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Classification Structure - Division 360000 - Policy and Political Science

	Discipline	Subject	Description
	360100		Political Science
		360101	Australian Government and Politics
		360102	Comparative Government and Politics
		360103	Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations
		360104	Political Theory and Political Philosophy
		360105	International Relations
		360199	Political Science not elsewhere classified
	360200		Policy and Administration
		360201	Public Policy
		360202	Public Administration
		360203	Research, Science and Technology Policy
		360204	Defence Studies
		360299	Policy and Administration not elsewhere classified
	369900		Other Policy and Political Science
		369999	Other Policy and Political Science

Definitions

Division 360000 - Policy and Political Science, covers political science, public policy and administration, international relations and other policy studies. This division has three disciplines:

360100 - Political Science
360200 - Policy and Administration
369900 - Other Policy and Political Science

Exclusions:


(a) Administration and evaluation of health care and community services is included in Discipline 321200 Public Health and Health Services; and

(b) the history and philosophy of science and medicine is included in Discipline 370600 History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine.

Discipline 360100 - Political Science

This discipline covers political science. This discipline has six subjects:

360101 - Australian Government and Politics
360102 - Comparative Government and Politics
360103 - Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations
360104 - Political Theory and Political Philosophy
360105 - International Relations
360199 - Political Science not elsewhere classified

Discipline 360200 - Policy and Administration

This discipline covers policy and administration. This discipline has five subjects:

360201 - Public Policy
360202 - Public Administration
360203 - Research, Science and Technology Policy
360204 - Defence Studies
360299 - Policy and Administration not elsewhere classified

This discipline covers policy and political science not elsewhere classified. It has the one subject:

369999 - Other Policy and Political Science.