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title	:	Politics and Administration At the Top : Lessons From Down Under Pitt Series in Policy and Institutional Studies
author	:	Dunn, Delmer D.
publisher	:	University of Pittsburgh Press
isbn10 | asin	:	0822956500
print isbn13	:	9780822956501
ebook isbn13	:	9780585044019
language	:	English
subject	Australia--Politics and government--1945- , Bureaucracy--Australia, Cabinet system--Australia, Democracy--Australia, Political planning--Australia.
publication date	:	1997
lcc	:	JQ4031.D86 1997eb
ddc	:	352.3/0994
subject	:	Australia--Politics and government--1945- , Bureaucracy--Australia, Cabinet system--Australia, Democracy--Australia, Political planning--Australia.

Page i Politics and Administration at the Top

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Page iii Politics and Administration at the Top Lessons from Down Under Delmer D. Dunn University of Pittsburgh Press

Page iv Published by the University of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, Pa. 15261 Copyright 1997, University of Pittsburgh Press All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America Printed on acid-free paper 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Dunn, Delmer D. Politics and administration at the top : lessons from down under / Delmer D. Dunn. p.cm. (Pitt series in policy and institutional studies) Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. ISBN 0-8229-4045-0 (cloth : acid-free paper) .ISBN 0-8229-5650-0 (pbk. : acid- free paper) 1. AustraliaPolitics and government19452. BureaucracyAustralia. 3. Cabinet systemAustralia.4. DemocracyAustralia.5. Political planning Australia.I. Title.II. Series. JQ4031.D86 1997 352.3'0994dc2197-4770 A CIP catalog record for this book is available from the British Library.

Page v This book is dedicated to my wife, Ann, and to our son, John, and our daughter, Kielly.

Page vii Contents Acknowledgments ix 1. Responsiveness in Democratic Public Administration 1 2. Issues in Administrative Responsiveness to Elected Officials 18 3. The Department Secretary 43 4. The Ministerial Staff 74 5. The Minister 109 6. Lessons for U.S. Public Administration 144 Bibliiography 175 Index 187

Page ix Acknowledgments The idea for this book began while I was teaching a graduate course, Public Administration and Democracy, in the University of Georgia public administration graduate program. It developed in several conversations with colleagues, both at Georgia and later at the Australian National University (ANU). The relationship between elected and career officials is an important one in democracies, and that relationship comprises the focus of this book. Many of the findings of this research were unanticipated, especially that a major conclusion would be to affirm several of the traditional values of the "old" public administration. But this is where the findings led, as readers will see. I gratefully acknowledge support from both the University of Georgia and the Australian National University. My research was conducted while I was appointed Visiting Fellow in the Department of Political Science, Faculty of Arts, ANU, in 1992 and while I was working as a visiting faculty member in 1996. John Hart arranged both visits and has been an invaluable and supportive ally throughout the research project. I also acknowledge with much appreciation the assistance of David Adams, Brian Galligan, the late Leonard Hume, Will Sanders, and John Uhr, all of ANU at the time (Brian Galligan has subsequently moved to the University of Melbourne), and of John Halligan at the University of Canberra for their advice and assistance in my learning about Australia and Australian government. I also appreciate helpful comments on the research from several colleagues at the University of Georgia, including Thomas Lauth, Eugene

Page x Miller, Hal Rainey, and Laurence O'Toole, as well as Robert Durant, a former colleague now at the University of Baltimore, and two excellent readers from the University of Pittsburgh Press. I also benefited from discussions with three ANU political science students doing research on Australian government. They were Ian Beckett, now of the University of Tasmania, Maria Maley, and Peter Vickary. None of these individuals should be accountable either for advice not taken or for advice taken but implemented badly. My appreciation goes also to Yvonne Ramsey for her excellent work in transcribing the audio tapes of the 1992 interviews, to Craig Davis who provided valuable research assistance over a lengthy period of time, and to Serena Wilson who recently succeeded him. The administrative and secretarial staff at both ANU and Georgia have been extremely helpful, including Geneva Bradberry, Clarice Pilcher, Nancy Power, Pam Smith, Jerrie Teet, and Teresa Wood at Georgia, and Polly Ball, Jackie Lipsham, Sharon Merten, and Thelma Williams at ANU. I also acknowledge with appreciation the assistance of Jill Adams of the Australian Public Service Commission, and Gillian Evans of the Research School for Social Sciences at ANU, for assistance in gathering data for the study. I am also grateful for the support and help of the staff of the University of Pittsburgh Press in bringing this book to fruition. These include Cynthia Miller, Jane Flanders, Kathy McLaughlin, Margie Bachman, Lisa Leppo, Pippa Letsky, and Kathy Bennett.

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