Public Policy in Australia and the Politicisation of the Employment Relationship? A Framework for Analysis

Spooner, KB; Haidar, A

Public Policy in Australia and the Politicisation of the Employment Relationship? A Framework for Analysis

Spooner, KB Haidar, A

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Publisher:: Hong Kong Baptist University
Publication Type:: Conference Proceeding
Citation:: Proceedings of the 14th International Employment Relations Association Conference, 2007, pp. 143 - 156
Issue Date:: 2007-01

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dc.contributor.author	Spooner, KB	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Haidar, A	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	White, G	en_US
dc.date	2006-06-19	en_US
dc.date.issued	2007-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Proceedings of the 14th International Employment Relations Association Conference, 2007, pp. 143 - 156	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	978-962-85264-0-6	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/7700
dc.description.abstract	The issue of politicisation of the public service has been of considerable interest in a number of countries over recent years as governments have sought to exercise greater direct control over the executive wing in order to insure effective and rapid implementation of their policy changes (ABC, 2002; Colley, 2001; Pullin & Haidar, 2003; Spry, 2001). Although such concerns can be readily evidenced in writings going back more than a century (Lord Morley, 1889), in Australia there has been an increased academic and societal interest in the matter over the past twenty years in response both to government appointments and replacements of senior public servants, as well as a number of high profile crises in which an independent public service voice appeared absent (Emy & Hughes, 1988; Hawkes, 1999: 80; Henderson, 1986:33; Mulgan, 1998a: 3; Nethercote, 2003; Parker & Nethercote, 1996; Podger, 2004:9- 10; Weller, 1989: 369).	en_US
dc.publisher	Hong Kong Baptist University	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Proceedings of the 14th International Employment Relations Association Conference	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	International Employment Relations Association Conference	en_US
dc.title	Public Policy in Australia and the Politicisation of the Employment Relationship? A Framework for Analysis	en_US
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
utslib.location	Hong Kong	en_US
utslib.location.activity	Hong Kong	en_US
utslib.for	160510 Public Policy	en_US
utslib.for	150305 Human Resources Management	en_US
dc.location.activity	Hong Kong	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business
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Abstract:

The issue of politicisation of the public service has been of considerable interest in a number of countries over recent years as governments have sought to exercise greater direct control over the executive wing in order to insure effective and rapid implementation of their policy changes (ABC, 2002; Colley, 2001; Pullin & Haidar, 2003; Spry, 2001). Although such concerns can be readily evidenced in writings going back more than a century (Lord Morley, 1889), in Australia there has been an increased academic and societal interest in the matter over the past twenty years in response both to government appointments and replacements of senior public servants, as well as a number of high profile crises in which an independent public service voice appeared absent (Emy & Hughes, 1988; Hawkes, 1999: 80; Henderson, 1986:33; Mulgan, 1998a: 3; Nethercote, 2003; Parker & Nethercote, 1996; Podger, 2004:9- 10; Weller, 1989: 369).

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