Australian Public Policy, 2nd edition

Published by Pearson (May 1, 2004) © 2004

  • Alan Fenna Curtin University
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For second and third year undergraduate students

This edition of this highly regarded Australian public policy text is designed for second and third year undergraduate students. Reviewers of the first edition commented on its excellence as an introductory text to the area of public policy and its comprehensive and thorough approach.

  • 'It is comprehensive on the broader economic and institutional aspects of policy'
  • 'It provides one of the most extensive bibliographies I have seen for a long time'
  • 'Difficult concepts are broken down into comprehensible language and well explained'
  • 'The case studies are good value'
  • 'Well laid out'
  • 'Sets out both theoretical perspectives and empirical material making it invaluable to students'.

This edition builds on these strengths and brings a new contributing author and new chapter structure and content to significantly improve and update the text.

  • 1. Studying Public Policy
  • 2. The Role of the State: ideological perspectives
  • 3. The Role of the State: analytical perspectives
  • 4. Government and the Economy in Australia
  • 5. Explaining public policy: theoretical perspectives
  • 6. Interest Groups and the Policy Process
  • 7. Federalism and Public Policy in Australia
  • 8. Government, Parliament and Policy
  • 9. Australia in the World Economy: trade and industry policy
  • 10. Managing the Economy: making macro-economic policy
  • 11. Raising revenue: tax policy and tax politics
  • 12. Social Policy: the Australian welfare state
  • 13. Women's Policy: special interests or mainstream?
  • 14. Environmental Policy and Politics in Australia
  • 15. The Politics of Citizenship: identity, ethnicity & race

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