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The Oxford Handbook of Australian Politics
This Handbook provides a comprehensive examination of Australia's distinctive politics—both ancient and modern—across multidisciplinary subjects. It examines the factors that make Australian politics unique and interesting, while firmly placing these in the context of the nation's Indigenous and imported heritage and global engagement.
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568 pages, ebook
Published October 1, 2020
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October 2, 2021Foreword: A Voice from the Heart, Ian Anderson
1. Introduction: Towards a New Vision for Australian Politics: Seeing, Not, Seeing, and What We Can Now See, Anne Tiernan
Section One: Inheritances
2. Governing Ideas and Collective Expectations: the Australian Case, James Walter
3. Myth and Myth-Making, Jon Piccini
4. Ideas of Nationhood, Carolyn Holbrook
5. Australia's Electoral Innovations, Lisa Hill
Section Two: Improvizations
6. Not-Minster? Australia's Bespoke System of Government, Dennis C. Grube
7. Australia's Federal Framework: Constitutional Fundamentals, Federal Institutions, and Intergovernmental Balance, Nicholas Aroney
8. Australian Political Parties: Evolution and Adaptation, Anika Gauja
9. Social Protection and Vulnerability: Australia's Distinctive Public Policy Profile, John Murphy
Section Three: Place-Making
10. Australian Politics in Local Government: Place-Making in Town and Country, Jacob Deem
11. Divided Against Itself: Plural Sovereignties and the Australian State, Paul Muldoon
12. Settlement and Migration: Shaping Australian Political Identity, Catriona Elder
13. Refugees, Asylum Seekers, and Emotions, Roland Bleiker, David Campbell, and Emma Hutchison
14. Australia's Pursuit of Place in the World, Caitlin Byrne
Section Four: Recurrent Themes
15. The Politics of the Environment in Australia, Kate Crowley
16. The Politics of Australia's Economic Development, Stephen Bell and Michael Keating
17. Gender and Sexuality in Australian Politics, Elizabeth van Acker
18. Religion and Politics, Marion Maddox
19. Indigenous-Settler Relationships: Policy, Rights, Reconciliation, and Sovereignty, Elizabeth Strakosch
20. Disrupting Media and Politics: When the Old Rules Break, How Can the Public Interest be Served?, Julianne Schultz
Section Five: Politics, Policy, and Public Administration
21. New Public Management and Service Privatization in Australia, Siobhan O'Sullivan
22. Policy Learning in the Australian Public Service, Alastair Stark
23. Integrity and Accountability in Australian Government and Politics, Zim Nwokora
24. Performance in the Public Sector, Jeannette Taylor
25. Innovating the Public Sector in Australia, Jenny M. Lewis
Section Six: Studying Australian Politics
26. The Field and Study of Deliberative Democracy in Australia, Carolyn M. Hendriks
27. Political Organizations and Participation, Ariadne Vromen, Michael Vaughan, and Darren Halpin
28. Political Psychology and Experimentation, Aaron Martin
29. Political Leadership, Paul Strangio
30. Beyond 'Structured Inattention': Towards Australian Indigenous Political Studies?, Morgan Brigg and Lyndon Murphy
31. Teaching Australian Politics: Thirty Years of Civics and Citizenship Education in Australia, Zareh Ghazarian and Jacqueline Laughland-Booÿ
1. Introduction: Towards a New Vision for Australian Politics: Seeing, Not, Seeing, and What We Can Now See, Anne Tiernan
Section One: Inheritances
2. Governing Ideas and Collective Expectations: the Australian Case, James Walter
3. Myth and Myth-Making, Jon Piccini
4. Ideas of Nationhood, Carolyn Holbrook
5. Australia's Electoral Innovations, Lisa Hill
Section Two: Improvizations
6. Not-Minster? Australia's Bespoke System of Government, Dennis C. Grube
7. Australia's Federal Framework: Constitutional Fundamentals, Federal Institutions, and Intergovernmental Balance, Nicholas Aroney
8. Australian Political Parties: Evolution and Adaptation, Anika Gauja
9. Social Protection and Vulnerability: Australia's Distinctive Public Policy Profile, John Murphy
Section Three: Place-Making
10. Australian Politics in Local Government: Place-Making in Town and Country, Jacob Deem
11. Divided Against Itself: Plural Sovereignties and the Australian State, Paul Muldoon
12. Settlement and Migration: Shaping Australian Political Identity, Catriona Elder
13. Refugees, Asylum Seekers, and Emotions, Roland Bleiker, David Campbell, and Emma Hutchison
14. Australia's Pursuit of Place in the World, Caitlin Byrne
Section Four: Recurrent Themes
15. The Politics of the Environment in Australia, Kate Crowley
16. The Politics of Australia's Economic Development, Stephen Bell and Michael Keating
17. Gender and Sexuality in Australian Politics, Elizabeth van Acker
18. Religion and Politics, Marion Maddox
19. Indigenous-Settler Relationships: Policy, Rights, Reconciliation, and Sovereignty, Elizabeth Strakosch
20. Disrupting Media and Politics: When the Old Rules Break, How Can the Public Interest be Served?, Julianne Schultz
Section Five: Politics, Policy, and Public Administration
21. New Public Management and Service Privatization in Australia, Siobhan O'Sullivan
22. Policy Learning in the Australian Public Service, Alastair Stark
23. Integrity and Accountability in Australian Government and Politics, Zim Nwokora
24. Performance in the Public Sector, Jeannette Taylor
25. Innovating the Public Sector in Australia, Jenny M. Lewis
Section Six: Studying Australian Politics
26. The Field and Study of Deliberative Democracy in Australia, Carolyn M. Hendriks
27. Political Organizations and Participation, Ariadne Vromen, Michael Vaughan, and Darren Halpin
28. Political Psychology and Experimentation, Aaron Martin
29. Political Leadership, Paul Strangio
30. Beyond 'Structured Inattention': Towards Australian Indigenous Political Studies?, Morgan Brigg and Lyndon Murphy
31. Teaching Australian Politics: Thirty Years of Civics and Citizenship Education in Australia, Zareh Ghazarian and Jacqueline Laughland-Booÿ
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