Advising Governments in the Westminster Tradition
eBook - PDF

Advising Governments in the Westminster Tradition

Policy Advisory Systems in Australia, Britain, Canada and New Zealand

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  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Advising Governments in the Westminster Tradition

Policy Advisory Systems in Australia, Britain, Canada and New Zealand

About this book

In turbulent environments and unstable political contexts, policy advisory systems have become more volatile. The policy advisory system in Anglophone countries is composed of different types of advisers who have input into government decision making. Government choices about who advises them varies widely as they demand contestability, greater partisan input and more external consultation. The professional advice of the public service may be disregarded. The consequences for public policy are immense depending on whether a plurality of advice works effectively or is derailed by narrow and partisan agendas that lack an evidence base and implementation plans. The book seeks to addresses these issues within a comparative country analysis of how policy advisory systems are constituted and how they operate in the age of instability in governance and major challenges with how the complexity policy issue can be handled.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Reviews
  3. Half-title page
  4. Series page
  5. Title page
  6. Copyright page
  7. Dedication
  8. Contents
  9. List of Figures
  10. List of Tables
  11. Acknowledgements
  12. Glossary and Acronyms
  13. 1 Policy Advisory Systems: An Introduction
  14. 2 Comparative Contexts
  15. 3 Approaches to Understanding PAS and Change over Time
  16. 4 Public Services and Policy Advice
  17. 5 Ministerial Partisan Advisers and the Politicisation of PAS
  18. 6 Alternative Advice from within Government
  19. 7 External Advice
  20. 8 Understanding Westminster PAS Change
  21. 9 Trends, Tensions and the State of Neo-policy Advisory Systems
  22. Appendix A Interview List
  23. Appendix B Cases of Independent Reviews
  24. Notes
  25. References
  26. Index