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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Preface to the 1981 Publication -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- PART I: CONTROL AND POWER IN CENTRAL-LOCAL GOVERNMENT RELATIONS -- 1 Introduction -- The context of intergovernmental relations: some theoretical issues -- Summary of Part I -- 2 Some Myths in Central-Local Relations -- The 'conventional wisdom' -- The 'conventional critique' -- The 'conventional critique' revisited -- Some recent developments -- The 'forgotten dimensions' of central-local relations -- Conclusions: the rationality of ambiguous confusion? -- 3 Interorganizational Analysis -- Introduction -- The nature of the environment -- The unit of analysis -- Organizational goals -- Power and exchange -- Consequences -- Conclusions -- 4 Intergovernmental Relations -- Introduction -- From federalism to intergovernmental relations -- Bargaining, diplomacy and 'topocrats' -- Conclusions -- 5 A Framework for Analysis -- Introduction -- Figure: the analysis of interactions -- Ground: the distribution of power, rules, interests and values -- Concluding discussion: the rationality of ambiguous confusion -- PART II: FROM INSTITUTIONS, TO POLICY, TO INDIVIDUALS -- 6 'Power-Dependence' Theories of Central-Local Relations: a Critical Assessment -- Introduction -- A critical appraisal -- Towards a theoretical reconstruction -- Conclusions: what has been achieved? -- 7 New Directions in the Study of Policy Networks -- Introduction -- A typology of policy networks -- Key issues -- Conclusions: new directions -- 8 Analysing Networks: from Typologies of Institutions to Narratives of Beliefs -- Introduction -- Developments in the study of policy networks -- Deconstructing networks -- Reconstructing networks -- Conclusions -- References -- Subject Index -- Also by R.A.W. Rhodes

This book examine polices through the eyes of the practitioners, both top-down and bottom-up; it decentres policies and policymaking. To decentre is to unpack practices as the contingent beliefs and actions of individuals. Decentred analysis produces detailed studies of people's beliefs and practices. It challenges the idea that inexorable or impersonal forces drive politics, focusing instead on the relevant meanings, the beliefs and preferences of the people involved. The book presents ten case studies, covering penal policy, zero-carbon homes, parliamentary scrutiny, children's rights, obesity, pension reform, public service reform, evidence-based policing, and local economic knowledge. It introduces a different angle of vision on the policy process; it looks at it through the eyes of individual actors, not institutions. In other words, it looks at policies from the other end of the telescope. It concludes there is much to learn from a decentred approach. It delivers edification because it offers a novel alliance of interpretive theory with an ethnographic toolkit to explore policy and policymaking from the bottom-up. Written by members of the Department of Politics and International Relations of the University of Southampton, with their collaborators at other universities, the book's decentred approach provides an alternative to the dominant evidence-based policy nostrums of the day. R.A.W. Rhodes is Professor of Government at the University of Southampton, UK. Previously, he was the Director of the UK Economic and Social Research Council's 'Whitehall Programme' (1994-1999); Distinguished Professor of Political Science at the Australian National University (2006-11); and Director of the Research School of Social Sciences at the Australian National University (2007-8). In 2015, the ECPR awarded him its biennial Lifetime Achievement Award for his 'outstanding contribution to all areas of political science, and the exceptional impact of his work'.--

This volume collects the main articles written by Rhodes on policy networks and governance between 1990 and 2005. The introductory section provides a short biography of the author's journey, Part I focuses on policy networks, and Part II focuses on governance. The conclusion provides critical commentary, both replying to critics and reflecting on theoretical developments since publication.

As citizens, why do we care about the everyday life of ministers and civil servants? We care because the decisions of the great and the good affect all our lives, for good or ill. For all their personal, political, and policy failings and foibles, they make a difference. So, we want to know what ministers and bureaucrats do, why, and how. We are interested in their beliefs and practices. In his fascinating, new piece of political anthropology, Rod Rhodes uncovers exactly how the British political elite thinks and acts. Drawing on unprecedented access to ministers and senior civil servants in t

"The Australian Study of Politics provides the first comprehensive reference book on the history of the study of politics in Australia, whether described as political studies or political science. It focuses on Australia and on developments since WWII, also exploring the historical roots of each major subfield"--Provided by publisher

Concerned with the civil services of the United Kingdom, this book examines their characteristics and trends since 1970. It assesses the UK's changing civil services in the wake of two decades of public sector management reforms and New Labour's constitutional reform programme, devolution to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

Intro -- Praise for What Political Science Can Learn from the Humanities -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Photographs -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: Blurring Genres: An Agenda for Political Studies -- Introduction -- What Is Genre Blurring? -- Genres of Thought -- Genres of Presentation -- Context -- Neoliberalism -- The Challenge for the Humanities and the Social Sciences -- Mainstreaming -- Relevance -- An Intellectual Agenda -- Trends -- Political Science -- The New Area Studies -- Overlapping Themes -- Meaning -- Thick Descriptions -- Narratives -- Historical Contingency -- Plausible Conjectures -- The Humanist Alternative -- The Chapters -- Part I: Narratives and Politics -- Genres of Thought -- Part II: The Visual Arts and Politics: Genres of Presentation -- Conclusions -- References -- Part I: Narratives and Politics -- Chapter 2: Narrative Ecologies in Post-truth Times: Nostalgia and Conspiracy Theories in Narrative Jungles? -- Narrative Ecologies in Our Times -- The Rise of Populism and Its Narratives -- Nostalgic Narratives -- Conspiracy Theories -- What Political Science Can Learn from the Humanities: Blurring Genres -- References -- Chapter 3: It's the Way You Tell It: Conflicting Narratives in the 2011, 2015, and 2019 Canadian Federal Elections -- Introduction: Developing and Applying a Model of Election Narratives -- From Cases to Data -- The Parties' Fables -- Results -- Conclusion: Approaching the 2019 Election -- References -- Chapter 4: Novels and Narratives: The Pursuit of Forms and Perceptive Policymaking -- The Current Limitations of Political Science -- The Contribution of Literary Theory to Form and Function in Politics and Policy -- The Need for New Research Methods -- Model Thinking -- A Novel Interpretation of Welsh Development.

A Foreword from Abroad by Peter HennessyPART I: INTRODUCTION1 Remembering and Witnessing - Glyn Davis and R.A.W. Rhodes2 A Historian Encounters Politics: The Craft of Pat Weller - Glyn Davis and R.A.W. RhodesPART 2: THE EXECUTIVE3 Two Halves of a Whole: Rudd and Gillard and the Politics of Prime Ministerial Vulnerability - Michelle Grattan4 Core Executives, Prime Ministers, Statecraft and Court Politics: Towards Convergence - R.A.W. RhodesPART 3: THE PUBLIC SERVICE5 Mandarins - Peter Shergold6 The Machinery of Government: The Evolution of Research on Ministerial Portfolios - Evert LindquistPART 4: HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY7 'It is not a biography . . .', it is executive practice - James Walter8 Administrative History as Biography - John WannaPART 5: INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS9 Agents of Influence: Weller and Xu on International Organisations from a Public Policy Perspective - Jason Sharman10 Learning a New Trick: International Civil Servants - Xu Yi-chongPART 6: COMPARATIVE GOVERNMENT11 Who rules? Democratic Versus Bureaucratic Leadership - John Kane and Haig Patapan12 Westminster Futures: Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom in Comparative Perspective - Robert J. Jackson13 Politics as Work: A Credo - Patrick WellerPatrick Weller's BibliographyIndex

Interpretive political science focuses on the meanings that shape actions and institutions, and the ways in which they do so. This Handbook explores the implications of interpretive theory for the study of politics. It provides the first definitive survey of the field edited by two of its pioneers. Written by leading scholars from a range of disciplinary backgrounds, the Handbook's 32 chapters are split into five parts which explore:the contrast between interpretive theory and mainstream political science;the main forms of interpretive theory and the theoretical concepts associated with interp.

Intro -- Contents -- 1 Introducing the chiefs of staff -- 2 Know the boss -- The prime minister's personality and style -- Shock absorbing and 'blowing off steam' -- Managing the prime minister's time -- 'Lumpy time' -- Regulating access8 -- Waking the prime minister? -- Pushing back -- 3 Know the boss -- 'Being there' and emotional support -- Recreation -- Feeding and watering -- Family -- Adrenalin and stress -- Discipline and physical stamina -- A special relationship -- Don Russell and Paul Keating -- John Howard and Arthur Sinodinos -- 4 Coping and surviving -- Running the office -- Choosing the CoS -- Routines -- Clear responsibilities -- Day-to-day management -- Crisis management -- 5 The policy agenda and coordination -- The agenda and priorities -- Controlling the agenda -- Get the right people in the room -- Policy coordination -- 6 Political management -- Cabinet and the ministry -- The party room -- The media -- The public service -- Managing the mix -- 7 Road-testing the lessons -- Rudd's office -- Rudd's CoS, Alister Jordan -- Background and experience -- Relationship with the prime minister -- Understanding of the job -- Views about Jordan's performance and effectiveness -- Gillard's office -- Gillard's CoS: Ben Hubbard -- Background and experience -- Relationship with the prime minister -- Understanding of the job -- Views about Hubbard's performance and effectiveness -- Lessons of the lessons -- 8 Conclusions -- Lessons -- There can be no going back -- Recurring issues -- Public servant vs political staffer -- Centralisation vs dependence -- Institutional memory vs partisan practices -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Biographies of participating chiefs of staff -- Acknowledgements -- Index.

The Gatekeepers examines the position of chief of staff to the Australian Prime Minister from the perspective of key individuals who have held it. Exploring the support needs of Australian political leaders, it traces the forces that have shaped the growth and specialisation of the Prime Ministers' Office since Gough Whitlam first formalized the appointment of a trusted senior person as head of his private office in 1972. Addressing a critical gap in our understanding of the contemporary practice of Australian political leadership, it reports the findings of a project designed to develop an em.