Improving Implementation

• Paperback | Engels | Australia and New Zealand School of Government (Anzsog)
• The business of government is necessarily diverse, changing and of considerable scale. A focus on improving the implementation of government programs ... Lees meer

The Centrelink Experiment

John Halligan, Jules Wills

• Paperback | Engels | Australia and New Zealand School of Government (Anzsog)
• Centrelink was established in 1997 as part of the Howard government's bold experiment in re-framing social policy and re-shaping service delivery. Cen... Lees meer

Managing Consultants

Leo Dobes

• Paperback | Engels | Australia and New Zealand School of Government (Anzsog)
• Public service cutbacks have increased reliance on consultants. But new legislation and rules governing the procurement of services from consultants a... Lees meer

Steady Hands Needed

• Paperback | Engels | Australia and New Zealand School of Government (Anzsog)
• In this monograph, five former secretaries of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) reflect on their experiences and the challenges of th... Lees meer

The Three Sector Solution

• Paperback | Engels | Australia and New Zealand School of Government (Anzsog)
• This collection of essays had its origins in a one-day workshop held in August 2015 at The Australian National University. Jointly convened by Dr John... Lees meer

Putting Citizens First

• Paperback | Engels | Australia and New Zealand School of Government (Anzsog)
• This book explores the ways in which governments are putting citizens first in their policy-making endeavours. Making citizens the focus of policy int... Lees meer

Critical Reflections on Australian Public Policy

• Paperback | Engels | Australia and New Zealand School of Government (Anzsog)
• This collection of 'critical reflections' on Australian public policy offers a valuable contribution to public discussion of important political and p... Lees meer

Electronic Engagement

Peter Chen

• Paperback | Engels | Australia and New Zealand School of Government (Anzsog)
• Over the last twenty years, advanced communication technologies have become pervasive throughout Western society. These technologies have not only rev... Lees meer

Australia Under Construction

• Paperback | Engels | Australia and New Zealand School of Government (Anzsog)
• The Australian nation is a work in progress. So conclude the authors whose views are represented in this most recent offering in the ANZSOG monograph ... Lees meer

Collaboration for Impact

• Paperback | Engels | Australia and New Zealand School of Government (Anzsog)
• Collaboration is often seen as a palliative for the many wicked problems challenging our communities. These problems affect some of the most vulnerabl... Lees meer

Fiducial Governance

John Power

• Paperback | Engels | Australia and New Zealand School of Government (Anzsog)
• Fiducial Governance: An Australian republic for the new millennium represents an attempt to grapple with the challenges of designing governance regime... Lees meer

Federalism and Regionalism in Australia

• Paperback | Engels | Australia and New Zealand School of Government (Anzsog)
• Australia's federal system is in a state of flux and its relevance is being challenged. Dramatic shifts are occurring in the ways in which power and r... Lees meer

A Dissident Liberal

Peter Baume

• Paperback | Engels | Australia and New Zealand School of Government (Anzsog)
• In the 'broad church' of the Australian Liberal Party, rarely has there been a maverick so unrelenting in his commitment to personal principles as Sen... Lees meer

Multi-level Governance

• Paperback | Engels | Australia and New Zealand School of Government (Anzsog)
• Important policy problems rarely fit neatly within existing territorial boundaries. More difficult still, individual governments or government departm... Lees meer

Social cost-benefit analysis in Australia and New Zealand

Leo Dobes, George Argyrous, Joanne Leung

• Paperback | Engels | Australia and New Zealand School of Government (Anzsog)
• All is not well with the evaluation of government programs and projects. Resources available to any society are limited. If governments are to increas... Lees meer

With the Benefit of Hindsight

John Wanna, Sam Vincent, Andrew Podger

• Paperback | Engels | Australia and New Zealand School of Government (Anzsog)
• Secretaries of government departments in Australia are the bureaucratic leaders of their generation. They are ambitious, highly-talented executives wh... Lees meer

Australian Politics in a Digital Age

Peter Chen

• Paperback | Engels | Australia and New Zealand School of Government (Anzsog)
• Information and communications technologies are increasingly important in the Australian political landscape. From the adoption of new forms of electo... Lees meer

The Role of Departmental Secretaries

Andrew Podger

• Paperback | Engels | Australia and New Zealand School of Government (Anzsog)
• Andrew Podger's monograph, The Role of Departmental Secretaries, Personal reflections on the breadth of responsibilities today, is an important contri... Lees meer

The Dilemmas of Engagement

Jenny Stewart

• Paperback | Engels | Australia and New Zealand School of Government (Anzsog)
• 'Consultation' has become something of a mantra in contemporary governance. Governments well understand that policy occurs in a highly contestable env... Lees meer

A Passion for Policy

• Paperback | Engels | Australia and New Zealand School of Government (Anzsog)
• This collection of papers is concerned with issues of policy development, practice, implementation and performance. It represents a range of views abo... Lees meer

Whistling While They Work

Peter Roberts, A J Brown, Jane Olsen

• Paperback | Engels | Australia and New Zealand School of Government (Anzsog)
• This guide sets out results from four years of research into how public sector organisations can better fulfil their missions, maintain their integrit... Lees meer

New Accountabilities, New Challenges

• Paperback | Engels | Australia and New Zealand School of Government (Anzsog)
• This important and challenging volume of essays draws on insights from leading academics and public servants from Australia, New Zealand, the United K... Lees meer

Politics, Policy and Public Administration in Theory and Practice

• Paperback | Engels | Australia and New Zealand School of Government (Anzsog)
• This festschrift celebrates the extensive contribution John Wanna has made to the research and practice of politics, policy and public administration.... Lees meer

Measuring and Promoting Wellbeing

• Paperback | Engels | Australia and New Zealand School of Government (Anzsog)
• Australia continues to be at the forefront of international work on measuring and promoting wellbeing, Ian Castles being a significant contributor ove... Lees meer