Australian Federalism: Developments and Prospects

Galligan, Brian; Walsh, Cliff

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“…Federal and state constitutions and institutions have instead been the overwhelming focus. Galligan's (1995) study of Australian federalism is a good example (see also Galligan and Walsh, 1990). Galligan merely comments that 'intergovernmental relations have been relatively neglected by those studying Australian federalism ' (1995, p. 189), and he later speculates that 'policy inertia and failure .…”

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The Study of Political Elites in Federal Democracies

McCoy¹,

Stroupe²

2001

Int. Rev. Sociol.

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Interest in federal institutions has grown rapidly over the past two decades, producing a voluminous literature. While a variety of interesting questions underlie this research, the bulk of it has been driven by the resurgence in ethno nationalism in both developing and developed states. No multiethnic federal democracy has yet collapsed, but several nd themselves under increasing strain from ethnic elites and movements demanding greater autonomy or outright independence. As early as 1977, participants in a Publius symposium warned governments about the centrifugal forces that federalization might unleash (Duchacek, 1977). Despite such warnings and dangers, however, it is surely no exaggeration to say that today many scholars rush to endorse federalizing strategies for dealing with ethnic and other disintegrative forces (cf. Horowitz, 1985;Cohen, 1997;Stepan, 1997).Unfortunately, studies of political elites have not gured prominently in studies of federalism. The complex relationship between elite structure and behavior on the one side and the effectiveness of federal institutions on the other has been little investigated. While a number of classic elite studies discuss politics in federal countries (e.g. Mills, 1956;Porter, 1965;Presthus, 1973;Higley et al., 1979;Hoffmann-Lange, 1991;Domhoff, 1998), they are not concerned with federalism per se. Except perhaps when elite recruitment is examined, studies of political elites in federal systems treat federalism as little more than a footnote.The many scholars of federalism, for their part, view its effectiveness as resulting from the 'right' institutional con guration, rather than from how political elites function. Either these scholars neglect the role of elites completely or they assign elites only implicit importance (e.g. ). Even comparativists who recognize that institutional performance depends heavily on elite functioning treat the elite variable as a kind of black box (Higley and Burton, 2000).This paper seeks to narrow the analytical gap between federalism and political elites. We assume that the causal arrow in federal systems generally runs from elites to institutions. We hold, in other words, that a well-functioning federal polity depends upon having the 'right' type of political elite con guration. We are aware that in such complex matters causal arrows often run in both directions, so we are also interested in understanding when and how federal institutions affect elite structure and functioning. First we canvas the

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The Study of Political Elites in Federal Democracies

McCoy¹,

Stroupe²

2001

Int. Rev. Sociol.

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“…Yet towards the end of his prime ministership, Hawke showed a willingness to work with the states. In 1990, he launched his plan for a ‘Closer Partnership with the States’, which involved taking ‘sensible, practicable steps to get better cooperation within the framework of the Federal Constitution’ and also to ‘apply the spirit of national cooperation in a new approach to reform of the Constitution itself’ (cited in Galligan and Walsh 1990:2; see also Galligan 1993:292). The agenda, which had originated with South Australia's Premier, John Bannon (1987), centred around three elements: a common commitment to microeconomic reform; a more rational allocation of responsibility; and, most contentiously, a proposal to free up ‘tied grants’.…”

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“…18 18 See, for example, Craven (1992; 2005); Galligan and Walsh (1990); Galligan, Knopff and Uhr (1990). …”

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Pragmatic Federalism: Australian Federalism from Hawke to Howard

Hollander

Patapan

2007

Aust J Public Adm

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“…Most of the literature on Australian government deals with the majoritarian aspects of the system rather than the dynamics of federal institutions (but note Galligan 1989;Galligan and Uhr 1990;Gerritsen 1990;Holmes and Sharman 1977;Painter 1988;Sharman 1990). Also, it is common for hierarchical levels of government to be emphasised at the expense of federal processes and from a federal perspective; this leaves a rich political landscape of government organisation virtually untouched (but see Galligan and Walsh 1990).…”

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Rediscovering Australian federalism by resurrecting old ideas

Fletcher

1991

Australian Journal of Political Science

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Australian Federalism: Developments and Prospects

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The Study of Political Elites in Federal Democracies

The Study of Political Elites in Federal Democracies

Pragmatic Federalism: Australian Federalism from Hawke to Howard

Rediscovering Australian federalism by resurrecting old ideas

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