Power Without Responsibility? Ministerial Staffers in Australian Governments Fro (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780868409818)

A raft of recent political scandals in Australia has generated widespread media and public interest in the role and accountability of ministerial staffers, and their impact on relations between ministers and their public service advisers. Such scandals include the notorious 'Children Overboard' affair and the more recent AWB imbroglio. In Power Without Responsibility Anne Tiernan describes the contemporary working environment of political staffers, their formal and less formal roles, the challenges they face, and the forces that have escalated the growth in their numbers and influence.

Author: Anne Tiernan
ISBN-10: 0868409812
ISBN-13: 9780868409818
Publisher: University of New South Wales Press
Language: English
Published: 05/01/2007
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.89lbs
Size: 9.29h x 6.07w x 0.89d