Description |
xv, 398 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Series |
New Items
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Contents |
1. Government and the public sector in Australia -- 2. Accountability in the Australian public sector -- 3. The institutional framework of accountability -- 4. Accountability for performance: managerialism in the public sector -- 5. Accounting for performance -- 6. The basis of public sector accounting -- 7. The preparation of public sector financial statements -- 8. Critical issues in the implementation of accrual accounting -- 9. Public Sector audit -- 10. Public sector accountability in the 21st century |
Summary |
The second edition of PUBLIC SECTOR ACCOUNTING AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN AUSTRALIA is a comprehensive resource on public sector accountability for those who work in the public service, elected representatives and students of the public sector. It's a wide-ranging, up-to-date resource on the practices and institutional arrangements of public sector reforms in Australia. Like the first edition, it remains the authority on Australian public sector accounting and accountability. The book examines current practices and principles of accountability and the objectives of recent reforms, which have transformed the Australian public sector. This new edition introduces more crituques of controversial or failed public sector reforms as the authors highlight the difficulty of applying private sector solutions to public sector problems |
Analysis |
Australian |
Notes |
Previously published: 1998 |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-394) and index |
Subject |
Administrative responsibility -- Australia.
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Finance, Public -- Australia -- Accounting.
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Public administration -- Australia.
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Author |
Cooper, Kathie, author
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Lee, Janet, author
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LC no. |
2012453189 |
ISBN |
174223304X |
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9781742233048 (paperback) |
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