Suchergebnisse

A Passion for policy /Lynelle Briggs --The dangers of complacency: the case for reforming fiscal policy in Australia /Bob McMullan --Beyond conspicuous compassion: indigenous australians deserve more than good intentions /Amanda Vanstone --Shaping opportunities, creating public value: government and community collaboration in the Australian Capital Territory /Jon Stanhope --Twenty-first century workforce demographics and new challenges for an egalitarian society /Sharman Stone --Australia/New Zealand public servants: mates or rivals? /Mark Prebble --Towards a new era of strategic government /Geoff Gallop --Recognising public value: the challenge of measuring performance in government /Mark Moore.

Introduction / David J. Gilchrist and John R. Butcher -- Three sectors, one public purpose / Peter Shergold -- From new public management to new public governance: the implications for a 'new public service' / Helen Dickinson -- Partnerships between government and the third sector at a subnational level: the experience of an Australian subnational government / David J. Gilchrist -- The contribution of not-for-profits to democratic process / Tessa Boyd-Caine -- Part 2. Three sectors: three change agendas : overview / Penny Knight -- Policy impediments to social investments by Australian businesses / Leeora D. Black -- Navigating reform in contested spaces: reflections on not-for-profit sector regulatory reform in Australia, 2010-2013 / Krystian Seibert -- Shining a light on the black box of collaboration: mapping the prerequisites for cross-sector working / Robyn Keast.

Nation-building in Australia: a discourse, iconic project or tradition of resonance? /John Wanna --The unfinished business of nation-building /John Butcher --In the wake of economic reform ... new prospects for nation-building? /Michael Pusey --The challenge of teaching Australian history /Anna Clark --A passion for white elephants: some lessons from Australia's experience of nation building /Richard Evans --Populate, parch and panic: two centuries of dreaming about nation-building in inland Australia /Robert Wooding --Australia's fiscal straitjacket /Fred Argy --The 'Building Better Cities' program 1991-96: a nation-building initiative of the Commonwealth Government /Lyndsay Neilson --Stumbling towards nation-building: impediments to progress /Anthony F. Shepherd --Broadbanding the nation: lessons from Canada or shortcomings in Australian federalism? /Michael de Percy --Re-imagining the Australian state: political structures and policy strategies /Ian Marsh.

A failure of public administration? --The regime of contestability --Individual performance management and assessment and 'assumption cultures' --Devolution --Aligning the service: the impact of workplace relations --To market, to market: outsourcing the public service --Reforming the reforms?

Portrait of a life enthralled in politics and academe / John Wanna -- Section 1: Budgeting and financial management. Introduction to Section 1: Public finance, budgeting and financial management ; 1. Reflections on John Wanna's contributions to theory and practice / Allen Schick ; 2. Australian budgeting and beyond: Exploring John Wanna's scholarly surplus / Evert Lindquist ; 3. Performance management for success: Public sector organisations in Australia and the Philippines / Lewis Hawke ; 4. A system in adjustment: Australia's evolving public budget management system / Stein Helgeby ; 5. Contradictions in implementing performance management / John Halligan -- Section 2: Politics. Introduction to Section 2: Queensland and Australian politics ; 6. Cabinet government: The least bad system of government? / Patrick Weller ; 7. 'A long revolution': The historical coverage of Queensland politics and government / Chris Salisbury ; 8. Policymaking, party executives and parliamentary policy actors / Marija Taflaga ; 9. Models of government-business relations: Industry policy preferences versus pragmatism / Michael de Percy -- Section 3: Public policy and administration. Introduction to Section 3: Public policy and public administration ; 10. Beyond new public governance / R. A. W. Rhodes ; 11. Chinese public administration developments and prospects: An Australian (and Hong Kong) perspective / Andrew Podger and Hon Chan ; 12. Coming to terms with the state / Jim Jose -- Section 4: Working with practitioners. Introduction to Section 4: Working with practitioners ; 13. Engaging with government: A confessional tale / Paul ' t Hart ; 14. Neoliberalism? That's not how practitioners view public sector reform / Peter Shergold and Andrew Podger ; 15. Of 'trifles' and 'manhole covers': The practitioner-academic interface / Isi Unikowski.