Essay 2: Summative Academic
Essay:

Students are required to write
a summative academic essay of 1,500 words, answering one of the essay questions
below. For this essay, it is expected that you now comprehend the standard of
work required to write a sound academic essay. Employing the lessons and
standards learnt from Essay 1, answer one (1) of the following essay questions:

1. UC Book of the Year
Question:Are governments effective at protecting our freedoms by
protecting us from each other? Discuss, drawing upon the concepts taught in
this unit and using examples from the UC Book of the Year, Room, to
support your argument. Please reference Roomusing page numbers in the
same way you would a normal academic publication. Each individual reference to Room
will count as one reference (as part of the minimum of 10 references rule).

2. Should the Australian
Government privatise Medibank? Discuss, drawing upon news media reports and the
concepts taught in this unit.

3. Do international
institutions such as the WTO and the OECD help or hinder economic development
in developing nations? Discuss, incorporating or countering the “democratic
deficit” argument.

4. Are passive industry
policies more effective than anticipatory industry policies? Discuss, using
examples from the recent Global Financial Crisis and drawing upon news media
reports, the concepts taught in this unit and other countries.

Important Notices:A minimum of 10 different references is required for
this essay. Be careful using the Internet – it offers information, sometimes
wildly inaccurate, while also not necessarily providing a strong critical
analysis. The use of encyclopaedia-style Web sources (for example
http://www.wikipedia.org/ and www.thefreedictionary.com) is NOTacceptable
at this level of study and any instance of using such references will attract a
fail grade. To receive a Distinction grade or above, you will need to draw upon
academic journals, texts and high-quality references, and exceed the minimum
standards.

Students must
submit their academic essays via Moodle in Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF
document format. Essays submitted in any other format will not be marked and
will receive a grade of zero. It is also required that essays include a list of
references at the end of the paper (in alphabetical order by author surname)
which is presented in a recognised Author/Date referencing system (see
http://canberra.libguides.com/referencing). Please note that the requirements
for referencing set out in this unit may be different from examples provided in
the referencing guides. Where there is a conflict about the style of
referencing (for example the use of page numbers), you are required to follow
the unit outline.