Government Reformed
Values and New Political Institutions
1st Edition
Published on 30. October 2017
Book
Hardback
304 pages
978-1-138-71964-4 (ISBN)
Description
This title was first published in 2003. This insightful work examines institutional formation and change as evidence of the major re-shaping of government internationally over the last two decades. It is based on a series of case studies of institutional reform and ranges across institutions in countries including the UK, China, Australia and the USA. Each case study considers questions concerning the establishment of institutions, such as: what have been the objectives of institutional changes? What are the principles and values on which new institutions are founded? In addition to looking at broad hypotheses regarding the state and new institutions, the book also draws together practical lessons regarding institutional reform. Thus the cases are analysed as a group to throw light on a number of issues: are there patterns discernible in the formation of new political institutions? What do the cases reveal about what works, and what does not work, in forming new institutions? What predictions can be made about the relationship between values and governance structures?
Reviews / Votes
'The case studies are diverse and include the British National Health Service, Australian rural policy, international food safety regulation, controls over Internet content and the rebulation of marriage...making for a book that continues to reward the reader as further case studies are revealed.' Public AdministrationMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 219 mm
Width: 150 mm
Weight
720 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-138-71964-4 (9781138719644)
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11/2019
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Persons
Ian Holland is a Research Specialist at the Department of the Parliamentary Library, Canberra. He was formerly Research Fellow at the Key Centre for Ethics, Law, Justice and Governance, Griffith University, from which he holds a doctorate. He is co-editor of Motivating Ministers to Morality (2001), and has published articles on public consultation in the Australian Journal of Political Science and the Australian Journal of Public Administration. He currently conducts research for the Parliamentary Library on political ethics and public administration. Jenny Fleming is a Fellow with the Regulatory Network group in the Research School of Social Sciences at the Australian National University. She was a former research fellow with the Key Centre for Ethics, Law, Justice and Governance, Griffith University, Australia from which she holds a doctorate. She is co-editor of Motivating Ministers to Morality (2001) and publishes widely on police management, police unionism and public policy. Her research interests include community policing and the politics of criminal justice.
Content
Contents: Values, institutions and the state, Ian Holland. Reforming Institutions: Great ideas of central banking: values, ideas and the transformation of central banking and monetary policy in Australia, Stephen Bell; Reforming China's power industry: an institutional explanation, Xu Yi-chong; Beliefs and institutional change: the UK National Health Service, Brian Hardy and R.A.W. Rhodes; Rural policy in Australia: the farm family and the farm business, Linda Courtenay Botterill. New Institutions: International institutions and food safety regulation: values in conflict, Grace Skogstad; Political values, reflexivity and environment protection institutions, Michael Howes; Institutional innovation in natural resource management, Ian Holland; The everyday politics of value conflict: external independent oversight bodies in Australia, Colleen Lewis and Jenny Fleming; ATSIC: autonomy or accountability?, Michele Ivanitz and Ken McPhail. Society-Centred Institutions: Internet content, mandated self-regulation and institutionalizing values, Geoff Airo-Farulla; Regulating relationships: marriage and the state, Elizabeth van Acker. Conclusions: Changing institutions: pluralism, traditions and the contradictions of reform, Jenny Fleming; Bibliography; Index.