TY  - BOOK
AU  - Tiernan, Anne
AU  - Menzies, Jennifer
AB  - In this monograph, Anne Tiernan and Jennifer Menzies capably chart the often hazardous terrain of the ‘caretaker period’ that ensues from the time an election is called until a new government is formed. This is a landscape fraught with political and administrative dangers – particularly for public servants who are required to ‘mind the shop’ and keep the basic machinery of government going. The conventions represent an historical accretion of custom, practice and rules, often leavened with uncertainty. In tackling their subject, Tiernan and Menzies draw upon their shared past experiences as public servants and ministerial ‘staffers’ as well as the highest standards of academic scholarship – this is a ‘must read’ for politicians, public servants and students of government.
DO  - 10.26530/OAPEN_458839
ID  - OAPEN ID: 458839
ID  - OAPEN ID: OCN: 225672982
KW  - public administration
KW  - politics and government
KW  - australia
KW  - 21st century
KW  - decision making
KW  - new zealand
KW  - Cameron–Clegg coalition
KW  - Chief executive officer
KW  - Civil service
KW  - Prime minister
KW  - Queensland
L1  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/id/380092ca-2d4e-434b-94f6-3bada1e81c2c/458839.pdf
LA  - English
LK  - http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/33802
PB  - ANU Press
PP  - Canberra
PY  - 2007
TI  - Caretaker conventions in Australasia: minding the shop for governmentnull
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