide to Democracy, No-nonsense Guides, New Internationalist, London.
Tham, Joo-Cheong 2010, Money and Politics: The Democracy We Can't Afford, UNSW Press Sydney.
Tilly, C 2007, Democracy, Cambridge University Press.
Vromen, A, Gelber, K Gauja, A 2008, Powerscape: Contemporary Australian Politics, 2nd revised edition, Allen & Unwin, Sydney.
Ward, I Stewart R 2009, Politics One, Pan Macmillan, Australia.
Waugh, J 1996, The Rules: An Introduction to the Australian Constitution, Melbourne University Press.
Wise, R 2000, People, Power and Politics, Cambridge University Press.
Wise, R 2010, The Indigo Handbook for International Politics, 3rd edn, Indigo Publishing, Melbourne.
Woodward, D, Parkin, A Summers, J (eds) 2009, Government, Politics, Power and Policy in Australia, 9th edn, Pearson Education Australia, Sydney.
Area of Study 2: Exercising and challenging power
Books
Adams, I 2001, Political Ideologies Today, Manchester University Press, Manchester.
Burgmann, V 2003, Power, Profit and Protest: Australian Social Movements and Globalisation, Allen Unwin, Sydney.
D’Amico, F & Beckman, R (eds) 1995, Women in World Politics: An Introduction, Bergin and Garvey.
Eagleton, T 1991, Ideology: an introduction, Verso.
Ellwood, W 2001, The No-nonsense Guide to Globalization, New Internationalist, London.
Freeden, M 2003, Ideology: a very short introduction, Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Genovese, M (ed.) 1993, Women as National Leaders, Sage.
Hall, E & Wilson L Power, People and Ideas, 3rd edn, VCE International Politics, Units 1 & 2, Social Education Victoria, Melbourne.
Heywood, A 2007, Political Ideas and Concepts: An Introduction, 4th edn, Palgrave Macmillan.
Holmes, L 2009, Communism: a very short introduction, Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Jenainati, C & Groves, J 2010, Introducing Feminism A Graphic Guide, Icon Books, London.
Jennett, C & Stewart, R (eds) 1989, Politics of the Future: The Role of Social Movements, Macmillan, Melbourne.
Kavanagh, D 1998, A Dictionary of Political Biography, Oxford University Press.
McLean, I & McMillan, A (eds) 2009, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Politics, 3rd edn, Oxford University Press, New York.
Mooney, B 2004, Shaping History: 100 Great Leaders From Antiquity to the Present, Arturus Foulsham.
Muschamp, D (ed.) 1986, Political Thinkers, Macmillan, South Melbourne.
Neer, B 2009, Barack Obama For Beginners, Presidential edition: An Essential Guide, For Beginners.
Newman, M 2005, Socialism: a very short introduction, Oxford University Press.
Pakulski, J 1991, Social Movements: The Politics of Moral Protest, Longman, Melbourne.
Passmore, K 2002, Fascism: a very short introduction, Oxford University Press.
Riff, M (ed.) 1990, Dictionary of modern political ideologies, Manchester University Press, Manchester.
Ruthven, M 1997, Islam: a very short introduction. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Ruthven, M 2007, Fundamentalism: a very short introduction, Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Sardar, Z & Malik, Z 2009, Introducing Islam: A Graphic Guide, Icon Books, London.
Skidmore, MJ 1989, Ideologies: Politics in Action, Harcourt, University of Missouri.
Townsend, C 2002, Terrorism: a very short introduction. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Van der Gaag, N 2004, The no-Nonsense Guide to Women’s Rights, New Internationalist, London.
Walter, J 2010, What Were They Thinking?: Ideas and Activists in Australian Politics, UNSW Press, Sydney.
Walter, M 2005, Feminism: a very short introduction, Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Wise, R 2010, The Indigo Handbook for International Politics, 3rd edn, Indigo Publishing, Melbourne.
Unit 3: Evaluating Australian democracy
Area of Study 1: Australian democracy
Books
Abbott, T 2009, Battlelines, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne.
Arblaster, A 2002, Democracy, 3rd edn, Open University, Buckingham and Philadelphia, PA.
Aulich, C & Evans, M (eds) 2010, The Rudd government: Australian Commonwealth administration 2007–2010, ANU E Press, Canberra.
Benson, S 2010, Betrayal: The Underbelly of Australian Labor, Pantera Press.
Bell, S & Hindmoor, A 2009, Rethinking Governance The Centrality of the State in Modern Society, Cambridge University Press.
Boreham, P, Stokes, G, Hall, R (eds) 2004, The Politics of Australian Society: Political Issues for the New Century, 2nd edn, Pearson Education Australia, Sydney.
Brett, J. 2003, Australian Liberals and the Moral Middle Class: From Alfred Deakin to John Howard, Cambridge University Press, Melbourne.
Burchell, D & Leigh, A (eds) 2002, The Prince’s New Clothes: Why Do Australians Dislike their Politicians?, UNSW Press, Sydney.
Cassidy, B 2010, The Party Thieves, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne.
Cavalier, R 2009, Democracy For Beginners, For Beginners Series, Danbury, CT.
Chappell, L, Chesterman, J & Hill, L 2009, The Politics of Human Rights in Australia, Cambridge University Press.
Cook, I 2004, Government and Democracy in Australia, Oxford University Press.
Cosgrove & Hankey 1992, Australian Government: Its History and How It Works, Longman Cheshire.
Dahl, R 1998, On Democracy, Yale University Press, New Haven.
Diamond, L 2008, The Spirit of Democracy: The Struggle to Build Free Societies Throughout the World, Holt Paperback, New York.
Dickenson, J Corcoran R 2010, A Dictionary of Australian Politics, Allen & Unwin, Sydney.
Eccleston, R, Williams, P & Hollander, R 2006, Foundations of Australian Politics, Pearson Education Australia.
Economou N & Ghazarian, Z 2010, Politics for Dummies, Wiley, Milton.
Errington, W & Van Onselen, P 2007, John Winston Howard: The Definitive Biography, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne.
Faulkner, J Macintyre, S 2001, True Believers: The Story of the Federal Parliamentary Labor Party, Allen Unwin, Sydney.
Fenna, A 2008, Government and Politics of Australia, Pearson Education Australia.
Fenna, A 2000, Essentials of Australian Government, Tertiary Press, Australia.
Finer, SE 1987, Comparative Government: An Introduction to the Study of Politics, Penguin.
Galligan, B & Roberts, W 2007, The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics, Oxford University Press.
Gilby, P, Power and National Politics, 3rd edn, VCE National Politics, Units 3 & 4, Social Education Victoria, Melbourne.
Glover, D Patmore, G (eds) 2000, For the People: Reclaiming our Government, Pluto Press Australia, Sydney.
Held, D 1996, Models of Democracy, Polity Press, Cambridge.
Henderson, P 2002, The Oxford Politics Study Dictionary, Oxford University Press, Melbourne.
Heywood, A 1994, Political Ideas and Concepts: An Introduction, Macmillan.
Hirst, J 1999, Discovering Democracy: A Guide to Government and Law in Australia, Curriculum Corporation, Melbourne.
Howes, P 2010, Confessions of a Faceless Man: Inside Campaign, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne.
Howard, J 2010, Lazarus Rising, Harper Collins, Sydney.
Irving, H 2004, Five Things to Know About the Australian Constitution, Cambridge University Press.
Jaensch, D 1994, Parliament, Parties and People — Australian Politics Today, 2nd edn, Longman Cheshire.
Jaensch, D 1997, Australia’s Political System, 2nd edn, Longman.
Keane, J 2010, The Life and Death of Democracy, Pocket Books, London.
Kent, J 2009, The Making of Julia Gillard, Penguin, Melbourne.
Leigh, A 2010, Disconnected: The Decline of Community and the Fraying of Social Fabric in Modern Australia, University of NSW Press, Sydney.
Lovell, D et al. 1998, The Australian Political System, 2nd edn, Longman.
Macklin, R 2007, Kevin Rudd: The Biography, Penguin, Melbourne.
Maddox, G 2005, Australian Democracy in Theory and Practice, 5th edn, Addison Longman, Frenchs Forrest.
Marr, D 2010, Power Trip: The Political Journey of Kevin Rudd, Quarterly Essay No. 38, Black Inc., Melbourne.
Marsh, I & Yencken, D 2004, Into the Future: The Neglect of the Long Term in Australian Politics, Black Inc., Melbourne.
Marsh, I (ed.) 2006, Political Parties in Transition, The Federation Press, Sydney.
McAllister, I 1992, Political Behaviour: Citizens, Parties and Elites in Australia, Longman Cheshire, Melbourne.
McLean, I & McMillan, A (eds) 2009, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Politics, 3rd edn, Oxford University Press, New York.
McNamara, B 2002, How Australia is Governed, Fremantle Arts Centre Press.
Megalogenis, G 2006, The Longest Decade, Scribe, Melbourne.
Miragliotta, N, Errington, W & Barry, N 2010, The Australian Political System in Action, Oxford University Press.
Mulgan G 2006, Good and Bad Power. The Ideals and Betrayals of Government, Penguin, London.
Niall, L & Mickler, S 2006, The War on Democracy: Conservative Opinion in the Australian Press, University of Western Australia Press, Perth.
Norman, J 2004, Bob Brown: gentle revolutionary, Allen Unwin, Crows Nest.
Saunders, C 1998, It’s Your Constitution, Governing Australia Today, The Federation Press.
Sawer, M & Zappal, G 2001, Speaking for the people: representation in Australian politics, Melbourne University Press.
Scott, A 2009, Politics, Parties and Issues in Australia: An Introduction, Pearson Education Australia, Sydney.
Sharman, C, Moon, J 2003, Australian Politics and Government: The Commonwealth, The States and The Territories, Cambridge University Press.
Singleton, Aitkin, Jinks & Warhurst 2009, Australian Political Institutions, 9th edn, Pearson Australia.
Smith, R, Cook, I & Vromen, A 2006, Keywords in Australian Politics, Cambridge University Press.
Smith, R & Watson, L (eds) 1997, Politics in Australia, 3rd edn, Allen & Unwin.
Stokes, G 2004, Citizenship and Australian Democracy, University of Queensland Press.
Stokes, G, Pitty, R & Smith,G (eds) 2008, Global Citizens Australian Activists for Change, Cambridge University Press.
Stokes, G et al. 2004, The Politics of Australian Society Political Issues for the New Century, 2nd edn, Pearson Education Australia, Australia.
Swift, R. No-Nonsense Guide to Democracy, No-nonsense Guides.
Tham, Joo-Cheong 2010, Money and Politics: The Democracy We Can't Afford, UNSW Press, Sydney.
The Australian Constitution, Annotated version, Constitutional Centenary Foundation.
Tilly, C 2007, Democracy, Cambridge University Press.
Vromen, A, Gelber, K & Gauja, A 2008, Powerscape: Contemporary Australian Politics, 2nd revised edn, Allen & Unwin, Sydney.
Ward, I Stewart R 2009, Politics One, Pan Macmillan, Australia.
Waugh, J 1996, The Rules: An Introduction to the Australian Constitution, Melbourne University Press.
Woodward, D, Parkin, A Summers, J (eds) 2009, Government, Politics, Power and Policy in Australia, 9th edn, Pearson Education Australia, Sydney.
Wise, R 2000, People, Power and Politics, Cambridge University Press.
Wise, R 2011, The Indigo Handbook for National Politics, Units 3 and 4, 6th edn, Indigo Publishing, Melbourne.
Young, S 2004, The Persuaders: Inside the Hidden Machine of Political Advertising, Pluto Press Australia, Sydney.
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