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111 2 Federalism & Regionalism in Australia|d(2006 :|cSydney,
N.S.W.)
245 10 Federalism and regionalism in Australia :|bnew approaches,
new institutions? /|ceditors, A.J. Brown, Jennifer
Bellamy.
264 1 The Australian National University, A.C.T. :|bANU E Press,
|c2007.
300 1 online resource.
336 text|btxt|2rdacontent
337 computer|bc|2rdamedia
338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier
490 1 ANZSOG monograph series
504 Includes bibliographical references.
505 00 |gPart 1.|tSetting the Scene: Old Questions or New?
|tFederalism, Regionalism and the Reshaping of Australian
Governance --|tThe Political Viability of Federal Reform:
Interpreting Public Attitudes --|gPart 2.|tDrivers for
Change: New Approaches to Federalism and Regionalism.
|tTowards a Wider Debate on Federal and Regional
Governance: The Rural Dimension --|tRescuing Urban Regions
: The Federal Agenda --|tThe Challenge of Coastal
Governance --|tAdaptive Governance: The Challenge for
Regional Natural Resource Management --|tRegionalism and
Economic Development: Achieving an Efficient Framework --
|tReconceiving Federal-State-Regional Arrangements in
Health --|gPart 3.|tNew Institutions? Approaching the
Challenge of Reform.|tTaking Subsidiarity Seriously: What
Role for the States? --|tHow Local Government Can Save
Australia's Federal System --|tReforming Australian
Governance: Old States, No States or New States? --
|tQuantifying the Costs and Benefits of Change: Towards A
Methodology --|tWhere To From Here? Principles for a New
Debate --|gAppendix.|tReform of Australia's Federal System
: Identifying the Benefits.
520 "Australia's federal system of governance is in a state of
flux, and its relevance in a globalised world is being
challenged. After decades of debate about different
possibilities for institutional reform - some of them
predating Federation itself - dramatic shifts are
occurring in the way in which power and responsibility are
shared between federal, state and local governments, and
in the emergence of an increasingly important 'fourth
sphere' of governance at the regional level of Australian
society. For those who fear a continuing growth in the
power of the Commonwealth Government, the shifting state
of federalism may seem unwelcome; but whether we see state
governments as in decline or a new ascendancy, the fact
remains that in the early 21st century, subnational
regionalism is a live issue amid the practical realities
of Australian public policy. Far from simple questions of
local administration, the effectiveness, legitimacy and
efficiency of new regional approaches are 'big ticket'
issues on the contemporary political landscape. The
management of our cities, of our sea-change regions, of
natural resources through regions of every type, of
hospitals and health services across the Australian
community; these are all issues focussing the attention of
decision-makers and communities from the top to the bottom
of our system of government. In May 2006, around 100
experts with diverse experiences in public policy,
academic research and community arenas from across eastern
Australia came together in Parliament House, Sydney, New
South Wales, to discuss current shifts in the relationship
between federalism and subnational regionalism, their
implications for existing institutions of government, and
the directions in which public institutions could and
should evolve as a result of these new approaches. The
symposium 'Federalism and Regionalism in Australia: New
Approaches, New Institutions?',1 resulted in a broad
consensus that traditional institutional frameworks are
indeed changing, in response to the quest for more
adaptive, effective, legitimate and efficient forms of
governance. The main question put to the symposium, was
whether it was also time to start addressing how new
regional approaches fitted into overall trends in
institutional restructuring and reform affecting the
Australian public sector, rather than simply noting and
tracking a plethora of developments that otherwise remain
fundamentally ad hoc. The consensus arising was, again,
that the answer was 'yes'. The policy 'drivers' behind new
governance approaches were identified as not simply
national, but also, at the same time, fundamentally local
and regional in nature. As a result, this volume, based on
papers and presentations given to the symposium, is
intended as a first step towards understanding these new
trajectories of Australian federalism and regionalism. The
purpose of the volume is to test - and confirm - two basic
propositions about the future of Australian federalism.
The first is that the evolution of state, regional and
local institutions has become a vital issue for the future
of federal governance. In other words, making federalism
work is not simply a matter of continual improvement in
public administration, or fine-tuning intergovernmental
relations between the Commonwealth and existing State
governments, but a question of structural reform involving
the distribution of roles, responsibilities and governance
capacities throughout our system of government. The second
proposition is that this question needs to be addressed in
a conscious and concerted way, through a program of
informed restructuring, if the federal system is to be
made adequately legitimate, effective, adaptive and
efficient in the medium to long term. These propositions
immediately inspire a lot of questions. What do we mean by
adequacy, when it comes to goals such as legitimacy,
effectiveness, adaptiveness, and efficiency? What types of
reform are we talking about? What path of reform are we on
already, if we are on one? What research is needed to
better inform that path? The chapters in this volume
provide the basis for a more informed debate by fleshing
out these questions and, in many cases, providing clearer
answers. While a variety of suggestions are made, no
specific institutional prescription arises from this
discussion about how federalism should be reformed. Indeed,
it is a strength of these chapters that all the
contributors argue, directly or indirectly, for a new
debate which better establishes the common principles that
reform proposals need to address, in order to establish a
more coherent direction for the federal system. Together
these chapters set out multiple examples of the current
'drivers' for reform, including a range of new approaches
and imperatives in regional policy, against a background
of old and new institutional options for the strengthening
of local and regional governance in Australian
federalism."--Provided by publisher.
650 0 Central-local government relations|zAustralia.
650 0 Regionalism|zAustralia.
650 0 Federal government|zAustralia.
650 7 POLITICAL SCIENCE|xEssays.|2bisacsh
650 7 Central-local government relations.|2fast
|0(OCoLC)fst00850795
650 7 Federal government.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00922333
650 7 Politics and government.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01919741
650 7 Regionalism.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01093204
651 0 Australia|xPolitics and government.
651 7 Australia.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01204543
700 1 Brown, A. J.|q(Alexander Jonathan)
700 1 Bellamy, J. A.|q(Jennifer A.)
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