Title New ideas, better government / edited by Glyn Davis and Patrick Weller

Published St Leonards, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 1996

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Description xiii, 345 pages ; 22 cm Series Australian Fulbright papers ; 4 Australian Fulbright papers ; 4 Summary The quest for better public sector management is worldwide. Every country is exploring ways of providing services better and more efficiently - ways of reinventing government. Learning from one another in an obvious strategy for governments intent on reform. Other countries' experiences often seem to promise simple solutions. But how far is this a realistic strategy? This book enables lessons to be drawn from comparative experiences. By examining the reform strategies of governments in Australia, the United States, Britain and New Zealand, and by comparing or analysing their impact, the authors provide insights into the process and lessons on what does, or does not, work. The starting point for this book was the 1994 Fulbright Symposium, hosted by the Centre for Australian Public Sector Management at Griffith University and held in Brisbane in June 1994. The contributors are both practitioners and academics, drawing on years of experience from Downing Street to the White House, from Canberra to Brisbane. The result is stimulating and provocative, and will encourage readers to assess the impact of the reform agenda, challenging their assumptions about the best ways to introduce reform Analysis Australia overseas comparisons New Zealand Policy process Policy sciences Public Service Public sector efficiency Public service United States Notes Based on papers presented at the 1994 annual symposium of the Fulbright Association for Australian-American relations on the topic of Public sector management, evolving world trends, and held at the Heritage Hotel, Brisbane, 22-23 June 1994 Includes index Bibliography Bibliography: pages [318]-340 Subject Administrative agencies -- Australia -- Management. Administrative agencies -- United States -- Management. Civil service reform -- Australia. Civil service reform -- United States. Civil service -- Australia -- Management. Civil service -- United States -- Management. Public administration -- Australia. Public administration -- United States. Public service -- Australia -- Management Public service -- United States -- Management SUBJECT Australia -- Politics and government http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009597 -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002012476 Australia -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009597 United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140455 United States -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140410 Author Davis, Glyn. Weller, Patrick Moray. Griffith University. Centre for Australian Public Sector Management. Fulbright Symposium (1994 : Brisbane, Qld.) LC no. 96211180 ISBN 1864480149

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