Network Governance and Public Participation in Policy-Making: Federal Community Cabinets in Australia

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Lewis, Chris and Marsh, David. (2012). Network Governance and Public Participation in Policy-Making: Federal Community Cabinets in Australia. Australian Journal of Public Administration. 71(1), pp. 6-19. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8500.2012.00753.x
AuthorsLewis, Chris and Marsh, David
Abstract

The Australian Labor Party's (ALP) 2007 Policy Platform asserted ‘Labor will pursue new and innovative measures designed to foster greater participation and engagement of the Australian population in the political process’ (Manwaring 2010). As such they seemed to have a clear commitment to a more participatory form of democracy. This commitment appeared to be reflected in two initiatives they introduced in power: the 2020 Summit (on this see Fawcett, Manwaring and Marsh 2011) and federal community cabinets. More broadly it could be argued that Labor were following a trend identified internationally as a move from government to governance, more specifically to ‘network governance’ (Rhodes 1997) in which governments encouraged greater participation in policy-making, recognising that governments could at best steer, not row. Indeed, as Marinetto contends (2003: 593), this idea has taken on a ‘semblance of orthodoxy’ in discussions of public policy.

KeywordsCommunity consultation; community cabinets; Rudd government
Year01 Jan 2012
JournalAustralian Journal of Public Administration
Journal citation71 (1), pp. 6-19
PublisherJohn Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd
ISSN0313-6647
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8500.2012.00753.x
Web address (URL)https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-8500.2012.00753.x
Open accessPublished as non-open access
Research or scholarlyResearch
Page range6-19
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Print23 Apr 2012
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AcceptedApr 2012
Deposited20 Sep 2024
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© 2012 The Authors, Australian Journal of Public Administration.

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