Politics, Policy and Public Administration in Theory and Practice

Details

ISBN (print):

9781760464363

ISBN (online):

9781760464370

Publication date:

Jun 2021

Imprint:

ANU Press

DOI:

http://doi.org/10.22459/PPPATP.2021

Series:

Australia and New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG)

Co-publisher:

The Australia and New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG)

Disciplines:

Social Sciences: Politics & International Studies, Social Policy & Administration

Countries:

Australia

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• Preliminary Pages (PDF, 0.3MB)
• Preface (PDF, 0.1MB) – Ken Smith
• Foreword (PDF, 0.1MB) – Jim Chalmers
• Contributors (PDF, 0.1MB)
• Portrait of a life enthralled in politics and academe (PDF, 0.2MB) – John Wanna

Section 1: Budgeting and financial management

• Introduction to Section 1: Public finance, budgeting and financial management (PDF, 0.1MB)

1. Reflections on John Wanna’s contributions to theory and practice (PDF, 0.2MB) – Allen Schick doi
2. Australian budgeting and beyond: Exploring John Wanna’s scholarly surplus (PDF, 0.2MB) – Evert Lindquist doi
3. Performance management for success: Public sector organisations in Australia and the Philippines (PDF, 1.1MB) – Lewis Hawke doi
4. A system in adjustment: Australia’s evolving public budget management system (PDF, 0.2MB) – Stein Helgeby doi
5. Contradictions in implementing performance management (PDF, 0.3MB) – John Halligan doi

Section 2: Politics

• Introduction to Section 2: Queensland and Australian politics (PDF, 0.1MB)

6. Cabinet government: The least bad system of government? (PDF, 0.2MB) – Patrick Weller doi
7. ‘A long revolution’: The historical coverage of Queensland politics and government (PDF, 0.3MB) – Chris Salisbury doi
8. Policymaking, party executives and parliamentary policy actors (PDF, 0.2MB) – Marija Taflaga doi
9. Models of government–business relations: Industry policy preferences versus pragmatism (PDF, 0.3MB) – Michael de Percy doi

Section 3: Public policy and administration

• Introduction to Section 3: Public policy and public administration (PDF, 0.1MB)

10. Beyond new public governance (PDF, 0.3MB) – R. A. W. Rhodes doi
11. Chinese public administration developments and prospects: An Australian (and Hong Kong) perspective (PDF, 0.3MB) – Andrew Podger and Hon Chan doi
12. Coming to terms with the state (PDF, 0.3MB) – Jim Jose doi

Section 4: Working with practitioners

• Introduction to Section 4: Working with practitioners (PDF, 0.1MB)

13. Engaging with government: A confessional tale (PDF, 0.1MB) – Paul ’t Hart doi
14. Neoliberalism? That’s not how practitioners view public sector reform (PDF, 0.3MB) – Peter Shergold and Andrew Podger doi
15. Of ‘trifles’ and ‘manhole covers’: The practitioner–academic interface (PDF, 0.2MB) – Isi Unikowski doi

• Appendix 1: John Wanna’s main publications (PDF, 0.2MB)
• Appendix 2: Higher degree students supervised by John Wanna 1983–2020 (PDF, 0.2MB)

Reviews

‘Given attention to the contexts surrounding Wanna’s work, the reader is treated to a walk-through of a scholarly career, which continues to have great impact.

Wanna’s reach is impressive, and it is a gift to be able to meet, virtually, someone with clear influence on the path of his students and colleagues. While centered on Australian politics and public administration, there is value in the insights here, beyond national borders. 

In the festschrift, readers are offered a view of a scholar that has understood the importance of practical matters in government, from administrative issues to political challenges, and insisted on connecting the considerable resources of academia to practitioner needs, evidencing competence.’

— C.L. Atkinson (2021), ‘Theme-Based Book Review: Competence’. Public Organization Review.