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An Äge of [Im]possibility": Rhetoric, Welfare Reform, and Poverty

, 1996
Lisa A. Crooms, Joel F. Handler, Mark Robert Rank   +2 more
openalex   +2 more sources

The Costs of Living With Disability in Australia: Accounting for Variable Disability‐Related Deprivation in Poverty Measures

Australian Economic Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT It is widely acknowledged that disability is both a cause and effect of poverty in Australia, yet there are significant gaps in evidence to frame relevant policy solutions. In particular, income‐only measures of poverty fail to capture the financial impact on households of direct and indirect costs associated with living with disability, or ...
Sue Olney, Sophie Yates
wiley   +1 more source

Knowledge as resistance: advancing global health in challenging times. [PDF]

J Int AIDS Soc
Bras M, Editors of the Journal of the International AIDS Society.   +1 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Bad governance in Australia and how to mitigate it

Australian Journal of Public Administration, EarlyView.
Abstract We argue that new public management (NPM) and other processes have led to adverse selection and agency rent problems within the political elite in Australia. The politicisation of the public service and the rise of careerist politicians have led to the de‐separation of what was once two distinct career paths within the political elite.
Keith Dowding, Marija Taflaga
wiley   +1 more source

Knowing what not to know: Unravelling the dynamics of selective knowledge in government policymaking

Australian Journal of Public Administration, EarlyView.
Abstract The Robodebt controversy in Australia has led to an investigation regarding bureaucratic practices, particularly concerning the dissemination of false or misleading information. While overt falsehoods may be relatively easy to spot, this paper delves into subtler forms of misleading discourse that often evade detection, perpetuating a culture ...
Christiane Gerblinger
wiley   +1 more source

Rhetoric of psychological measurement theory and practice. [PDF]

Front Psychol
Slaney KL, Graham ME, Dhillon RS, Hohn RE.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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
wiley   +1 more source

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
wiley   +1 more source

A bibliometric analysis of metonymy in SSCI-indexed research (2000-2023): retrospect and prospect. [PDF]

Front Psychol
Sun Y, Lin M.
europepmc   +1 more source

Policy shifts and drifts: From intention to implementation of Australia's National Disability Insurance Scheme

Australian Journal of Public Administration, EarlyView.
Abstract It is not uncommon that original aspirations of social policy go astray during implementation. Issues that are the focus of social policy are often tied to various competing social, political, and value positions, making them unfailingly ‘wicked’ and rendering the design and implementation of solutions inherently challenging.
Eloise Hummell, Michele Foster, Kylie Burns, Sue Harris Rimmer   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source