| Who Rules?: How Government Retains Control in a Privatised Economy Contributor(s): Keating, Michael (Author) |
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ISBN: 1862875189 ISBN-13: 9781862875180 Publisher: Federation Press OUR PRICE: $29.70 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2004 Annotation: For the past 20 years, the Australian government has been washing its hands of direct responsibility for the provision of services. There has been incessant "privatisation," "deregulation," and "contracting out." Has the government lost control of social policy? The author shows that there has been no decline in the power of government to decide what it wants to do nor in its ability to achieve its traditional objectives. To the contrary, government is now more effective in pursuing its policies than it used to be. Keating argues that what really limits the capacity of modern Australian government is the conflict resulting from the differential impact of policy changes on electorally-potent interest groups. This incapacity is compounded by a more individualistic, less trusting society, which leaves governments struggling politically to present unifying, national policy acceptable to the wide variety of interests and opinions. This book is absorbing, clear, and carefully argued. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Policy - Economic Policy |
| Dewey: 338.994 |
| LCCN: 2005434410 |
| Physical Information: 0.49" H x 6.15" W x 8.27" (0.65 lbs) 214 pages |
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| Publisher Description: For the past 20 years there has been incessant privatisation, deregulation and contracting out by the Australian government. Has it gone so far that the government has lost control of susbstantal parts of economic and social policy? The author, a leading economic analyst argues that governments still govern. |