Reorienting a Nation: Consultants and Australian Public Policy

ISBN-13: 9781138328044 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 262 str.

John F. Martin

Opis

First published in 1998, this book highlights the central role of the key policy consultants responsible for the dramatic change in Australian public policy in the late 1980s in fields as diverse as social security, immigration, public housing, Australian North East Asia relations and public health. It shows how policy consultants can play an effective role in assisting governments to manage change.

Recenzje

’...this book shows how the work of policy consultants complements decision making about public policy issues.’ Abstracts of Public Administration, Development and Environment

Spis treści

1. Introduction. 2. Public Policy: Managing ‘Wicked’ Social Problems. 3. Australian Public Policy: Labor in the 1980s. 4. Consultants: Complementing the Policy – Making Process. 5. Social Welfare in the Modern State. 6. Housing Provision for the Long Term: Reorganising Federal-State Responsibilities. 7. Continuing Dilemmas of Australian Migration. 8. Pandemics and the Public Health Response. 9. Going with the Might of Asia. 10. Tension and Complexity in Public Policy – Making. 11. Conclusion.

O autorze

John F. Martin