Economic rationalism in Canberra: a nation-building state changes its mind

Throughout the world since the 1970s, state and public sector reform has been driven by a conservative agenda emphasising notions of 'streamlining' and 'rationalisation'; Australia has been no exception. Michael Pusey undertakes a detailed analysis of top bureaucrats in Canberra...

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Main Author: Pusey, Michael 1939- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1991
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Summary:Throughout the world since the 1970s, state and public sector reform has been driven by a conservative agenda emphasising notions of 'streamlining' and 'rationalisation'; Australia has been no exception. Michael Pusey undertakes a detailed analysis of top bureaucrats in Canberra who have been responsible for this recasting of national policy. He concludes that economist rationalist view dominate each of the key ministries, and have altered the traditional balance between the economy, the state and society. The book also discusses the social significance of economic rationalisation and public sector reform from a theoretical perspective, contributing to contemporary understanding of modernisation, public morality and citizenship in the new global order
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Physical Description:1 online resource (ix, 310 pages)
ISBN:9780511597121
DOI:10.1017/CBO9780511597121

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