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.