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Title The seven dwarfs, and the age of the mandarins : Australian government administration in the post-war reconstruction era / edited by Samuel Furphy.

Publication Info. Acton, A.C.T. : ANU Press, 2015.

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Description 1 online resource
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Series ANU Lives series in biography
ANU.Lives series in biography.
Contents 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.
Language English.
Summary 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 government administration during the Second World War and post-war reconstruction era, and into the following two decades of expansion. This was a period when, for the first time, talented university graduates entered the public service, rose to senior levels, and exerted great influence over the affairs of the Commonwealth. With the secure tenure of being permanent heads of departments, they defined the age of the public service mandarin. This book explores the lives and influence of the Seven Dwarfs and their colleagues, bringing together the leading researchers on post-war Australian administration. Featuring four thematic chapters and ten biographical portraits, it offers a fascinating insight into the workings of the Commonwealth Public Service during a critical period in its history.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Subject Government executives -- Australia -- Biography.
Civil service -- Australia -- History.
Public administration -- Australia -- History.
Reconstruction (1939-1951) -- Australia -- History.
Postwar reconstruction -- Australia -- History.
Federal government -- Australia -- History.
Australia -- Officials and employees -- Biography.
Australia -- Politics and government -- 1945-
Reconstruction (1939-1951) -- Australia.
Reconstruction, 1939-1951 -- Australie.
Australie -- Fonctionnaires -- Biographies.
Australie -- Politique et gouvernement -- 1945-
Hauts fonctionnaires -- Australie -- Biographies.
Administration publique (Science) -- Australie -- Histoire.
Reconstruction, 1939-1951 -- Australie -- Histoire.
Reconstruction d'après-guerre -- Australie -- Histoire.
Public administration.
HISTORY -- Modern -- 21st Century.
Reconstruction (1939-1951)
Civil service
Employees
Federal government
Government executives
Politics and government
Postwar reconstruction
Public administration
Australia https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39QbtfRv8PPH7gCqhkJ8DK8bM
Chronological Term Since 1945
Indexed Term australia.
public service.
government administration.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Biographies
History
Added Author Furphy, Samuel, editor.
Other Form: Print version: 1925022323
ISBN 9781925022339 (electronic bk.)
1925022331 (electronic bk.)
1925022323
9781925022322
Standard No. 10.26530/OAPEN_574034 doi
AU@ 000054065093
AU@ 000068767423

 
    
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