Grassroots to government : creating joined-up working in Australia / Gemma Carey ; with a contribution from Robyn Keast.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carey, Gemma, author.

Contributor:

Keast, Robyn, contributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public administration--Australia.

Public administration.

Public-private sector cooperation--Australia.

Public-private sector cooperation.

Australia--Politics and government.

Australia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 180 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Carlton, Victoria : Melbourne University Press, [2015]

Summary:

Joined-up government has captured the imaginations of public administrators for many decades. It offers great promise for tackling the complex, or 'wicked', policy problems that concern the governments of industrialised countries. Despite ongoing interest, there remains an absence of core methods and principles to make joined-up government work in practice. Increasingly, public policy scholars are calling for 'evidence-based' joined-up government. However, this evidence is currently in its infancy.In addition to an overview of current debates, Grassroots to Government comprehensively explains the state of evidence in joined-up government, accompanied by an in-depth case study of the experiences of a national joined-up initiative-the Australian Social Inclusion Agenda. In doing so, it offers both a breadth and depth of knowledge on joined-up government. Grassroots to Government is essential reading for anyone interested in designing, implementing and evaluating joined-up and whole-of-government initiatives, including: public service professionals, academics, community sector practitioners, and advanced level students in public policy, social policy and public administration.

Contents:

Intro

Title

Copyright

Acknowledgments

Contents

Foreword

Introduction

1 Joined-up Governance: The Holy Grail

2 Integration Terms: Same or Different? by Robyn Keast

3 The Known and the Unknown of Joined-up Governance

4 Models for Joined-up Governance: An Evidence-based Heuristic

5 The Social Inclusion Agenda: Joined-up Governance in Context

6 The Social Inclusion Agenda: Joining-up within Government

7 Joining-up across Sectors under the Social Inclusion Agenda

8 Lessons from the Social Inclusion Agenda

9 Moving the Joined-up Agenda Forward

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780522868128

0522868126

OCLC:

1493610295