Professor
Faculty of Business and Government
University of Canberra
Phone: 02 6201 2725
Fax: 02 6201 5239
Email: John.Halligan@canberra.edu.au

Corporate Governance ARC Project

http://www.canberra.edu.au/corpgov-aps

Research interests:

• Public management
• Leadership and management of change
• Public sector reform
• Comparative institutions (public service, executives and parliaments)

Recent publications:

Edited Books and Monographs

2003, Civil Service Systems in Anglo-American Countries , Civil Service Systems in Comparative Perspective Series, Edward Elgar, London.

2002, Reforming Public and Corporate Governance: Management and the Market in Australia, Britain and Korea Edward Elgar, London. [with Ahn, Byong-Ahn, & Wilks, Stephen (eds)]

2001, Australian Handbook of Public Sector Management, Allen and Unwin, Sydney. [with Aulich, Chris, and Sandra Nutley (eds.)]

2000, A Decade of Self-Government in the Australian Capital Territory, Centre for Research in Public Sector Management. [with Roger Wettenhall (eds)]

1998, Public Service Reform, Centre for Research in Public Sector Management and International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration.

Chapters in Books

‘Performance: its measurement, management, and policy', in B. Guy Peters and Jon Pierre eds, Handbook on Public Policy , Sage, London forthcoming (with Geert Bourchaert).

‘The Reassertion of the Centre in a First Generation NPM System', in Tom Christensen and Per Lægreid (eds.), Autonomy and Regulation: Coping with Agencies in the Modern? State , Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, forthcoming.

‘Interagency Management of Service Delivery in a Complex Environment: The Case of Centrelink, in Colin Campbell (ed.) Comparative Trends and Smart Practices , Canadian School of Public Service, Governance Research Program, Ottawa, forthcoming.

2005, 'Democratic Governance and Social Integration', in Pan Suk Kim (ed) Towards Participatory and Transparent Governance , Ministry of Government Administration and Home Affairs, Seoul, pp. 25-36.

2005, ‘Public Sector Reform', in Chris Aulich and Roger Wettenhall (eds) Howard's Second and Third Governments , University of New South Wales Press.

2003, 'Paradoxes in Reform in Australia and New Zealand', in Joachim J. Hesse, Christopher Hood and B. Guy Peters (eds.) Paradoxes in Public Sector Reform , Duncker and Humbolt, Berlin, pp. 97-125.

2003, ‘Anglo-American Civil Service Systems: An Introduction', pp.1-9; 'Australian Public Service: redefining boundaries', pp.70-112; and Anglo-American Civil Service Systems: Comparative Perspectives', pp. 195-216 in John Halligan (ed), Civil Service Systems in Anglo-American Countries , Civil Service Systems in Comparative Perspective Series, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham.

2003, ‘The Canadian Public Service: Balancing Values and Management', in John Halligan (ed), Civil Service Systems in Anglo-American Countries , Civil Service Systems in Comparative Perspective Series, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, pp. 148-73 (with O.P. Dwivedi).

2003, ‘Public Sector Reform and Evaluation in Australia and New Zealand', in Hellmut Wollmann (ed.) Evaluation in Public Sector Reforms , Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK, Northhampton USA, pp. 80-103.

2003, 'Leadership and the Senior Service from a Comparative Perspective', in B. Guy Peters and Jon Pierre (eds.) Handbook of Public Administration, Sage, London.

2003, 'Australian Public Sector', in Krishna K. Tummala, Comparative Administrative Systems, Lexington Books.

2001, 'Introduction' and 'Conclusion', in Management and the Market: transformation in public and corporate governance in Australia, Britain and Korea, Byong-Man Ahn, John Halligan and Stephen R.M. Wilks, (eds.), Edward Elgar, London. [with Ahn, Byong-Man & Wilks, Stephen]

2001, 'Public sector reform in Australia', in Management and the Market: transformation in public and corporate governance in Australia, Britain and Korea, Byong-Man Ahn, John Halligan and Stephen Wilks, (eds), Edward Elgar, London.

2001, 'Los Nuevos Modelos de Sector Publico: La Reforma en Australia y Nueva Zelanda, in Sindicatur de Comptes de Catalunya, La Reforma del Sector Publico, Departament de la Presidencia, Generalitat de Catalunya, pp. 47-80.

2001, 'Comparing Public Sector Reform in the OECD', in Public Sector Reform: An International Perspective, Brendan Nolan (ed.), Macmillan, Hampshire, pp. 1-18.

2001, 'The Process of Reform in the Era of Public Sector Transformation: Directive and Retrospective', in New Public Management: The Transformation of Ideas and Practice, Tom Christensen and Per Lægreid (eds.), Ashgate, pp. 73-89.

2001, 'Politicians, Bureaucrats and Public Sector Reform in Australia and New Zealand', in Politicians, Bureaucrats and Administrative Reform, Routledge, Guy Peters and Jon Pierre (eds.), pp. 157-68.

2001, 'Accountability', in Australian Handbook of Public Sector Management, Chris Aulich, John Halligan and Sandra Nutley (eds.), Allen and Unwin, Sydney, pp. 174-85.

2001, 'Conclusion', in Australian Handbook of Public Sector Management, Chris Aulich, John Halligan and Sandra Nutley (eds), Allen and Unwin, Sydney, pp. 186-93.

2001, 'Public Sector Management', in Australian Handbook of Public Sector Management, Chris Aulich, John Halligan and Sandra Nutley (eds.), Allen and Unwin, Sydney, pp. 11-19. [with Aulich, Chris & Nutley, Sandra]

2001, 'Framework for the Analysis of Recent Changes in Australian Executive Branches', in Handbook on Comparative and Development Public Administration, A. Farazmand (ed.), 2nd ed., Dekker, New York. [with Power, John]

2000 'The ACT Model: An Analysis', in A Decade of Self-Government in the Australian Capital Territory. John Halligan and Roger Wettenhall (eds.), Centre for Research in Public Sector Management, Canberra, pp. 105-120.

1999a, 'Public Service Reform Under Howard', in Howard's First Government, Gwyn Singleton (ed.), University of New South Wales Press, Sydney, pp. 49-64.

1999b, 'Career Public Service and Administrative Reform in Australia', in The International Library of Politics and Comparative Government: Australia and New Zealand, H. Emy (ed.), Ashgate Publishing, pp. 291-306 (reprint of 1991 article of same name).

1998a, 'Reforming the Public Sector in Western Europe: An Antipodean Perspective', in European Yearbook of Comparative Government and Public Administration, Joachim Jens Hesse and Theo Tonnen (eds.), Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft/Westview Press, Baden Baden/Boulder , Vol. 3, pp. 375-387.

1998b, 'Ministerial Advisers', in International Encyclopedia of Public Policy and Administration, (General Editor: Jay M. Shafritz) Westview Press, Vol. 3, pp.1408-9.

1998c, 'Permanent Secretaries', in International Encyclopedia of Public Policy and Administration, (General Editor: Jay M. Shafritz) Westview Press, Vol. 3, pp.1639-40.

1998d, 'Policy Advice', in International Encyclopedia of Public Policy and Administration, (General Editor: Jay M. Shafritz) Westview Press, Vol. 3, pp.1686-8.

Journal Articles

‘Advocacy and Innovation in Interagency Management: The Case of Centrelink', Governance , forthcoming.

2005 ‘Public Management and Departments: Contemporary Themes – Future Agendas', Australian Journal of Public Administration , 64(1), pp. 25-34.

2004 ‘The Quasi-Autonomous Agency in an Ambiguous Environment: the Centrelink Case', Public Administration and Development , 24(2), pp. 147-56.

2004 ‘Security, Capacity and Post-Market Reforms: Public Management Change in 2003', Australian Journal of Public Administration , 63 (1), pp. 85-93 (with Jill Adams).

2002, 'A City-State in Evolution', Canberra Bulletin of Public Administration, No. 103, (with Roger Wettenhall).

2002, 'The ACT Public Management Model', Canberra Bulletin of Public Administration, No. 103 (with Lisa Skelly).

2002, 'Patterns of Representation and Community Governance in the City-State', Canberra Bulletin of Public Administration, No.103 (with Lisa Skelly and Roger Wettenhall).

2001, 'Public Sector Modernization in Australia and New Zealand: An Evaluative Perspective', International Journal of Political Studies, September, 2001, pp. 71-91.

2001, 'Political Management in the Australian States', Public Money and Management, Vol 21, No. 2, April-June, 2001, pp. 9-15.

2001, 'Contribution of the Australian Public Service to Public Administration and Management', Canberra Bulletin of Public Administration, 101, September, pp. 20-25.

2001, 'The Implications of the Humphry Report', Canberra Bulletin of Public Administration, 99, March, pp. 1-4.