Policy analysis in Australia

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'Policy Analysis in Australia' provides a broad range of perspectives on the location, scope, challenges, and quality of policy analysis in Australia. It accounts for the diverse sources of policy analysis and advice, within and outside government; and the diverse institutional settings in which analysis and decision-making are undertaken. Unlike books that critically assess policy development and policy outcomes in different policy fields, this volume focuses on the nature and quality of the v…

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Title Statements

Full title :Policy analysis in Australia / edited by Brian Head and Kate Crowley.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:2015.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Policy Press
Place of Publication:Bristol, UK
Language:eng
Publication Date:2015.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xxiv, 312 pages) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781447310280, 1447310284, 9781447310297, 1447310292
oclc:ocn925522050
LC Classification:JQ4029.P64
Dewey Decimal:320.6/0994

Table of Contents -- List of tables and figures -- List of tables -- List of figures -- List of abbreviations -- Australian states and territories -- Australian governments from 1972 -- and map of Australian states and territories -- Australian states and territories -- Australian governments from 1972 -- Map: Australian states and territories -- Notes on contributors -- Editors' introduction to the series -- Foreword -- Preface -- 1. Policy analysis in Australia: context, themes and challenges -- Introduction -- Explaining policy and policy analysis -- Locating policy analysis and advice -- Conclusions -- Part One. The 'policy advising' context -- 2. Policy professionals in context: advisors and ministers -- Introduction -- The Australian advisory system in 1972 -- The Australian advisory system in 2013 -- A decline in capacity? -- Advising ministers -- Ministers and advice: melding politics and policy -- 3. The economic context of policy analysis in Australia -- Introduction -- The economic background -- The policy response -- Policy analysis -- Policy advocacy -- Policy study -- Boom without bust -- Conclusions -- 4. Policy analysis and public sector capacity -- Introduction --…

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Australia Australia -- Politics and government Australie -- Politique et gouvernement Political planning -- Analysis. -- Aust… Political science Political science -- Australia POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference Politics and government Politique publique -- Analyse. -- Austr…