Grassroots to govement:Creating joined-up working in Australia

by: Gemma Carey (Author)

Publisher: MUP Academic

Edition: Main ed.

Publication Date: 2016/2/9

Language: English

Print Length: 180 pages

ISBN-10: 052286970X

ISBN-13: 9780522869705

Book Description

Joined-up govement has captured the imaginations of public administrators for many decades. It offers great promise for tackling the complex, or 'wicked', policy problems that conce the govements of industrialised countries. Despite ongoing interest, there remains an absence of core methods and principles to make joined-up govement work in practice. Increasingly, public policy scholars are calling for 'evidence-based' joined-up govement.Grassroots to Govement comprehensively explains the state of evidence in joined-up govement, accompanied by an in-depth case study of the experiences of a national joined-up initiative—the Australian Social Inclusion Agenda. In doing so, it offers both a breadth and depth of knowledge on joined-up govement.This is essential reading for anyone interested in designing, implementing and evaluating joined-up and whole-of-govement initiatives, including:public service professionals, academics, community sector practitioners, and advanced level students in public policy, social policy and public administration.

About the Author

Joined-up govement has captured the imaginations of public administrators for many decades. It offers great promise for tackling the complex, or 'wicked', policy problems that conce the govements of industrialised countries. Despite ongoing interest, there remains an absence of core methods and principles to make joined-up govement work in practice. Increasingly, public policy scholars are calling for 'evidence-based' joined-up govement.Grassroots to Govement comprehensively explains the state of evidence in joined-up govement, accompanied by an in-depth case study of the experiences of a national joined-up initiative—the Australian Social Inclusion Agenda. In doing so, it offers both a breadth and depth of knowledge on joined-up govement.This is essential reading for anyone interested in designing, implementing and evaluating joined-up and whole-of-govement initiatives, including:public service professionals, academics, community sector practitioners, and advanced level students in public policy, social policy and public administration.