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Australian Politics and Policy: Senior Edition 2023

Senior Edition 2023

Edited by Nick Barry, Peter Chen, Yvonne Haigh, Sara C. Motta and Diana Perche

THIS EDITION HAS BEEN SUPERSEDED BY THE 2024 PRESSBOOKS EDITION.

ISBN: 9781743328859

DOI: 10.30722/sup.9781743328859

Publication date: 13 January 2023

The first completely open access textbook on Australian politics, Australian Politics and Policy provides a unique, holistic coverage of politics and public topics for use in junior and senior university courses. With an new sections on policy making and public management, the book can be used by instructors to suit their teaching needs.   With contributions from Australia’s leading politics and public-policy scholars, the textbook includes material on Australian political history and philosophy, key political institutions, Australian political sociology, public policy-making in Australia, and specialised chapters on a range of key policy domains.   Each chapter was subject to anonymous and rigorous peer-review to ensure the highest standards. The textbook comes with additional teaching resources including review questions and lecture slides. This second edition contains a number of revisions and new chapters on educational policy, the governance of COVID-19, and political leadership. The senior edition is aimed at later year undergraduate and postgraduate students.
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About the Editors

Dr Nicholas Barry is a lecturer in the Department of Politics and Philosophy at La Trobe University. His research and teaching interests are in political theory, political institutions and Australian politics. He is currently working on a number of projects relating to contemporary theories of egalitarian justice, the dynamics of constitutional conventions and institutional change in Australia.

Dr Peter John Chen is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Government and International Relations where he teaches Australian and regional politics, media politics, and public policy. He is the author of Animal Welfare in Australia: Politics and Policy (2016) and Australian Politics in a Digital Age (2013) and the co-editor of Double Disillusion: The 2016 Australian Federal Election (2018).

Dr Yvonne Haigh is a senior lecturer in policy and governance at Murdoch University and chair of the policy and management program at the Sir Walter Murdoch School of Public Policy and International Affairs. Yvonne has expertise in teaching and research across broad areas of public policy and management. Her text Public policy in Australia: theory and practice (2012) is used across Australia and Asia as the key public policy text for both undergraduate and postgraduate teaching. Her research covers policy development, public sector ethics, public sector corruption, education policy, housing redevelopment, youth crime and citizenship.

Associate Professor Sara C. Motta is a mother, critical political theorist, poet, popular educator and associate professor in politics and political economy, based in the Discipline of Politics and International Relations at the Newcastle Business School at the University of Newcastle. She is currently facilitating a number of activist-scholar research projects, including ‘La politica de maternidad’ with militant mothers and grandmothers in Australia, Colombia and Brazil. She has published over 40 academic articles and two edited books, and is the author of Constructing twenty-first century socialism in Latin America: the role of radical education (2014) and Liminal subjects: weaving (our) liberation (2018).

Diana Perche is a Senior Lecturer and Academic Coordinator at Nura Gili Indigenous Programs Unit at UNSW Sydney. Prior to this, Diana lectured in public policy at Macquarie University from 2005-2016, and was the director of the Master of Politics and Public Policy. Diana has worked in a number of policy-related positions, including in the Australian Public Service, and has a keen interest in the interplay between policy research and policy practice. Her expertise in Australian politics and public policy includes an interest in the use of evidence in policy formulation, and a particular focus on Indigenous affairs.

  1. Copyright
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. Introduction
  4. Introduction Nicholas Barry, John R. Butcher, Peter J. Chen, David Clune, Ian Cook, Adele Garnier, Yvonne Haigh, Sara C. Motta and Marija Taflaga
  5. A short political history of Australia Marija Taflaga
  6. Australian political thought Nicholas Barry 
  7. Institutions
  8. Executive government Marija Taflaga
  9. Parliaments of Australia Tracey Arklay and Neil Laurie
  10. Electoral systems Jill Sheppard
  11. The Australian party system Zareh Ghazarian
  12. The public sector Isi Unikowski and John Wanna
  13. Media and democracy Mary Griffiths
  14. Courts Grant Hooper
  15. Federalism
  16. Commonwealth–state relations Alan Fenna
  17. Australian Capital Territory Robin Tennant-Wood
  18. New South Wales David Clune and Rodney Smith
  19. Northern Territory Robyn Smith
  20. Queensland Paul D. Williams
  21. South Australia Rob Manwaring, Mark Dean and Josh Holloway
  22. Tasmania Richard Eccleston, Dain Bolwell and Mike Lester
  23. Victoria Nick Economou
  24. Western Australia Narelle Miragliotta, Sarah Murray and Justin Harbord
  25. Local government Roberta Ryan and Alex Lawrie
  26. Political sociology
  27. Gender and sexuality in Australian politics Merrindahl Andrew
  28. Government–business relations Michael de Percy and Heba Batainah
  29. Indigenous politics Diana Perche and Jason O’Neil
  30. Multicultural Australia Juliet Pietsch
  31. Political leadership Michael de Percy and Stewart Jackson
  32. Pressure groups Moira Byrne
  33. Social movements Justine Lloyd
  34. Religious communities and politics Marion Maddox and Rodney Smith
  35. Voter behaviour Shaun Ratcliff
  36. Young people and politics Philippa Collin and Jane McCormack
  37. Policy making
  38. Making public policy John R. Butcher and Trish Mercer
  39. Communication policy Jock Given
  40. Crisis governance and COVID-19 Nicholas Bromfield
  41. Cultural policy in an Australian setting Josephine Caust
  42. Economic policy Alan Fenna
  43. Education policy Jen Jackson
  44. Environmental policy Brian Coffey
  45. Foreign and defence policy Thomas S. Wilkins and Nicholas Bromfield
  46. Health policy Ian McAuley
  47. Immigration and multicultural policy Andrew Parkin and Leonie Hardcastle
  48. ‘Law and order’ policy Garner Clancey and Brenda Lin (with Brendan Delahunty)
  49. Regional policy Fiona Haslam McKenzie
  50. Social policy Greg Marston and Zoe Staines
  51. Urban policy Madeleine Pill and Dallas Rogers
  52. Work, employment and industrial relations policy Susan Ressia, Shalene Werth and David Peetz
  53. Public management
  54. Spaces of public participation in contemporary governance Carolyn M. Hendriks and Rebecca M. Colvin
  55. Evidence and policy making Mitzi Bolton
  56. Intergovernmental coordination Jason O’Neil and Christopher Walker
  57. Public budgeting and resource management Ben Spies-Butcher and Gareth Bryant
  58. Policy implementation Geoffrey Hawker
  59. Policy and program evaluation Rick Cummings
  60. Acountability Diana Perche
  61. Critical policy studies Nicholas Bromfield

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