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The seven dwarfs, and the age of the mandarins : Australian government administration in the post-war reconstruction era /

In the history and folklore of Australia's Commonwealth Public Service, the idea of the 'Seven Dwarfs' has been remarkably persistent. Originally a witty epithet applied to a powerful group of senior public servants, the term has come to represent the professionalisation of Australian...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Furphy, Samuel (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Acton, A.C.T. : ANU Press, 2015.
Colección:ANU.Lives series in biography.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The seven dwarfs: a team of rivals / Nicholas Brown
  • The post-war reconstruction project / Stuart Macintyre
  • Australia and the Keynesian revolution / Alex Millmow
  • An age of the mandarins? government in New Zealand, 1940-51 / John R. Martin
  • Sir Frederick Shedden: the forerunner / David Horner
  • Sir Roland Wilson-primus inter pares / Selwyn Cornish
  • Combs the Keynesian / Tim Rowse
  • Sir John Crawford and agriculture and trade / David Lee
  • Sir Allen Brown: an exemplary public servant / Sir Peter Lawler
  • Sir Frederick Wheeler: public servant / Ian Hancock
  • Paul Hasluck with Dr Evatt at the United Nations / Geoffrey Bolton
  • John Burton: forgotten mandarin? / Adam Hughes Henry
  • Sir Arthur Tange: departmental reformer / Peter Edwards
  • Sir James Plimsoll: mandarin abroad / Jeremy Hearder.