The seven dwarfs, and the age of the mandarins Australian government administration in the post-war reconstruction era
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...
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Acton, A.C.T.
ANU Press
2015, 2015
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Table of 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
- Includes bibliographical references