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This book explores how professional and organisational cultures influence global public-private partnerships, which form a key element of global governance. Using case studies, the partnerships of three international government organisations - the International Telecommunication Union, Interpol and the International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property - illustrate how partnerships are formed and operate in accordance with the accepted cultural beliefs, values and values associated with both profession and organisation. In brief, engineers create partnerships they are comfortable with, which are different in form and operation to those of police, which also differ from those of the conservator. This book will appeal to scholars of International Relations, global governance, organisational studies and public administration. It also conveys lessons for professionals at the international level in international government organisations, business and civil society who engage in, or want to engage in global public-private partnerships. Adam B. Masters holds a post-doctoral fellowship in the Research School of Social Sciences at the Australian National University (ANU). He is Deputy Director Governance of the Transnational Research Institute on Corruption, based at the ANU in Canberra, Australia. Dr Masters' research focuses on organised crime and corruption.--

Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1 Leadership and Rhetoric -- Abstract -- Is There a Theory? -- Time for a New Model? -- Rhetorical Performance in Bacon's Essays -- Rhetoric in the Essays? -- Rhetorical Performance in Bacon's Advancement of Learning -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2 Selecting the Case Studies: Six Australian Public Leaders -- Abstract -- Selecting Australia -- Selecting Six Australian Leaders -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3 Tony Abbott: An Opposition Leader Not Waiting for Political Office -- Abstract -- Stealing the 'Light on the Hill' -- Labor's Complaint -- Howard's Way -- Abbott's Way -- Mining Policy and Taxes -- Media Response to Abbott's Obama Welcome -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4 Julia Gillard: Dealing With the Burden of Leadership -- Abstract -- The Political Context -- The Media and Social Campaign Against a Female Prime Minister -- Abbott's Relentless Aggression -- Gillard's Timing -- A Mixed Media Response -- Sampling the Public Reaction -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5 Bob Carr: Foreign Minister or Secretary of State? -- Abstract -- Australia-China-USA -- Australia-Israel-Palestine -- What Carr's Audience Said -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6 Kevin Rudd: Rhetoric and a Royal Commission -- Abstract -- Part 1-the Lead up -- Part 2-The Ides of May -- Act I-The Unheard Rhetor -- Act II-Political Rhetoric in the Legal Arena -- Rhetorical Path Dependency -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 7 Noel Pearson: Civil Leadership and Political Rhetoric -- Abstract -- Pearson's Importance -- Pearson on Leadership Rhetoric -- Pearson's Policy Activism -- Refining Leadership Rhetoric -- The Virtue of Whitlam -- Constitutional Rhetoric -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 8 Malcolm Turnbull: From Hope to Disappointment -- Abstract

"Words are actions, and leaders know it. This thought-provoking study sheds light on the rhetorical battles that have shaped Australia's recent political history - and it's a cracking good read to boot."--Dr Dennis Grube, University of Cambridge, UK This book examines both the rhetorical content of contemporary public leadership and the leadership methods pioneered by early English statesman Sir Francis Bacon. In particular, it considers the use of public rhetoric to defend leadership legitimacy in six case studies, drawing on leadership contests in recent Australian political history. The authors map out the complex language of leadership in contemporary politics through chapter-length portraits of the inter-related political rhetoric of prime ministers Rudd, Gillard, Abbott and Turnbull, plus former foreign minister Bob Carr and indigenous leader Noel Pearson. The process is a novel application of leadership analysis derived from the political philosophy of Francis Bacon, who emerges as a founder of the study, and indeed practice, of political and public leadership. The book will appeal to students and scholars across the fields of political science, communication and rhetorical studies, and political history

Local government corruption is a phenomenon across the world. This article draws upon survey work in Victoria, Australia, to show that citizens believe that corruption exists in local government and experience it, but rarely report it to an anti-corruption agency or elsewhere. Even when reported, tracing the outcome from state-level authorities to the local government becomes an exercise in futility, because the corrupt act is dealt with in policy frameworks that make it effectively disappear. As a result, corruption as perceived or experienced in the everyday life of citizens is different from what is defined in law and dealt with by public bodies. While the data here are Australian, the lessons and principles can be applied in many other countries.