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Governance Quality Under Economic Uncertainty: Global Insights
Australian Economic Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines the impact of economic uncertainty on governance quality using a cross‐country panel data set from 1993 to 2022. Governance quality is measured through control of corruption, regulatory quality, government effectiveness and political stability.
S M Woahid Murad, Arifur Rahman
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A History of the Australasian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society
Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Since its establishment in 1957, the Australasian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society (AARES) has gone through many changes but has continued to be highly valued by its members. In this paper, we update and expand Keith Campbell's earlier history of the Society.
David Pannell, Bill Malcolm
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Analysing policy success and failure in Australia: Pink batts and set‐top boxes
Australian Journal of Public Administration, EarlyView.Abstract This article examines two Australian government programs from the Rudd/Gillard Labor government, the Home Insulation Program (HIP) and the Digital Switchover Household Assistance Scheme (HAS). Both became shibboleths of the Labor government's perceived waste and incompetence.
Daniel Casey
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How the political elite make decisions
Australian Journal of Public Administration, EarlyView.Abstract The political elite make policy decisions in noisy environments and under time pressure, and so are prone to using heuristics. There are conflicting schools of thought as to whether it is appropriate for them to do so. Experienced decision‐makers are thought to be more effective at using heuristics, so it is possible that for the political ...
Conor Wynn, Liam Smith, Catherine Killen
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Hybridity as a governmental technique for designing and delivering NAPLAN in Australian schools
Australian Journal of Public Administration, EarlyView.Abstract This paper explores the utility of hybrid governance as an analytical lens for understanding policy design and delivery in Australian schooling reform. Using the National Assessment Program in Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) as a case study, we argue that its design and delivery processes exemplify hybridity in myriad dimensions.
Glenn C. Savage, David de Carvalho
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The concept of the strategic state: An assessment after 30 years
Australian Journal of Public Administration, EarlyView.Abstract The strategic state was conceptualised 30 years ago in response to neoliberal reforms of government and the rise of New Public Management that began in Western democracies in the 1980s. The concept was widely used by the Organisation for Economic Co‐operation and Development in assessing the performance of governments through the 2000s.
Ian C. Elliott, Alasdair Roberts
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Why do politicians employ public–private partnerships? Results from a mixed‐method study
Australian Journal of Public Administration, EarlyView.Abstract Public–private partnerships (PPPs) have become increasingly common in government infrastructure programs around the world. This study collates and categorises the types of rationales that scholars have identified as the reasons for governments to use PPPs.
Sebastian Zwalf
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Bushfire public inquiries: From recommendations to hybrid emergency management arrangements
Australian Journal of Public Administration, EarlyView.Abstract Victoria, Australia consistently experiences significant bushfires. This article examines the ways in which public inquiry recommendations after major bushfires in Victoria have played an important role in shifting the emphasis of emergency management organisations (EMOs) from bushfire response to bushfire preparedness through hybrid emergency
Graham Dwyer +3 more
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Future‐Making Power: A Study of Competing Imagined Futures in Healthcare
British Journal of Management, EarlyView.Abstract This paper presents a conceptual model of strategies of power in future‐making, informed by a case study in the healthcare sector. In zooming out from investigating the future‐making activities of an organizational innovation project team and tracing competing imagined futures enacted by medical professionals and strategic management, this ...
Tonje Hungnes +2 more
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