Minority Policy
Rethinking Governance When Parliament Matters
$49.67
- Paperback
208 pages
- Release Date
2 March 2015
Summary
Topical and up-to-the-minute, Minority Policy- Rethinking Governance when Parliament Matters explores the influence marginal parliamentarians have on public policy.Australia has had minority governments in some form for almost 30 years, yet we have not come to terms with minority as the new norm. Prominent policy cycle theory tends to overlook the subtle but significant influence of marginal parliamentarians on public policy. Minority Policy argues that these influences not only have importan…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780522867626 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0522867626 |
| Author: | Brenton Prosser |
| Publisher: | Melbourne University Press |
| Imprint: | Melbourne University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 2 March 2015 |
| Weight: | 358g |
| Dimensions: | 208mm x 137mm x 17mm |
About The Author
Brenton Prosser
Brenton Prosser was senior policy adviser to Senator Nick Xenophon during the period when the senator first shared the balance of power in the Senate. He has previously published three books on health and education policy, as well as numerous papers in the areas of parliamentary integrity, media and politics. Currently, he is a senior research fellow at the Australian National University.Richard Denniss was Chief of Staff to Natasha Stott Despoja during the period that the Australian Democrats held the balance of power in the Senate. He is now Executive Director to the Australia Institute policy thinktank. He has recently published An Introduction to Australian Public Policy- Theory and Practice with Sarah Maddison, and is co-author (with Clive Hamilton) of the bestselling book Affluenza- When Too Much is Never Enough.
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