Abstract
This book is the product of ideas and explorations garnered from many conversations across the corridor that separates the authors’ offi ces. But there have been many contributions, from near and far, that the authors
have great pleasure in acknowledging.
The research on which the book is based was supported by a competitive Australia and New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG)
Research Grant (2012–2013). We are both very grateful to the School
for this, and its continuing institutional backing. The project itself was
superbly supported by the enthusiastic research assistance of Tom
O’Connor, who himself is now practicing the art of budgetary control in
the Australian Department of Finance. And during the research, offi cers
within the Finance Department’s Governance and Resource Management
Group provided helpful perspectives on the design and effectiveness of
budget frameworks.
A number of people generously read various incarnations of the draft
work and provided valuable comments, including our ANZSOG colleagues Michael Mintrom and Sophie Yates; John Wanna, and Andrew
Podger (Australian National University); Evert Lindquist (University of
Victoria); Joanne Kelly (University of Sydney); and Paul Posner (George
Mason University). The manuscript also benefi ted signifi cantly from
highly constructive suggestions of the anonymous reviewer. Refi nement
of the fi nal product was made possible by the keen editorial eyes of Sophie
Yates and Nicole Barling-Luke
Original language | English |
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Place of Publication | Singapore |
Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
Number of pages | 116 |
Edition | 1 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-981-10-0341-7 |
Publication status | Published - 2016 |