A group of Australia's leading thinkers examine the relations between social science research, informed public opinion and the policy community. In short, it dissects relationships between research in the social sciences and policy outcomes. The book is a challenging and important analysis of current practice and an argument for how we might achieve more workable policy of broad social well as political benefit. It shows that expert knowledge can shape better futures.
A group of Australia's leading thinkers examine the relations between social science research, informed public opinion and the policy community. In sh...
No, Prime Minister shows how the increasing power of leaders has undermined the best aspects of the Australian political system. The authors argue that good democratic leadership requires robust institutions, including a fearless public service, a strong opposition, and frank policy advice.
No, Prime Minister shows how the increasing power of leaders has undermined the best aspects of the Australian political system. The authors argue tha...
Ideas are at the heart of our politics. They are the means by which people are influenced and mobilised. Australian politics have been shaped by distinctive patterns of political thought from the colonial period to the Rudd government. But how have these patterns arisen? An invigorating history of people trying to make sense of their world.
Ideas are at the heart of our politics. They are the means by which people are influenced and mobilised. Australian politics have been shaped by disti...
At the beginning of the twenty-first century prime ministers loom larger in the consciousness of their nations than perhaps in any previous era. But how well do we really understand the variables of prime-ministerial performance, and, specifically, why some prime ministers apparently flourish in the role while others wither? This study examines how prime ministers perform as leaders of their governments, parties, and nations. It offers new ways of thinking about prime-ministerial power and leadership, and systematic empirical studies of prime-ministerial leadership practices in four...
At the beginning of the twenty-first century prime ministers loom larger in the consciousness of their nations than perhaps in any previous era. But h...
The prime ministership is indisputably the most closely observed and keenly contested office in Australia. How did it grow to become the pivot of national political power? Settling the Office chronicles the development of the prime ministership from its rudimentary early days following Federation through to the powerful, institutionalised prime-ministerial leadership of the postwar era.
The prime ministership is indisputably the most closely observed and keenly contested office in Australia. How did it grow to become the pivot of n...
