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How Much Responsiveness is Too Much or Too Little?
Author(s) -
Mulgan Richard
Publication year - 2008
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/j.1467-8500.2008.00592.x
Subject(s) - commonwealth , government (linguistics) , section (typography) , public service , political science , public administration , service (business) , public relations , business , marketing , law , advertising , philosophy , linguistics
This article analyses the main principles underlying public service responsiveness, illustrating them with examples drawn largely from recent experience in the Australian Commonwealth government. The final section attempts to identify some general international trends which are placing new strains on the relationships between politicians and public servants.