Reframing the Diplomat offers a unique perspective on the unofficial realm of Cold War transatlantic relations by analysing the diplomatic role of the Dutch Atlanticist Ernst van der Beugel both as a ...government official and as a private diplomat.
As long as political parties decide who represents us, corruption-breeding patronage will persist - as is best illustrated by the Eastern Cape's virtually collapsed healthcare delivery system. For ...provinces which mainly incorporated rural apartheid 'homelands' into their administrations, another albatross around their necks is the historical lack of restitution via pure per-capita-based budget allocations from central government.
Women leading the way Thomas, Lee; Kearney, Ged; Douglas, Kara
Australian nursing & midwifery journal,
06/2014, Volume:
21, Issue:
11
Journal Article
They may have started their careers as a South Australian assistant in nursing and a Victorian registered nurse, but ANMF Federal Secretary Lee Thomas and ACTU President Ged Kearney have gone on to ...become two of the most powerful women in Australia's union movement. They sat down with ANMJ reporter Kara Douglas to talk about the lessons they have learnt and the challenges they have faced along the way.
This engaging book presents a model for personal reflection on what a career in public service means. It's designed not to convince the reader to take up a public service career, but rather to invite ...him or her to explore the implications for one's identity that are inherent in the public service life. Lively and anecdotal, Invitation to Public Administration directly confronts the various difficult issues involved with a public service career even as it evokes self-reflection. It is equally useful for undergraduate through Ph.D. level readers, and it is ideal supplemental reading for any foundational course in Public Administration. The book will also stimulate public service professionals seeking fresh insights for their own careers.
Through a selection of in-depth interviews, a survey of experts working with the European Union and United Nations, and Qualitative Comparative Analysis of policy debates, this text rethinks our ...understanding of gender expertise and the circumstances that lead to expert success in public policy.
In this evidence-based and closely argued work, Kathy MacDermott plots the changes in the culture of the Australian Public Service that have led many contemporary commentators to lament the purported ...loss of traditional public service values of impartiality, intellectual rigour and — most importantly — the willingness of public servants at all levels to offer frank and fearless advice to their superiors and their ministers. MacDermott brings to her analysis an insider’s sensibility and a thorough forensic analysis of the impact of some 20 years of relentless administrative ‘reform’ on the values and behaviour of the APS. Although this story has its beginnings in the Hawke-Keating eras, MacDermott convincingly argues that structural and cultural change compromising the integrity of the public service reached its apogee towards the end of the eleven years of the Howard government. This is a ‘must read’ for students of Australian political and administrative history. MacDermott offers cautionary observations that the new national government might do well to heed.
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