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Record Nr.

UNINA9910491846403321

Autore

de Percy Michael

Titolo

Politics, Policy and Public Administration in Theory and Practice : Essays in Honour of Professor John Wanna

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Canberra, : ANU Press, 2021

Canberra : , : ANU Press, , 2021

©2021

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (438 pages)

Collana

Australia and New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG)

Altri autori (Persone)

PodgerAndrew

VincentSam

Soggetti

Political science & theory

Public administration

Central government policies

Regional government policies

Australia Politics and government

Australia Foreign relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Portrait of a life enthralled in politics and academe / John Wanna -- Section 1: Budgeting and financial management. Introduction to Section 1: Public finance, budgeting and financial management ; 1. Reflections on John Wanna's contributions to theory and practice / Allen Schick ; 2. Australian budgeting and beyond: Exploring John Wanna's scholarly surplus / Evert Lindquist ; 3. Performance management for success: Public sector organisations in Australia and the Philippines / Lewis Hawke ; 4. A system in adjustment: Australia's evolving public budget management system / Stein Helgeby ; 5. Contradictions in implementing performance management / John Halligan -- Section 2: Politics. Introduction to Section 2: Queensland and Australian politics ; 6. Cabinet government: The least bad system of government? / Patrick Weller ; 7. 'A long revolution': The historical coverage of Queensland politics and government / Chris Salisbury ; 8. Policymaking, party executives and parliamentary policy actors / Marija Taflaga ; 9. Models



of government-business relations: Industry policy preferences versus pragmatism / Michael de Percy --  Section 3: Public policy and administration. Introduction to Section 3: Public policy and public administration ; 10. Beyond new public governance / R. A. W. Rhodes ;  11. Chinese public administration developments and prospects: An Australian (and Hong Kong) perspective / Andrew Podger and Hon Chan ; 12. Coming to terms with the state / Jim Jose -- Section 4: Working with practitioners. Introduction to Section 4: Working with practitioners ; 13. Engaging with government: A confessional tale / Paul ' t Hart ; 14. Neoliberalism? That's not how practitioners view public sector reform / Peter Shergold and Andrew Podger ; 15. Of 'trifles' and 'manhole covers': The practitioner-academic interface / Isi Unikowski -- Appendix 1: John Wanna's main publications -- Appendix 2: Higher degree students supervised by John Wanna 1983-2020.

Sommario/riassunto

This festschrift celebrates the extensive contribution John Wanna has made to the research and practice of politics, policy and public administration.