Politics, Policy and Public Administration in Theory and Practice : : Essays in Honour of Professor John Wanna.

This festschrift celebrates the extensive contribution John Wanna has made to the research and practice of politics, policy and public administration.

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Superior document:Australia and New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG) Series
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Place / Publishing House:Canberra : : ANU Press,, 2021.
©2021.
Year of Publication:2021
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Australia and New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG) Series
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Physical Description:1 online resource (438 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Preface
  • Foreword
  • Contributors
  • Portrait of a life enthralled in politics and academe
  • Section 1: Budgeting and financial management
  • Introduction to Section 1: Public finance, budgeting and financial management
  • 1.Reflections on John Wanna's contributions to theory and practice
  • 2. Australian budgeting and beyond: Exploring John Wanna's scholarly surplus
  • 3. Performance management for success: Public sector organisations in Australia and the Philippines
  • 4. A system in adjustment: Australia's evolving public budget management system
  • 5. Contradictions in implementing performance management
  • Section 2: Politics
  • Introduction to Section 2: Queensland and Australian politics
  • 6. Cabinet government: The least bad system of government?
  • 7. 'A long revolution': The historical coverage of Queensland politics and government
  • 8. Policymaking, party executives and parliamentary policy actors
  • 9. Models of government-business relations: Industry policy preferences versus pragmatism
  • Section 3: Public policy and administration
  • Introduction to Section 3: Public policy and public administration
  • 10. Beyond new public governance
  • 11. Chinese public administration developments and prospects: An Australian (and Hong Kong) perspective
  • 12. Coming to terms with the state
  • Section 4: Working with practitioners
  • Introduction to Section 4: Working with practitioners
  • 13. Engaging with government: A confessional tale
  • 14. Neoliberalism? That's not how practitioners view public sector reform
  • 15. Of 'trifles' and 'manhole covers': The practitioner-academic interface
  • Appendix 1: John Wanna's main publications
  • Appendix 2: Higher degree students supervised by John Wanna 1983-2020.