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- Texts
Prescribed texts
Readings will be provided online through the subject's LMS site prior to the commencement of semester.
Recommended texts and other resources
•Mark Considine, Enterprising states: The public management of welfare to work, Cambridge University Press, 2001.
•R,E Goodin (ed) The theory of institutional design, Cambridge University Press, 1996.
•Jan Kooiman (ed) Modern Governance: New Government-Society Interactions, Sage, 1993.
•Robert Putnam, Making Democracy work, Princeton University Press, 1993.
•Steven Smith and Michael Lipsky, Non-profits for Hire: The welfare state in the age of contracting, Camb. Mass., Harvard University Press, 1993 K. Walsh Public services and Market Mechanisms: Competition, Contracting and the new public management, Houndsmills, Macmillan, 1995
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This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Specialisation (formal) Graduate Certificate in Arts - Sociology Major Sustainable Cities, Sustainable Regions Major Tailored Specialisation Major Governance, Policy and Markets Informal specialisation 100 Point Master of Social Policy Major Tailored Specialisation Informal specialisation 150 Point Master of Social Policy Specialisation (formal) Graduate Diploma in Arts - Sociology Informal specialisation Graduate Diploma of Arts (Advanced) - Sociology Informal specialisation Sociology Specialisation (formal) Sociology Specialisation (formal) Sociology Major Sustainable Cities, Sustainable Regions Major Tailored Specialisation Major Governance, Policy and Markets Informal specialisation Graduate Certificate in Arts (Advanced) - Sociology Informal specialisation 200 Point Master of Social Policy Major Tailored Specialisation - Links to additional information
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About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Please note Single Subject Studies via Community Access Program is not available to student visa holders or applicants
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
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Last updated: 3 November 2022