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When it comes to policymaking, public servants have traditionally learned ‘on the job’, with practical experience and tacit knowledge valued over theory-based learning and academic analysis. Yet increasing numbers of public servants are undertaking policy training through postgraduate qualifications and/or through short courses in policy training. Learning Policy, Doing Policy explores how policy theory is understood by practitioners and how it influences their practice. The book brings together insights from research, teaching and practice on an issue that has so far been understudied. Contributors include Australian and international policy scholars, and current and former practitioner...
"Provides the first comprehensive theoretical and empirical work on governance in the Commonwealth public sector. It addresses the issues that emerged under the Howard government as well as their handling under the Rudd and Gillard governments." - abstract.
Sheds new light on the use of external public policy consultants from an interdisciplinary and international comparative approach.
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A Handful of Friends (2 men 3 women), The Club (6 men), The Perfectionist (3 men 2 women), and Travelling North (3 men 4 women).
English abstracts from Kholodil'naia tekhnika.
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