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Oxford Handbook of Australian Politics

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This Handbook provides a comprehensive examination of Australia's distinctive politics-- both ancient and modern-- across multidisciplinary subjects. It examines the factors that make Australian politics unique and interesting, while firmly placing these in the context of the nation's Indigenous and imported heritage and global engagement.

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  • Foreword: A Voice from the Heart

  • 1: Anne Tiernan: Introduction: Towards a New Vision for Australian Politics: Seeing, Not, Seeing, and What We Can Now See

  • Section One: Inheritances

  • 2: James Walter: Governing Ideas and Collective Expectations: the Australian Case

  • 3: Jon Piccini: Myth and Myth-Making

  • 4: Carolyn Holbrook: Ideas of Nationhood

  • 5: Lisa Hill: Australia's Electoral Innovations

  • Section Two: Improvizations

  • 6: Dennis C. Grube: Not-Minster? Australia's Bespoke System of Government

  • 7: Nicholas Aroney: Australia's Federal Framework: Constitutional Fundamentals, Federal Institutions, and Intergovernmental Balance

  • 8: Anika Gauja: Australian Political Parties: Evolution and Adaptation

  • 9: John Murphy: Social Protection and Vulnerability: Australia's Distinctive Public Policy Profile

  • Section Three: Place-Making

  • 10: Jacob Deem: Australian Politics in Local Government: Place-Making in Town and Country

  • 11: Paul Muldoon: Divided Against Itself: Plural Sovereignties and the Australian State

  • 12: Catriona Elder: Settlement and Migration: Shaping Australian Political Identity

  • 13: Roland Bleiker, David Campbell, and Emma Hutchison: Refugees, Asylum Seekers, and Emotions

  • 14: Caitlin Byrne: Australia's Pursuit of Place in the World

  • Section Four: Recurrent Themes

  • 15: Kate Crowley: The Politics of the Environment in Australia

  • 16: Stephen Bell and Michael Keating: The Politics of Australia's Economic Development

  • 17: Elizabeth van Acker: Gender and Sexuality in Australian Politics

  • 18: Marion Maddox: Religion and Politics

  • 19: Elizabeth Strakosch: Indigenous-Settler Relationships: Policy, Rights, Reconciliation, and Sovereignty

  • 20: Julianne Schultz: Disrupting Media and Politics: When the Old Rules Break, How Can the Public Interest be Served?

  • Section Five: Politics, Policy, and Public Administration

  • 21: Siobhan O'Sullivan: New Public Management and Service Privatization in Australia

  • 22: Alastair Stark: Policy Learning in the Australian Public Service

  • 23: Zim Nwokora: Integrity and Accountability in Australian Government and Politics

  • 24: Jeannette Taylor: Performance in the Public Sector

  • 25: Jenny M. Lewis: Innovating the Public Sector in Australia

  • Section Six: Studying Australian Politics

  • 26: Carolyn M. Hendriks: The Field and Study of Deliberative Democracy in Australia

  • 27: Ariadne Vromen, Michael Vaughan, and Darren Halpin: Political Organizations and Participation

  • 28: Aaron Martin: Political Psychology and Experimentation

  • 29: Paul Strangio: Political Leadership

  • 30: Morgan Brigg and Lyndon Murphy: Beyond 'Structured Inattention': Towards Australian Indigenous Political Studies?

  • 31: Zareh Ghazarian and Jacqueline Laughland-Booÿ: Teaching Australian Politics: Thirty Years of Civics and Citizenship Education in Australia



About the author

Jenny M Lewis is Professor of Public Policy in the School of Social and Political Sciences at The University of Melbourne, and President of the International Research Society for Public Management. Her research is concentrated on the policy design, policy decision-making processes, and public sector innovation. She is the author of 60 journal articles, 20 book chapters, and six books, and has been awarded one Australian and four international prizes for her public policy and public administration research. Jenny is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences Australia and a past President of the Australian Political Studies Association.

Anne Tiernan is Professor of Politics and Public Policy at Griffith University and Dean (Engagement) of the Griffith Business School. A political scientist with earlier careers in federal and state government, teaching, and consultancy, Anne has written extensively on executive advice, policy capacity, the political-administrative interface, governmental transitions, and policy advising. She is the author of six books and numerous articles in national and international journals. Anne is a National Fellow of the Institute of Public Administration Australia, a Fellow of the Australia and New Zealand School of Government.

Summary

This Handbook provides a comprehensive examination of Australia's distinctive politics-- both ancient and modern-- across multidisciplinary subjects. It examines the factors that make Australian politics unique and interesting, while firmly placing these in the context of the nation's Indigenous and imported heritage and global engagement.

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