The Craft Of Governing

Author : R.A.W. Rhodes
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 49,8 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.

Author : R. A. W. Rhodes,Glyn Davis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2014-08-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1459683595

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The Craft of Governing by R. A. W. Rhodes,Glyn Davis 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.

Author : George E. Berkley
Publisher : Boston : Allyn and Bacon
Page : 584 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Administrative agencies
ISBN : UCAL:B3958143

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The Craft of Public Administration by George E. Berkley Pdf

Author : Aaron Wildavsky
Publisher : Springer
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2017-08-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783319586199

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The Art and Craft of Policy Analysis by Aaron Wildavsky Pdf

The Art and Craft of Policy Analysis is a classic work of the Public Policy discipline. Wildavsky’s emphasis on the values involved in public policies, as well as the need to build political understandings about the nature of policy, are as important for 21st century policymaking as they were in 1979. B. Guy Peters’ critical introduction provides the reader with context for the book, its main themes and contemporary relevance, and offers a guide to understanding a complex but crucial text.

Author : Christine Shearer
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2021-11-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030818968

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Constructing the Craft of Public Administration by Christine Shearer Pdf

This book draws on recent empirical research and reports unique insight into the craft of public administration of the most senior echelons of the Australian Public Service (APS).This work is set in the context of a comparative analysis of the significant public sector reforms by successive governments from the 1980s across Westminster polities. Such reforms and the contemporary management ideas on which they were based, including new managerialism and ‘new public management’ (NPM) travelled, were translated and transformed with some elements accepted and others rejected. This book addresses how the most senior public servants in the APS construct their craft today amid such reforms. Chapter two covers the myriad of public sector reforms across Westminster polities. Chapters three and four cover the environments and contemporary management ideas which influence public administration. Chapters five and six showcase the public actors and the responsibilities they execute when they construct their craft. The final chapter provides a conceptual model of the craft of public administration and provides implications for theory and practice.

Author : Gregory A. Huber
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2007-05-07
Category : Law
ISBN : STANFORD:36105123247095

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The Craft of Bureaucratic Neutrality by Gregory A. Huber Pdf

Are political understandings of bureaucracy incompatible with Weberian features of administrative neutrality? In examining the question of whether interest groups and elected officials are able to influence how government agencies implement the law, this book identifies the political origins of bureaucratic neutrality. In bridging the traditional gap between questions of internal management (public administration) and external politics (political science), Huber argues that â€~strategic neutrality' allows bureaucratic leaders to both manage their subordinates and sustain political support. By analyzing the OSH Act of 1970, Huber demonstrates the political origins and benefits of administrative neutrality, and contrasts it with apolitical and unconstrained administrative implementation. Historical analysis, interviews with field-level bureaucrats and their supervisors, and quantitative analysis provide a rich understanding of the twin difficulties agency leaders face as political actors and personnel managers.

Author : JONATHAN. CRAFT,Amanda Clarke
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2018-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1772553506

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Issues in Canadian Governance by JONATHAN. CRAFT,Amanda Clarke Pdf

Author : George Berkley,John Rouse
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2008-10-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 007337895X

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The Craft of Public Administration by George Berkley,John Rouse Pdf

The Craft of Public Administration is not just a textbook; it is a pedagogical gathering of pertinent yet limited literature, assembled to inform and interest college students in the dynamics of the public, or government, sector in the United States. The four pedagogical segments of this textbook — federalism, public personnel administration, budgets, and government regulations — succinctly organize the study of partisan, policy, and system politics — and government bureaucracies.

Author : Jonathan Craft,John Halligan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 55,9 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 : David Bromell
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2022-06-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030995621

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The Art and Craft of Policy Advising by David Bromell Pdf

This book offers a practical guide for policy advisors and their managers, grounded in the author’s extensive experience as a senior policy practitioner in New Zealand’s Westminster-style system of government. A key message is that effective policy advising is less about cycles, stages and steps, and more about relationships, integrity and communication. Policy making is incremental social problem solving. Policy advising is mostly learned on the job, like an apprenticeship. It starts with careful listening, knowing one’s place in the constitutional scheme of things, winning the confidence of decision makers, skillfully communicating what they need to hear and not only what they want to hear, and learning to lead from behind, scheme virtuously and play nicely with others. The author introduces a public value approach to policy advising that uses collective thinking to address complex policy problems, evidence-informed policy analysis that also factors in emotions and values, and the practice of “gifting and gaining” (rather than “trade-offs”) in the long-term public interest. Theory is illustrated by personal anecdote and each chapter offers practical processes, tools, techniques and questions for reflection, to help readers master the art and craft of policy advising. This second edition has been substantially revised and updated. It provides an expanded, step-by-step approach to stakeholder analysis and prioritisation in relation to an agency’s own strategic frame; it aligns and integrates theory about the public interest, public value and anticipatory governance; and it updates a “fair go” multi-criteria decision analysis matrix with the latest iteration of the N.Z. Treasury’s Living Standards Framework.

Author : John Boswell,Jack Corbett,R. A. W. Rhodes
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2019-10-24
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781108472852

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The Art and Craft of Comparison by John Boswell,Jack Corbett,R. A. W. Rhodes Pdf

A call to arms for researchers to embrace their comparative intuition and combine in-depth stories with general lessons from their research.

Author : Samuel Edward Finer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 630 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Civilization, Ancient
ISBN : 9780198206644

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The History of Government from the Earliest Times: Ancient monarchies and empires by Samuel Edward Finer Pdf

No one has hitherto had the breadth of imagination and intellectual boldness to describe and analyse government throughout recorded history and throughout the world. This unique study of government is the culmination of the work of the late S. E. Finer, one of the leading political scientists of the twentieth century. Ranging over 5,000 years, from the Sumerian city state to the modern European nation state, five themes emerge: state-building, military formats, belief systems, social stratification, and timespan. The three volumes examine both representative and exceptional polities, and focus on political elites of different types. Ancient Monarchies and Empires opens with Finer's masterly Conceptual Prologue, setting out the entire scope and structure of The History . Books One and Two then consider early examples of the predominantly palace' type of polity, notably in respect of the Kingdoms of Egypt and the Empires of Assyria, Persia, Han China, and Rome; interspersed with consideration of the exceptional' Jewish Kingdoms and the Greek and Roman Republics.

Author : George E. Berkley,George Berkley,John Edward Rouse
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Humanities, Social Sciences & World Languages
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0072817402

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The Craft of Public Administration by George E. Berkley,George Berkley,John Edward Rouse Pdf

This concise and current text introduces readers to the dynamics of the public sector with a down-to-earth style. All new case studies link theory to the real-world practice of public administration.

Author : U. S. Dept. of State
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1650 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1957
Category : United States
ISBN : RUTGERS:39030017116874

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American foreign policy; basic documents, 1950-1955 by U. S. Dept. of State Pdf

Author : Jonathan Craft
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2016-05-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781442617643

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Backrooms and Beyond by Jonathan Craft Pdf

Though they serve in many roles and under many titles, no one doubts that political staffs now wield substantial influence in the making of government policy. Backrooms and Beyond draws on interviews with ministers, senior public servants, and political advisers to offer the first detailed Canadian treatment of how that influence is gained and exercised in the policy making process. A comparative analysis of case studies from three Canadian jurisdictions, including the federal Prime Minister’s Office, two premier’s offices, and ministers’ offices, the book presents a detailed account of partisan advisers’ involvement in policy work and a new theoretical framework for understanding this work and its impact. As Jonathan Craft shows, partisan advisers often engage in policy work with public servants, outside stakeholders, and often in types of policy work that public servants cannot. Backrooms and Beyond is a rich and rigorous look at an important aspect of contemporary Canadian politics, essential reading for scholars and practitioners, journalists, students of the Westminster system from around the world, and those wanting to understand just how policy is made today.