Governing Australia

Author : Mitchell Dean,Barry Hindess
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1998-06-22
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0521586712

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Governing Australia by Mitchell Dean,Barry Hindess Pdf

Inspired by Foucault's discussion of governmentality, this book makes a major contribution to our understanding of government. The book is interdisciplinary in approach, and combines theoretical discussion with empirical focus. It includes a substantial introduction by the editors, and contains work critiquing the central notion of governmentality. A range of topics are discussed, including regulation of the unemployed and people with HIV/AIDS, sexual harassment in the military, the corporatisation of education, new contractualism and governing personality. While their topics are varied, the contributors explore a range of shared concerns, including notions of problematisation, expert knowledge, rationality, freedom and autonomy, giving the volume focus and rigour. This book will be essential reading in political science, sociology, law, philosophy, education and economics.

Author : Cheryl Saunders
Publisher : Federation Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 1862874689

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It's Your Constitution by Cheryl Saunders Pdf

How do Australians have a say in their government?Who makes decisions in government and how?What limits are there on the powers of the Commonwealth and State governments? Fundamental issues which go to the heart of Australian democracy and provide the themes in this book.Writing with great insight and clarity, wearing her renowned scholarship lightly, Saunders enables all Australians to take an informed part in the current debates. She outlines how the Constitution can be altered and many of the issues which affect all Australians.Saunders describes:how the Senate and House of Representatives workhow much power the Prime Minister really haswhy the High Court is so importantthe role of the Governor-Generalwho decides how to spend taxeshow State and Commonwealth Governments work togetherThe book also contains a full copy of the Australian Constitution.

Author : Katherine A. Daniell,Adrian Kay
Publisher : ANU Press
Page : 475 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2017-11-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781760461607

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Multi-level Governance by Katherine A. Daniell,Adrian Kay Pdf

Important policy problems rarely fit neatly within existing territorial boundaries. More difficult still, individual governments or government departments rarely enjoy the power, resources and governance structures required to respond effectively to policy challenges under their responsibility. These dilemmas impose the requirement to work with others from the public, private, non-governmental organisation (NGO) or community spheres, and across a range of administrative levels and sectors. But how? This book investigates the challenges—both conceptual and practical—of multi-level governance processes. It draws on a range of cases from Australian public policy, with comparisons to multi-level governance systems abroad, to understand factors behind the effective coordination and management of multi-level governance processes in different policy areas over the short and longer term. Issues such as accountability, politics and cultures of governance are investigated through policy areas including social, environmental and spatial planning policy. The authors of the volume are a range of academics and past public servants from different jurisdictions, which allows previously hidden stories and processes of multi-level governance in Australia across different periods of government to be revealed and analysed for the first time.

Author : William Nikolakis,Stephen Cornell,Harry W. Nelson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780816539970

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Reclaiming Indigenous Governance by William Nikolakis,Stephen Cornell,Harry W. Nelson Pdf

"This volume showcases how Native nations can reclaim self-determination and self-governance via examples from four important countries"--

Author : John Power
Publisher : ANU E Press
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2010-07-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781921666551

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Fiducial Governance by John Power Pdf

FIDUCIAL GOVERNANCE: AN AUSTRALIAN REPUBLIC FOR THE NEW MILLENNIUM represents an attempt to grapple with the challenges of designing governance regimes suited to the new millennium. Power's monograph asserts the need for the reform of Australian governance and charts Australia's fitful progress towards a republican future. Along the way he sketches a framework for constitutional reform, mindful of the strengths and weaknesses of the current system of government and the contest of ideas about the role and configuration of Australian Heads of State. Long a frustrated Australian republican, Power contends that the republican log jam is due in significant part to a lack of respect shown by the republican policy community to the contribution long made to good governance by monarchical heads of state. This monograph seeks to draw lessons from this experience, so as to make the republican venture one of substance for the Australian public. In so doing, Power draws on a range of republican, indigenous and feminist writings in order to develop a new framework of 'fiducial governance' aimed at enhancing the trustworthiness and integrity of our institutions of governance, thereby paving the way for the replacement of the monarch by a directly elected head of state. This is an erudite and thoughtful book that will be of interest to those with an interest in systems of governance and to constitutional scholars, whether they be republicans or monarchists.

Author : Meredith Edwards,John Halligan,Bryan Horrigan,Geoffrey Nicoll
Publisher : ANU E Press
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2012-07-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781921862908

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Public Sector Governance in Australia by Meredith Edwards,John Halligan,Bryan Horrigan,Geoffrey Nicoll Pdf

"Provides the first comprehensive theoretical and empirical work on governance in the Commonwealth public sector. It addresses the issues that emerged under the Howard government as well as their handling under the Rudd and Gillard governments." - abstract.

Author : Janine O'Flynn,John Wanna
Publisher : ANU E Press
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2008-12-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781921536410

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Collaborative Governance by Janine O'Flynn,John Wanna Pdf

Collaboration has emerged as a central concept in public policy circles in Australia and a panacea to the complex challenges facing Australia. But is this really the cure-all it seems to be? In this edited collection we present scholarly and practitioner perspectives on the drivers, challenges, prospects and promise of collaboration. The papers, first presented at the 2007 ANZSOG Conference, draw on the extensive experience of the contributors in either trying to enact collaboration, or studying the processes of this phenomenon. Together the collection provides important insights into the potential of collaboration, but also the fiercely stubborn barriers to adopting more collaborative approaches to policy and implementation. The collection includes chapter from public servants, third sector managers, and both Australian and international academics which together make it a stimulating read for those working with or within government. It adds considerably to the debate about how to address current challenges of public policy and provides a significant resource for those interested in the realities of collaborative governance.

Author : Ruth Atkins
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Australia
ISBN : NWU:35556002199537

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Governing Australia by Ruth Atkins Pdf

Elections, constitutions, parliaments, governments, judiciary.

Author : John Whitton
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2020-03-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0367459868

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Governing Shale Gas by John Whitton Pdf

Shale energy development is an issue of global importance. The number of reserves globally, and their potential economic return, have increased dramatically in the past decade. Questions abound, however, about the appropriate governance systems to manage the risks of unconventional oil and gas development and the ability for citizens to engage and participate in decisions regarding these systems. Stakeholder participation is essential for the social and political legitimacy of energy extraction and production, what the industry calls a 'social license' to operate. This book attempts to bring together critical themes inherent in the energy governance literature and illustrate them through cases in multiple countries, including the US, the UK, Canada, South Africa, Germany and Poland. These themes include how multiple actors and institutions - industry, governments and regulatory bodies at all scales, communities, opposition movements, and individual landowners - have roles in developing, contesting, monitoring, and enforcing practices and regulations within unconventional oil and gas development. Overall, the book proposes a systemic, participatory, community-led approach required to achieve a form of legitimacy that allows communities to derive social priorities by a process of community visioning. This book will be of great relevance to scholars and policy-makers with an interest in shale gas development, and energy policy and governance.

Author : Xianlin Song,Greg McCarthy
Publisher : Springer
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2019-08-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030241704

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Governing Asian International Mobility in Australia by Xianlin Song,Greg McCarthy Pdf

This book examines the governance of Asian student and academic mobility, which has transformed the higher education landscape. While campuses are experiencing an unprecedented level of diversity, knowledge creation remains explicitly Eurocentric and dominated by the Global North. The authors advocate for a new educational paradigm that takes into account the transcultural flow of knowledge on campus as a public good, capitalises on Asian students and academics’ multilingual competencies, and offers them equal access to creating quality-orientated education. The book argues that international higher education must be grounded in both a plurality of knowledges and the ethics of cognitive justice, and that the governing policies should facilitate the higher education sector to build a platform of internationalising affect and effect on campus.

Author : Ruth Atkins,Adam Graycar
Publisher : Sydney ; New York : Wiley
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015021943561

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Governing Australia by Ruth Atkins,Adam Graycar Pdf

Author : George Ivanoff
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2014-10-10
Category : Australia
ISBN : 1486008550

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Australia's Government by George Ivanoff Pdf

This is the Non-Fiction Topic Book for Pearson English 3-6's topic Governing Australia. Written specifically to support the teaching of this topic, Australia's Government provides age-appropriate quality literature that is closely related to the topic theme. This text has been aligned to Fountas & Pinnell's year-level expectations for Year 6 students. Pearson English 3-6 teaches Australian Curriculum: English within the context of topics from other curriculum areas - this is a Civics and Citizenship Topic. This text is supported with full-colour photos and illustrations with relevant captions. The Let's Find Out section asks students questions to answer using the text and Did You Know? boxes are found throughout the text and share interesting facts. The text concludes with a Connections page, a glossary and an index. Please note that educators will find guided reading teaching notes for this topic book in the Teacher Companion.

Author : Jonathan Craft,John Halligan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2020-11-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781108421492

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Advising Governments in the Westminster Tradition by Jonathan Craft,John Halligan Pdf

A comprehensive and comparative analysis of who advises government and how systems of policy advice operate in four Westminster countries.

Author : Lynda Cheshire
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2016-04-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317125563

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Governing Rural Development by Lynda Cheshire Pdf

In recent decades, the responsibility for initiating regeneration programmes has been placed firmly in the hands of rural communities, with the rationale being that local people are best placed to know their own problems and, consequently, to develop their own solutions. Despite the popularity of this approach, the self-help approach has its own problems and can be seen as an attempt by governments to reduce public spending. This book provides a critical account of the discourses and practices of self-help in contemporary rural development policies of Australia and other western nations. Although it examines the problems of the self-help approach, it moves beyond a straightforward exposition of the impediments to self-help. Instead, taking a Foucauldian governmentality perspective, it puts forward a theoretical analysis of the self-help concept, assessing it as a means of governing rural development in an advanced liberal manner. It argues that self-help should not be regarded as either the empowerment or the abandonment of rural citizens by a shrinking state, but rather the application of new ways of thinking about and acting upon rural development.

Author : R.A.W. Rhodes
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2020-08-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000247947

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The Craft of Governing by R.A.W. Rhodes Pdf

'Bargaining and puzzling; power and thought; dealing and agonising; compromise and commitment. These are two sides of political practitioners whether politician, public servant or campaigner. Understand the interplay and we can, just sometimes, make sense of the real world we seek to interpret.' Patrick Weller's observation comes from half a century of contemplating politics in action. The question of how government works lies at the heart of political science, and it has also been the career focus of this pioneer in the field. The Craft of Governing offers a tribute to the contribution of Patrick Weller to Australian political science, with chapters from leading political commentators including Michelle Grattan, Peter Shergold, Bob Jackson and James Walter. Contributors consider the role of the prime minister, approaches to studying executive government, the continuing significance of senior public servants and the nature of leadership in public bureaucracies. They also reflect on how insights from the study of domestic public policy can be applied to international organisations, challenges faced by Westminster democracies and approaches to political biography. The Craft of Governing is an invaluable resource for readers interested in approaches to studying politics and the development of political science as a discipline.