This book evaluates the role and performance of the Australian parliament. It explores its institutional design and its principles and practices, presenting a compelling case for reform. Uhr looks at the place of representative assemblies in liberal political theory and examines ways in which deliberative democracy might be made more effective and meaningful in Australia. Combining political theory with first-hand knowledge of the Australian parliament, the author makes an important contribution to debates in Australia and internationally.
This book evaluates the role and performance of the Australian parliament. It explores its institutional design and its principles and practices, pres...
This work scrutinises what actually happens in practice against the democratic theory, and identifies the strengths and weaknesses of public sector ethics.
This work scrutinises what actually happens in practice against the democratic theory, and identifies the strengths and weaknesses of public sector et...
How can we strengthen the capacity of governments and parties to manage arrivals and departures at the top? Democracy requires reliable processes for the transfer of power from one generation of leaders to the next. This book introduces new analytical frameworks and presents the latest empirical evidence from comparative political research.
How can we strengthen the capacity of governments and parties to manage arrivals and departures at the top? Democracy requires reliable processes for ...
Democratic systems of public administration draw on various schools of political leadership to promote administrative ethics and public responsibility. Contemporary public administrators justify their public leadership through a blend of ethics around pragmatism (Mill's utilitarianism), principle (Kant's deontology or duty-based ethics) and prudence (Aristotle's ethical and political theory). Prudential Public Leadership brings Aristotle back into the front rank of studies of administrative leadership, based in part on the now-neglected reliance on Aristotle by the innovators who shaped the...
Democratic systems of public administration draw on various schools of political leadership to promote administrative ethics and public responsibility...
This book examines both the rhetorical content of contemporary public leadership and the leadership methods pioneered by early English statesman Sir Francis Bacon.
This book examines both the rhetorical content of contemporary public leadership and the leadership methods pioneered by early English statesman Sir F...
