Networks, Innovation And Public Policy: Politicians, Bureaucrats And The Pathways To Change Inside Government

Networks, Innovation and Public Policy Also by Mark Considine ENTERPRISING STATES: The Public Management of Welfare to Work MAKING PUBLIC POLICY: Institutions, Actors, Strategies THE ENTERPRISE UNIVERSITY: Power, Governance and Reinvention in Australia (co-author with Simon Marginson) THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (co-editor with Sylvain Giguere) Also by Jenny M. Lewis HEALTH POLICY AND POLITICS: Networks, Ideas and Power Networks, Innovation and Public Policy Politicians, Bureaucrats and the Pathways to Change inside Government Mark Considine Dean of Arts University of Melbourne, Australia Jenny M. Lewis Associate Professor in Public Policy University of Melbourne, Australia and Damon Alexander Research Fellow, School of Social and Political Sciences University of Melbourne, Australia © Mark Considine, Jenny M. Lewis and Damon Alexander 2009 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6-10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The authors have asserted their rights to be identified as the authors of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2009 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of St Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN-13: 978–0–230–22003–4 hardback ISBN-10: 0–230–22003–7 hardback This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. Logging, pulping and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Considine, Mark, 1953– Networks, innovation and public policy : politicians, bureaucrats and the pathways to change inside government / Mark Considine, Jenny M. Lewis, and Damon Alexander. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978–0–230–22003–4 1. Policy networks—Australia—Victoria. 2. Local government— Australia—Victoria. I. Lewis, Jenny M. II. Alexander, Damon. III. Title. H97.7.C66 2009 320.609945—dc22 2008036026 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 Printed and bound in Great Britain by CPI Antony Rowe, Chippenham and Eastbourne Contents List of Tables viii List of Figures xii List of Boxes xiv Acknowledgements xv Notes on the Authors xvi Part I Innovation as Ideas within Institutions 1 Innovation, Government an