Open AccessPerspectives on Australian Local Government Reform edited by Brian Dollery and Ian Tiley
Author(s) -
Bligh Grant
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
commonwealth journal of local governance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1836-0394
DOI - 10.5130/cjlg.v0i18.4851
Subject(s) - serendipity , variety (cybernetics) , government (linguistics) , sociology , local government , public administration , political science , media studies , law and economics , management , epistemology , economics , philosophy , computer science , artificial intelligence , linguistics
Academic books emerge in a variety of ways. Some are the result of pure serendipity. For instance, in February 2011 Brian Dollery and I were completing a report that delved into the conceptual and theoretical foundations of shared services. Brian had also co-authored several case studies of shared services in Australian local government over the years, some of which I had contributed to