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Task任务
Analyse the sources of power for the five members of the House of Representatives who are not part of the three major political parties ( about half the assignment).
Write one of the following two sets of recommendations (about half the assignment):
那些国会议员如何运用他的权力，以达到他的目的。如果你愿意，你可以讨论更多。
• Advise anyone (or more, if you wish) of those Members of Parliament on how to employ his power to achieve his aims , or
建议两大党的领导人如何否定这五个国会议员举行的权力。
• Advise either of the two major party leaders how to negate the power held by these five MPs.
Length长度
要写1500-2000字，包括附录，如果你需要，你可以添加附件，添加附件都不是必需的，如果万一你加了，要先声明。
Students have a range of 1500-2000 words in which to complete the task , which includes any appendices that students may wish to attach (none are required, in case there is concern over this statement).
写这个作业的主旨是为了让你分析这些人如何在圈子内扩展自己的影响力的相关理论，请记住，这是不是一个政治的科学作业，所以我不希望你浪费时间谢了很多澳大利亚宪法或议会进程，这些都是占据很多篇幅的没用的东西。
• The point of this assignment is to look at a real situation where independent members of the House o f Representatives and a member of a minor party in the House have an unusual amount of power within that organisation and use the theories around power to help understand why it is that they have this power. Remember that this is not a political science assignment, so I don’t want people wasting time writing at length on t he Australian Constitution or parliamentary processes; obviously these could be relevant to your analysis, but you should only discuss them as they relate to issues of power.
• That these five independents have power should be beyond doubt – look at the raft of parliamentary reforms they were able to ‘negotiate ’ with the major parties for a demonstration of how powerful they have become – so don’t aim your assignment at debating whether or not they have power. Focus on the sources of that power and then either the ways in which that power can be used or how it can be reduced.
• For those who are not sure who the five Members of Parliament (MPs) in question are, the people you are to look at are Tony Windsor, Andrew Wilkie, Bob Katter, Rob Oakeshott (all independents), and Adam Brandt (from The Greens Party). You will find plenty of discussion of each of these individuals and of them as a group in the media.
• This assignment was set with the expectation that events would overtake it and that the independents would choose a major party to form government, as has now happened . In some respects this makes the task a bit easier as there is now some certainty over the possible ways in which the power held until now can be challenged and undermined (which opens up areas to explore in the second part of the assignment).
• Students should remember that this is an assignment based on analysis, not description.This means that I will look for more than just statements of the situation and recitation of the sequence of event s or biographical details. I will expect everything in the assignments to be meaningful and to be aimed at shedding light on the reasons behind what we have seen (and what we can expect over the life of this parliament).
• In terms of a possible approach , but certainly not a mandatory one , students who are unsure how to tackle the task could address it by the following structure:
o Statement of the purpose of the report ,
o Sources of power in general ,
o How the sources apply to the independents, and
o Recommendations.
• In 2000 words you will not have sufficient space to discuss every source of power and every independent in great detail , so concentrate on thos e that are most relevant ( e g those that are going to allow you to reveal the most about the nature of power).
• Your recommendations should be based on the insights derived from the discussion of power and how it applies in the situation under consideration; don’t discuss one range of issues and then come up with an unrelated set of recommendations , ie your analysis should identify the issues that lead to recommendations.
• The tone of the report should be appropriate for the senior levels it is supposedly being written for, that is MPs up to the level of Prime Minister or Leader of the Opposition.
This does not mean that you need to write a document full of staid and complicated language, but it does means that you should avoid writing in a conversational tone.
• Given the nature of the task, it is appropriate for you to write “ I” in terms of what you recommend and “ you” to the recipient of the recommendations (assuming you identify them to me first in the heading or somewhere else), rather than seeking a convoluted third -person approach to writing the assignment.
• A reminder that “s cholarly resources” does not include sites like Wikipedia (where there is no credible quality assurance process), sites where other people have posted their own essays or presentations , or most informal online sources (eg blogs, low -quality newsletters, etc). If a student is in doubt over the credibility of the source, he or she should contact t he lecturer before incorporating that information .
o Your discussion on the issues relating to power should be based on sources like journal articles and academic works (for example, Jeffery Pfeffer is a leading writer on power, so look up some of his writings as a starting point as you move beyond the textbook).
o The current political situation will not yet, due to its currency, be discussed in such sources, so make use of newspapers and other media outlets. Be sure to use multiple sources and to take a critical eye to avoid blindly accepting partisan or otherwise biased views.
o Students should search the library databases for information on the topic rather than the internet. Internet sources can be handy to give you a general idea about the topic, but I do not expect to see them listed as sources upon which you relied in putting together your assignment. Use more credible sources instead.
Submission 从属
• The assignment is due at 5pm (Darwin time) on Monday, 27 September . Students not in Darwin must ensure they know what time this corresponds to in their time zone.
• Submission is to be via Learn line.
Reports will be assessed against the following criteria (the assignment will be marked using the same marking guide as for assignment 1, and will be marked out of 50, but is worth 40% of the unit marks):
• Grasp of Concepts and Ideas (15 marks)
• Level of Critical Thought/Insight (15 marks)
• Persuasiveness of Argument (10 marks)
• Eloquence of Expression (10 marks)(
Marks will be deducted for the following (these will be strictly enforced):
• Exceeding the word limit – I will stop reading at the point at which the word limit is reached.
• Late submission – 4% of available mark per day (or part thereof); assignments submitted more than two weeks late will not be accepted and the student will receive a mark of zero
• Inadequate referencing – 5% of available mark for poor referencing; 10% of available mark for use of the incorrect referencing system or very poor referencing; plagiarism will be referred to the Head of School as per the Student Plagiarism Management Process (students who are unsure what constitutes plagiarism should contact the lecturer before commencing work on the assignment ).
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