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dc.contributor.authorWeller, P
dc.contributor.editorJohn Wanna and Patrick Bishop
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T11:27:19Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T11:27:19Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.date.modified2007-03-19T21:44:16Z
dc.identifier.issn0313-6647
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1467-8500.2005.00414.x
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/4614
dc.description.abstractPolitical science is, we are led to believe, the study of power. Cabinet and the executive appear to be the epitome of national authority, but not of analysis. In Australia by contrast it seems that the study of power has not focussed on federal power, or at least power at the centre of national government. If the remit is to explore that centre - the prime minister, cabinet, ministers, the senior officials and the departments that coordinate the activities of government - then over the last few decades, the cupboard is somewhat bare. It is not that nothing has been written; rather it is that little has been done by the academic community and especially by political science profession in an area that at first sight should have been of direct interest to them. My concern here is not whether the history of the period has been told, but whether there has been an analysis of the forms, institutions and conventions through and by which political power is exercised at the centre of government. That may be a narrow definition, but related topics such as: departments, federalism and public management are being covered by others in this assessment of current research.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherBlackwell Publishing Asia
dc.publisher.placeAustralia
dc.publisher.urihttp://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1467-8500.2005.00414.x
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom35
dc.relation.ispartofpageto42
dc.relation.ispartofissue1
dc.relation.ispartofjournalAustralian Journal of Public Administration
dc.relation.ispartofvolume64
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEconomics
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCommerce, management, tourism and services
dc.subject.fieldofresearchHuman society
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode38
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode35
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode44
dc.titleInvestigation Power at the Centre of Government: Surveying research on the Australian Executive.
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.rights.copyright© 2005 Blackwell Publishing. The definitive version is available at [www.blackwell-synergy.com.]
gro.date.issued2005
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorWeller, Patrick M.


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