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Record Nr.

UNINA9910131513903321

Autore

Wanna John

Titolo

New accountabilities, new challenges / / edited by John Wanna, Evert A. Lindquist and Penelope Marshall ; contributors, John Wanna [and thirteen others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Acton, Australian Capital Territory : , : Australian National University Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-925022-08-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (458 p.)

Disciplina

352.35

Soggetti

Government accountability

Politics, Practical

Public administration

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Abbreviations and Acronyms; Foreword; Contributors; 1. Introduction - Embracing New Accountabilities, Confronting New Challenges: Canvassing options for next generation improvements; 2. Restoring Trust in Government; 3. Parliamentary Scrutiny of the Australian Public Service; 4. Assessing Access to Information in Australia: The impact of freedom of information laws on the scrutiny and operation of the Commonwealth government; 5. Through a Glass Darkly: The vicissitudes of budgetary reform in Australia; 6. Constrained Parliamentarism: Australia and New Zealand compared

7. Is Implementation Only About Policy Execution?: Advice for public sector leaders from the literature8. National Competition Policy and Cooperative Federalism; 9. The Malfunctions of New Public Management: A case study of governance in Indigenous affairs1; 10. Australian Sub-National Compacts with the Not-For-Profit Sector: Pathways to cross-sector cooperation; 11. Championing Change in a Highly Contested Policy Area: The literacy reforms of David Kemp, 1996-2001; 12. Cross-Jurisdictional Performance Audits: Impacts and options for the Australian National Audit Office