Australian Public Policy

Part 1 -Setting the Scene;


Toward a new progressive policy agenda ~ Chris Miller and Lionel Orchard;


Neoliberalism, the culture wars and public policy ~ Mark Davis;


Part 2 - Economics and Work;


Macroeconomic policy after the Global Financial Crisis ~ John Quiggin;


Putting together work and care in Australia: time for a new settlement?' ~ Barbara Pocock, Janine Chapman and Natalie Skinner;


Welfare Reform ~ Ben Spies-Butcher;


"Choice" and "fairness": The hollow core in industrial relations policy ~ John Buchanan and Damian Oliver;


Part 3 - Culture and Society;


Indigenous policy: Canberra consensus on a neoliberal project of improvement ~ Jon Altman;


Culture and Diversity ~ George Crowder;


The business of care: Australia's experiment with the marketization of childcare ~ Deborah Brennan;


Mixed messages in the new politics of education ~ Louise Watson and Charlotte Liu;


The accidental logic of health policy in Australia ~ Fran Baum and Judith Dwyer;


Loose Moorings: Debate and directions in Australian housing policy ~ Lionel Orchard;


Part 4 - Environment, Population and Cities;


Population Policy ~ Ian Lowe;


Australian Cities: In pursuit of a national urban policy ~ Paul Burton and Jago Dodson;


Natural resource management: Steering not rowing against the current in the Murray-Darling Basin ~ Daniel Connell;


International Perspectives: Low carbon urban Australia in a time of transition ~ Ralph Horne and Colin Fudge;


Part 5 - Politics and Government;


Politics and Government ~ James Walter and Zareh Ghazarian;


Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations ~ Robyn Hollander;


Citizen engagement in Australian policy-making ~ Chris Miller;


On Escaping Neo-Liberalism: Concluding Reflections ~ Chris Miller and Lionel Orchard.