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Ministerial careers and accountability in the Australian Commonwealth government / edited by Keith Dowding and Chris Lewis.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- ANZSOG (Series)
- ANZSOG series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political consultants--Australia.
- Political consultants.
- Politicians--Australia.
- Politicians.
- Politicians--Australia--Conduct of life.
- Political ethics--Australia.
- Political ethics.
- Politicians--Australia--Public opinion.
- Australia--Politics and government.
- Australia.
- Australia--Politics and government--Public opinion.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (200 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Canberra, Australia : ANU E Press, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- a text file
- Summary:
- This book examines the roles, responsibilities and accountabilities of Australian cabinet ministers. It examines the sorts of jobs ministers do, what is expected of them, what they expect of the job and how they (are supposed to) work together as a team. It considers aspects of how they are chosen to become ministers; how they are scrutinised by parliament and the media; and how ministers themselves view accountability. It also looks at the causes of calls for ministers to resign, examines scandals around ministers and assesses ministerial accountability.
- Contents:
- Preliminary; 1. Hiring, Firing, Roles and Responsibilities. Keith Dowding and Chris Lewis; 2. Ministers as Ministries and the Logic of their Collective Action. John Wanna; 3. Predicting Cabinet Ministers: A psychological approach. Michael Dalvean; 4. Democratic Ambivalence? Ministerial attitudes to party and parliamentary scrutiny. James Walter; 5. Ministerial Accountability to Parliament. Phil Larkin; 6. The Pattern of Forced Exits from the Ministry. Keith Dowding, Chris Lewis and Adam Packer; 7. Ministers and Scandals. Scott Brenton
- 8. A Recent Scandal: The Home Insulation Program. Chris Lewis9. Assessing Ministerial Responsibility in Australia. Richard Mulgan
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.
- CC BY-NC-ND
- ISBN:
- 9781922144010
- 1922144010
- 9781922144003
- 1922144002
- Publisher Number:
- 10.26530/OAPEN_459874
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