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 government adm...

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Main Author:	Furphy, Samuel (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	ANU Press 2015
Subjects:	australia public service government administration Canberra John Maynard Keynes Keynesian economics New Zealand thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPP Public administration
Online Access:	Open access – download the full text (archived at NCDS Library)
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