Non-Labor parties, 1894-1912 : the development of their parliamentary and electoral organization in New South Wales and Tasmania

Very little is known about the development of the non-Labour parties in Australia. Furthermore, the emergence of parties has seldom been the subject of theoretical examination. In this thesis I suggest that the early stages of development of any party can be studied by examining its use of political resources, such as organization and ideology, and its development of a collective identity. Between 1894 and 1912 the non-Labor parties in New South Wales and Tasmania gradually increased their activities and became recognizable as distinct collective bodies. In Parliament they devised methods of maintaining unity which were informal but which were as effective as the procedures of the Labor party. In the electorate the non-Labor parties began to co-ordinate campaigns and to develop a coherent policy and a well articulated organization. They deliberately used procedures which turned existing political influences to their own advantage. In both spheres of activity, the non-Labor parties had to act within constraints created by the existing political attitudes of the non-Labor members. In both states the non-Labor parties developed along similar lines because, despite the economic and geographical differences, the political resources available to them were generally the same

The team at the top: ministers in the Northern Territory

With this study the North Australia Research Unit introduces a new series of monographs designed for the publication of research on Northern Australian topics. The monographs replace an earlier series, the North Australia Research Bulletin which is to be discontinued when number 8 is published during 1982. Other monographs in the new series which are at an advanced stage of preparation include Steven Thiele's study of the Aboriginal-owned cattle station, Yugul, in the Northern Territory, a report on the National Aboriginal Conference election in the Northern Territory in 1981, and a selection of papers dealing with service delivery to Aboriginal outstations from the Research Unit's 1981 conference. The Unit, located in Darwin, is a part of the Research School of Pacific Studies of the Australian National University. It provides services for visitors and maintains its own research program. Patrick Weller, senior lecturer in political science at the Australian National University, visited the Unit in 1981 when he and Will Sanders, one of the Unit's staff, carried out the interviews on which this monograph is based. As field director of the Unit I would like to join with them in acknowledging the cooperation of Northern Territory ministers and departmental heads, all of whom gave generously of their time. To all of them we owe thanks and particularly to the Chief Minister, Paul Everingham. Our thanks go too to Debbie Hill who set the text on the computer

The Team at the Top: Ministers in the Northern Territory

Monograph examines and discusses the nature government Ministers’ work and working environment in the Northern Territory, with conclusions especially centring on Ministers’ workload With this study the North Australia Research Unit introduces a new series of monographs designed for the publication of research on Northern Australian Topics. The monographs replace an earlier series, the North Australia Research Bulletin which is to be discontinued when number 8 is published during 1982. Other monographs in the new series which are at an advanced stage of preparation include Steven Thiele’s study of the Aboriginal-owned station, Yogul, in the Northern Territory, a report on the National Aboriginal Conference election in the Northern Territory in 1981, and a selection of papers dealing with service delivery to Aboriginal outstations from the Research Unit’s 1981 conference

Inside the World Bank : exploding the myth of the monolithic bank /

Includes bibliographical references and index.The World Bank's world -- The mandates and the players -- Politics and management -- Regions and sectors -- Centralization and decentralization -- Research in DEC and in operations -- Self- and external evaluation -- Governance : political, not politics -- Electric power -- A life at the World Bank -- Conclusion: the Bank is less than the sum of its parts

Comparative governance: prospects and lessons

This article revisits the country case studies and seeks to answer two questions. What are the strengths and weaknesses of an interpretive approach? What lessons can we draw from our analysis of public sector reform? To assess an interpretive approach, we discuss: the issues raised in identifying beliefs; the meaning of explanation; how to select traditions; the shift from prediction to informed conjecture and policy advice as storytelling. To assess the lessons, we outline our preferred story of public sector reform. We seek to show that an interpretive approach produces insights for students of public administration. We argue it remains feasible to give policy advice to public sector managers by telling them stories and providing rules of thumb (proverbs) to guide managerial practices

Traditions of Governance: Interpreting the Changing Role of the Public Sector

The role of the state is changing under the impact of, for example, globalization. The changes have been variously understood as the new public management (NPM), the hollowing-out of the state and the new governance. This special issue of Public Administration explores the changing role of the state in advanced industrial democracies. It focuses on the puzzle of why states respond differently to common trends. This introductory article has three aims. First, we provide a brief review of the existing literature on public sector reform to show that our approach is distinctive. We argue that the existing literature does not explore the ways in which governmental traditions shape reform. Second, we outline an interpretive approach to the analysis of public sector reform built on the notions on beliefs, traditions, dilemmas and narratives. We provide brief illustrations of these ideas drawn from the individual country articles. Finally, we outline the ground covered by all the chapters but we do not summarize and compare their experiences of reform. That task is reserved for the concluding article