Government information activities are often thought to be motivated by a classic calculus of
blame minimization and credit maximization. However, the precise interactions of “blame” …

While the idea that policy-makers are motivated by the desire to earn “credit” for their work
has a long history, policy studies since Weaver (J Public Policy 6 (4): 371–398, 1986) have …

" While the role of consultants in the policy process has long been a concern for scholars of
public administration, public management and political science, empirical studies of policy …

This book explores why na? ve ideals about better policymaking persist even in cynical
times, revealing the careful reflection at the heart of what appears to be'magical thinking'in …

Sydney has emerged as a major global city in the 21st century. We review the “global city
thesis”, which dominates urban scholarship and practice, and ask whether it adequately …

Use of discretionary accounting accruals has long been recognized as a vehicle for
earnings management in the private sector. More recently, evidence has emerged …

Local government amalgamations represent a particularly contentious strain of public policy
interventions. One of the reasons for this controversy stems from the lack of an evidence …

The study of heresthetic is a quest to explain how potential political losers might become
winners. Local Government amalgamation is invariably a controversial and hotly contested …

The New South Wales State Government announced its local government strategic reform
programme Fit for the Future in 2014. At the centre of the plan was the desire to reduce the …

Abstract The New Zealand Government's Performance Improvement Framework (PIF) is
aimed at public sector organisational improvement. The PIF exemplifies how the …