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New Development: Risk Management - How to regain Trust and Confidence in Government

Barrett, Patrick

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There is a growing loss of public confidence in governments worldwide, reinforced by the global financial crisis, but also reflecting some disturbing concerns about democracy. This article examines Australia's recent reforms aimed at improving performance and accountability which focus on managing the risks involved in achieving the required outcomes. One risk might be that the electorate is simply not interested—because citizens are not convinced that the government is committed and/or capable...[Show more]

dc.contributor.authorBarrett, Patrick
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-10T22:14:07Z
dc.identifier.issn0954-0962
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/50115
dc.description.abstractThere is a growing loss of public confidence in governments worldwide, reinforced by the global financial crisis, but also reflecting some disturbing concerns about democracy. This article examines Australia's recent reforms aimed at improving performance and accountability which focus on managing the risks involved in achieving the required outcomes. One risk might be that the electorate is simply not interested—because citizens are not convinced that the government is committed and/or capable of delivering the stated outcomes. The challenge for governments is to involve all interested parties to achieve and maintain credibility in any reforms. The issue is not only what needs to be done, but how to do it. The search for the ‘Holy Grail’ of improved public sector performance and accountability continues.
dc.publisherBlackwell Publishing Inc.
dc.rightsCopyright Information: © 2014 CIPFA. http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/issn/0954-0962/..."uthor can archive pre-print. On institutional repository or subject-based repository after a 18 months embargo" from SHERPA/RoMEO site (as at 2/09/15).
dc.sourcePublic Money and Management
dc.titleNew Development: Risk Management - How to regain Trust and Confidence in Government
dc.typeJournal article
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.citationvolume34
dc.date.issued2014
local.identifier.absfor150101 - Accounting Theory and Standards
local.identifier.ariespublicationu9900263xPUB197
local.type.statusPublished Version
local.contributor.affiliationBarrett, Patrick, College of Business and Economics, ANU
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.bibliographicCitation.issue6
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage459
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage464
local.identifier.doi10.1080/09540962.2014.962376
dc.date.updated2016-02-24T12:13:33Z
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-84927137545
local.identifier.thomsonID000344375800014
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