Economic Rationalism in Canberra: A Nation-Building State Changes Its Mind. (book reviews)

This book is designed as both an analysis and critique of economic rationalism among the senior executives of the Australian federal public service and the broader implications of its influence on state and society. The larger of the book's two parts concentrates on the characteristics of the Australian senior executive, based on 215 interviews conducted in the mid-1980s.

Specific chapters deal with their images, profiles, and variations by departmental type and with reform in the public service generally. The main argument is that the senior executive level of the public service has ...

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