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"The USS Enterprise (CVN-65) was the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. Her story spans 51 years (1961-2012) of active service from the brink of nuclear war during the Cuban Missile Crisis to the first global cruise by nuclear-powered ships to the first strikes during the Vietnam War, battles against the Iranians and Iraqis in the 1980s and 1990s, a pivotal role during 9/11 and the Global War on Terrorism, and hunting pirates off the Horn of Africa. More than just an operational history of Enterprise, this book recounts the experiences of the men and women who served on board--the pilots who flew from the flight deck, the men who fought to save the ship during a fire in 1969, the sailors who brought retribution against Al-Qaeda terrorists--with detailed descriptions of sorties through flak-filled skies and harrowing escapes from capture behind enemy lines"--

Cover -- Contents -- List of Boxes, Figures and Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Why 'saving' democracy? -- 2 Can democracy be saved? -- Part 1: Interventions at the input stage to enable critical citizenship -- 3 Building participatory governance systems -- 4 Direct democracy -- 5 Deliberative democracy -- 6 Design-led digital democracy -- Part 2: Interventions at the throughput stage to improve the quality andintegrity of politics -- 7 Reforming elected assemblies -- 8 Cleaning up politics -- 9 Embedding experts and evidence in democratic governance -- 10 Old and new media: power with responsibility -- Part 3: Interventions at the output stage to improve the capacity ofpolitics to deliver quality services and policy outcomes -- 11 Improving the public service experience: the search for public value -- 12 Representative democracy and crisis management -- 13 Future proofing democracy -- 14 In conclusion - restoring and strengthening the 'protective power'of democracy -- Postscript -- Notes -- Index.

This edited collection examines Commonwealth administration under the leadership Prime Minister Kevin Rudd from 2007-2010. This was a remarkable period in Australian history: Rudd's government was elected in 2007 with an ambitious program for change. However, as the chapters in this book demonstrate, these ambitions were thwarted by a range of factors, not the least being Rudd's failure to press ahead when he confronted 'road blocks' such the ETS or managing his massive agenda which constantly elevated issues to 'first order priority'. Although he started his term with stratospheric approval ratings, only two years later his support had collapsed and on 24 July 2010 he became the first sitting Prime Minister to be removed by his own Party before the expiry of his first term. In this book, expert contributors consider the Rudd Government's policy, institutional and political legacy. The 14 chapters are organized into four sections, outlining the issues and agendas that guided Rudd's government, changes to the institutions of state such as the public service and parliament, followed by discussions of key issues and policies that marked Rudd's term in office. The final section examines Rudd's leadership and reflects on the personal foibles and political factors that brought his Prime Ministership undone. The Rudd Government has been produced by the ANZSOG Institute for Governance at the University of Canberra. It is the tenth in a series of books on successive Commonwealth administrations. Each volume has provided a chronicle and commentary of major events, policies and issues that have dominated successive administrations since 1983. As with previous volumes in the series, contributors have been drawn from a range of universities and other organisations.

Cover -- Half Title -- Dedication -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- List of Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction: Is Policy Transfer Rational Policy-making? -- Evolving Opportunity Structures for Policy Transfer -- Policy Transfer as Rational Policy-making -- Argument -- Bridging the Gaps -- The Structure of the Argument -- The Authors -- 2 Understanding Policy Transfer -- Introduction -- Studying Policy Transfer -- Policy Transfer Analysis and Its Critics -- In Conclusion - How Useful is Policy Transfer Analysis as an Understanding of Contemporary Policy Development? -- PART I: POLICY TRANSFER BETWEEN DEVELOPED COUNTRIES -- 3 Policy Transfer Networks: An Insider Perspective -- Introduction -- The Policy Transfer Network Approach -- Case Study: Social Security Fraud - Performance Measurement and Resource Allocation -- In Conclusion - Policy Transfer as Rational Collaborative Governance -- 4 Policy Transfer in a Competition State: Britain's New Deal -- Introduction -- The Theory of the Competition State -- The Post-Welfare Contracting State -- The Case of the New Deal -- In Conclusion: Policy Transfer, Welfare Reform and the Competition State -- 5 Environmental Policy Transfer in Germany and Greece -- Introduction -- The Policy Transfer Network Approach -- Understandingbus and the Transfer of the Ecotrans Project -- In Conclusion: Do Policy Transfer Networks Matter? -- PART II: POLICY TRANSFER FROM DEVELOPED TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES -- 6 Policy Transfer in a Transition State: The Case of Local Government Reform in the Ukraine -- Introduction -- Policy Transfer in a Transitional Society -- Applying Policy Transfer Analysis in a Transition State -- The Association of Ukrainian Cities: A Policy Transfer Network for Local Government Reform