Publisher's Synopsis
As the first major study of its kind, this book provides a theoretical and comparative framework for studying and explaining the distinctiveness of intergovernmental relations and public policy in Australia.;"Brian Galligan is at the Australian National University as the Deputy Director of the Centre for Research on Federal Financial Relations. Owen Hughes is the Assistant Director of the Public Sector Management Institute at Monash University. Cliff Walsh is the Director of the Centre for Research on Federal Financial Relations.".;This book is intended for students and researchers in public policy and comparative politics.