Title Collaborative federalism : economic reform in Australia in the 1990s / Martin Painter

Published Cambridge ; Melbourne : Cambridge University Press, 1998 Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1998

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Description x, 207 pages ; 24 cm Series Reshaping Australian institutions Reshaping Australian institutions. Contents 1. National Problems, Federal Solutions -- 2. The Theory and Practice of Cooperative Federalism -- 3. SPC, COAG and the Politics of Reform -- 4. Achieving Cooperation: Players and Processes -- 5. The Machinery of Intergovernmental Relations: An Institutional Analysis -- 6. The Institutions of Collaborative Federalism -- 7. Duplication and Overlap: New Roles, Old Battles -- 8. The Future of Collaborative Federalism Summary While the author acknowledges that federalism may be the problem as much as the solution, he also argues that the current uncertainty about federalism gives us the opportunity to reflect on the kind of federal system we want. Although federal traditions of dual government are still strong, and the emergence of collaborative federalism is being contested, these new institutions are likely to become an increasingly familiar part of the federal landscape This original and provocative study of federalism identifies a new pattern of intergovernmental relations in Australia. Through his general discussion of the nature of the Australian federal system, and close analysis of recent developments in Australian politics and policy-making, Martin Painter argues that our federal system is being fundamentally reshaped as state and Commonwealth governments cooperate more closely than ever before on joint policy-making schemes. Much of this collaboration has been prompted by the need for microeconomic reform in the 1990s, and increasing concern about the degree of overlap, inefficiency and duplication across the federal system Analysis Council of Australian Governments Federal issue Federal state duplication Federal state finances Federal state relations Federalism Microeconomic policy Premiers conference State issue Notes Includes bibliographical references and index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-198) and index Notes English Subject Federal government -- Australia. SUBJECT Australia -- Economic policy http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114310 -- 1976-1990 Australia -- Economic policy http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114310 -- 1990- Australia -- Economic policy http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114310 -- 1990-2001 Australia -- Economic policy. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114310 Australia -- Politics and government -- 1945- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009600 Australia -- Politics and government http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009597 -- 1990- Australia -- Politics and government http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009597 -- 1990-2001 Author Painter, Martin, 1947- LC no. 98013520 ISBN 052159071X

ABBREV TI Collaborative Federalism RESHAPING AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTIONS Other Titles Reshaping Australian Institutions

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