New Arrivals Search Results
Policy Analysis in Australia
Title
Policy Analysis in Australia / edited by Brian Head and Kate Crowley.
ISBN
9781447310280
9781447310273
Publication
Bristol, UK : Policy Press, 2015.
Manufacture
Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2021
Copyright Notice Date
©2015.
Physical Description
1 online resource (336 pages): illustrations
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Description based on print version record.
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
'Policy Analysis in Australia' provides a broad range of perspectives on the location, scope, challenges, and quality of policy analysis in Australia. It accounts for the diverse sources of policy analysis and advice, within and outside government; and the diverse institutional settings in which analysis and decision-making are undertaken. Unlike books that critically assess policy development and policy outcomes in different policy fields, this volume focuses on the nature and quality of the various processes and organisational locations for the production and distribution of policy ideas and policy analysis.
Variant and related titles
Project MUSE books annual backfile collection 2021.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 13, 2023
Series
International library of policy analysis ; v. 6
Contents
Table of Contents
List of tables and figures
List of tables
List of figures
List of abbreviations
Australian states and territories
Australian governments from 1972
and map of Australian states and territories
Australian states and territories
Australian governments from 1972
Map: Australian states and territories
Notes on contributors
Editors' introduction to the series
Foreword
Preface
1. Policy analysis in Australia: context, themes and challenges
Introduction
Explaining policy and policy analysis
Locating policy analysis and advice
Conclusions
Part One. The 'policy advising' context
2. Policy professionals in context: advisors and ministers
Introduction
The Australian advisory system in 1972
The Australian advisory system in 2013
A decline in capacity?
Advising ministers
Ministers and advice: melding politics and policy
3. The economic context of policy analysis in Australia
Introduction
The economic background
The policy response
Policy analysis
Policy advocacy
Policy study
Boom without bust
Conclusions
4. Policy analysis and public sector capacity
Introduction
Institutional context of policy advice and policy coordination
Policy capacity for evidence-based decision-making
The rise of alternative sources of policy advice
Conclusions: challenges for innovation, collaboration and policy capacity
Part Two. Analysis and advice within government
5. Policy analysis at the federal government level
Introduction
Constitutional restraints and evolving federal powers
Institutional arrangements to develop and implement federal policy goals
Frameworks for policy development and the weak tradition of policy analysis
Emergence of a Commonwealth interest in policy analysis.
6. Policy and policy analysis in Australian states
Introduction
Policy analysis at Commonwealth and state level: similarities and differences
Commonalities between the states
Differences between the states
Conclusions
7. Policy analysis capacity and Australian local government
Introduction
The nature of Australian local government
The policy environment of Australian local government
Policymaking and policy capacity in local government
The pattern of policymaking in Australian local government
Conclusions
8. Reflections on policy advice in Australia
Introduction
Community mobilisation and support
Exploiting community fears
Buying influence
Political ideology
Conclusions
Part Three. Policy analysis beyond executive government
9. Parliamentary committees and inquiries
Introduction
Committees in parliamentary systems
Committee activity and impacts
Participation in inquiries
Conclusions
10. Expert policy advisory bodies
Introduction
Defining expert policy advisory bodies
The need for expert advice in public policy
Expert policy advisory bodies in Australia: issues and trends
The expert advisory landscape's evolution
Analysis
Conclusions
11. Consultants, think tanks and public policy
Introduction
Classifying research: think tanks to private consultants
Understanding think tanks in Australia
Think tanks, the media and the marketplace of ideas
Governments turning to consultants for advice
Conclusions: the influence of think tanks and consultants?
12. Media influence on public policy
Introduction
Which media?
Public policy as the problem
Mediatised politics and its implications for policymaking
Strategic political communication
Contesting issues via the media
Media influence ebbs and flows.
Conclusions: media significant or peripheral?
Part Four. Parties and interest groups in policy analysis
13. Policy development in political parties
Introduction
Policy development in Australian political parties?
Everyday policy development: who participates?
Institutional influences on policy development and capacity
Conclusions
14. Business associations and policy analysis
Introduction
The rise of research-based policy analysis and advocacy
The Business Council of Australia and other national business associations
Conclusions
15. Policy and the labour movement
Introduction
Unions and policymaking: theoretical focus
Unions and policymaking: setting the scene
Strategic shift of unions towards policymaking
Conclusions
16. Policy capacity in the community sector
Introduction
The community sector in Australia
Policy-analytical capacity in the community sector
Policy capacity and avenues for participation in social policy processes
Conclusions
Part Five. Policy analysis instruction and research
17. Policy analysis instruction in Australia
Introduction
Explaining development paths for policy analysis instruction
Development of policy analysis instruction in Australia
Surveying the field: policy analysis instruction in Australian universities
Conclusions: 'policy craft' or 'trade craft'?
18. Academic research and public policy
Introduction
Types of academic policy research
Historical overview: academic engagement with policy development
Are there research-intensive policy domains?
Incentives and limits of policy-relevant research
Conclusion: can the 'gap' be bridged?
Index.
Subjects
Also listed under
Bookmark As
Citation
