Delivering policy reform : anchoring significant reforms in turbulent times / edited by Evert A. Lindquist, Sam Vincent & John Wanna.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lindquist, Evert A., editor.

Vincent, Sam, editor.

Wanna, John, editor.

Series:

Australia New Zealand school of governance monograph.

Australia New Zealand school of governance monograph series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Policy sciences.

Public administration.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (230 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Canberra : ANU E Press, [2011]

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This volume of proactive essays on delivering policy reform offers an intriguing blend of strategic policy advice and management insight. It brings together a diverse range of high quality contributors from overseas as well as from Australia and New Zealand.

Contents:

Preliminary; Foreword; Contributors; Part I. The reform challenge; 1. Delivering policy reform: making it happen, making it stick; 2. 'Don't waste the crisis': the agenda for public-policy reforms in a turbulent world; 3. Making reforms sustainable: lessons from the American policy reform experience; Part II. National reform initiatives; 4. How to design and deliver reform that makes a real difference: what recent history has taught us as a nation; 5. The 'new responsibility model' for New Zealand public-sector CEOs; 6. A portent of things to come: lessons from a reforming minister

7. The agenda for achieving a world-class public sector: making reforms that matter in the face of challenges8. Collaborative reform: lessons from the COAG Reform Council, 2008-2010; 9. Entrenching 'Rogernomics' in New Zealand: political and academic perspectives; 10. Institutional renewal and reform: the challenge of the Commonwealth of Nations; Part III. Tackling and anchoring reforminitiatives; 11. Tackling cartels: lessons for making and entrenching reform; 12. The overhaul of Australian immigration practices, 2005-2010; 13. Getting integrity reforms adopted internationally

14. Sustaining water reform in Australia15. Up in smoke: combating tobacco through legislative reform; 16. Improving road safety: perspectives from Victoria's Transport Accident Commission; 17. Epilogue: rules for reformers

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

CC BY-NC-ND

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781921862199

192186219X

OCLC:

703633997

Publisher Number:

10.26530/OAPEN_458939

Access Restriction:

Open access Unrestricted online access