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Reducing Tensions in Australian Intergovernmental Relations through Institutional Innovation (关键词: 政府间协定、绩效、问责、伙伴关系 。 通过体制创新来减少澳大利亚政府间关系紧张)
Author(s) -
Menzies 格里菲斯大学，政治和公共政策中心 Jennifer
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
australian journal of public administration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.524
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1467-8500
pISSN - 0313-6647
DOI - 10.1111/1467-8500.12036
Subject(s) - negotiation , corporate governance , politics , political science , public administration , political economy , sociology , economics , management , law
Australia remains under‐institutionalised in structures to manage intergovernmental relations. Negotiation and agreement remain dependent on the ad hoc summitry of COAG with deliberations dominated by the ‘soft’ factors of partisanship, personality and the political cycle. This articles outlines the ‘soft’ factors which dominate intergovernmental relations and argues institutional innovation is needed to formalise the management of multi‐level governance in Australia .