Catherine Althaus
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 4345969 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Catherine Althaus |
| PRENOMES | Catherine |
| SOBRENOME | Althaus |
| ASSINATURA | ALTHAUS C |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Victoria |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9576-8685 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 24 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 62 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 25 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1996 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 5 |
Games and gamification projects in the Australian public sector
This article surveys the arrival of gameful government into Australian public sector practice. Gameful government is a shorthand, descriptive term denoting the interpenetration of (video)games, and design elements and thinking from them, into public sector work. Knowledge of gameful government is limited, in Australia and internationally, due to localised usage, low visibility, and limited understanding beyond informed observers. Our study partia…
Urban food insecurity and its determinants among migrant households
This study utilized the Linear Probability Model to examine the determinants of food insecurity among migrant households in the Gauteng City region of South Africa. 13,616 households were selected using random sampling and a cross‐section design. The study findings showed that age and level of education reduce the probability of skipping a meal among internal and international migrant households. Having medical aid is negatively associated with f…
Transcending Multidimensional Poverty Classes in Urban Developing Municipalities
The study draws on the multidimensional poverty index to characterize the poverty status of households in the Gauteng City Region, South Africa. In particular, it applies multinomial logit regression and mediation analysis to determine the factors influencing the transition of poor and vulnerable households into the multidimensionally nonpoor category. Data was obtained from the 2020/2021 Quality of Life Survey on 13,616 households in seven Gaute…
A Comparative History of Social Provision for Indigenous Australians and Māori
This chapter contrasts biculturalism in New Zealand and, in particular, the development of Whānau Ora—a potential milestone innovation in Māori affairs—with inconsistent and limited implementation of social policies to promote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander self-determination. The chapter explores the path dependency between initial colonization and continuing assimilation. Initial interactions between colonizers and Indigenous Australians…
Impacts of shrimp aquaculture on the local communities and conservation of the world’s largest protected mangrove forest
Mangrove forests are highly productive, biodiverse, and carbon-dense ecosystems that support the wellbeing of millions of people. Policies that seek to protect mangroves must, therefore, aim to ensure the socio-economic wellbeing of local communities. A clear example of this challenge is found in the Bangladesh Sundarbans—the world’s largest protected mangrove. The Sundarbans faces several anthropogenic challenges, including overharvesting of non…
Complementary Bureaucracy
Weber’s ideal-type bureaucracy demands impersonalism premised on assumptions regarding egalitarianism and polity scale, explaining why it is able to excel with large-scale population policymaking. Transport, national infrastructure, taxation, and defense are classic success examples of what is called the actions of government that are done “to” and “for” the polity. However, government fails in important areas of action done “with” citizens and c…
Bureaucratic Representation, Accountability, and Democracy
Using a qualitative study of Indigenous public servants in Canada and Australia, this article helps open the “black box” of bureaucratic representation. Findings dispel any idea that active representation is unproblematic for minority bureaucrats themselves. In fact, it exacts a high price with respect to working in isolation, confronting racism, facing formidable obstacles to pursue, or challenge policy processes and outcomes aligned with the in…
Back to the future
Implementation for impact—Measurement, partnership approaches, and storytelling
This is an introductory article to the AJPA symposium on 'Generating and demonstrating implementation impact'. It provides an overview and synthesis of key themes canvassed in the papers, which includes a focus on implementation for impact regarding measurement, partnership approaches, and storytelling
Rethinking the commissioning of consultants for enhancing government policy capacity
Different paradigms of evidence and knowledge
Debates over evidence‐informed policymaking are predominantly structured from a western paradigm of ontology and epistemology. Other ways of being and knowing are neither privileged by the policy space nor the discipline, certainly not in the same way or to the same degree. This is changing, however, in the face of cultural recognition and with diversity and inclusion agendas and within the contexts of post‐truth politics and the questioning of e…
Leading from Between
Leading from Between
A Line in the Sand 50 Years On
The Administrative Sherpa and the Journey of Public Service Leadership
The sherpa is offered as a helpful metaphor amid the rich and diverse metaphorical landscape describing public administration at the interface between senior public servants and ministers. The sherpa model acknowledges the complexity and nuanced leadership now demanded in the Westminster tradition, offering fresh tools for practitioners to think more critically about their role and how they can improve leadership skills. It also offers theoretica…
What Do We Talk About Now ? Reflecting on Publications in Ajpa 1970–2015
This article reflects on 45 years of articles published in the Australian Journal of Public Administration (AJPA), providing commentary not only on the journal's status and future but also the state of public administration in Australia. The analysis builds on a first study conducted in 1997, continuing the themes of institutional affiliation, subject matter and research methodology as key categories for AJPA article analysis. The context for the…
Federalism Dreaming? Re‐imagining the Governance of Australian Landscapes
We propose a re‐imagining of Australian federalism in response to the White Paper on Reform of the Australian Federation. We acknowledge the unique nature and existing strengths and challenges confronting the Australian federation. In so doing we argue the value of listening to the history of the land in connection with its people and bringing landscape lessons into federation calculations moving forward. The distinctiveness of our federalism dre…
Calculating Political Risk
Calculating Political Risk is rich and illuminating, and much more than a political science treatise. Althaus draws on diverse literature, extensive interviews and intriguing case studies to offer interdisciplinary, practical and nuanced insight. This book provides new perspectives and more precise language for making sense of a critical dimension of politics, policy-making and public management. Evert Lindquist, Director and Professor, School of…
Political transitions
Adopting a public service perspective of transitions in Westminster systems and connecting literature on transitions with public service bargains ( PSBs ), this research note proposes that transitions not only increase existing tensions between politicians and the public service, but also provide opportunities to forge new PSBs to defuse these tensions. It argues that public service institutions should move beyond individually negotiated transiti…
Trends in Australian and Canadian Public Service Perceptions from an Employee Survey Perspective
A comparative analysis of results from the 2011 Institute of Public Administration Australia and Institute of Public Administration of Canada surveys of public service leaders is mapped against related public sector employee survey tools results. Alignment of past results with current leader perceptions shows remarkable consistency across the jurisdictions over time. This overarching coherence points to two broad hypotheses: either senior public …
The Feasibility of Implementing a Congestion Charge on the Halifax Peninsula
Congestion charges pose a policy dilemma because of the need to balance the management of a quasi-public good along with the correction of negative externalities on the one hand against the needs of economic, demographic, and urban growth along with citizen acceptance on the other. The literature provides detailed rationale for congestion charges but minimal consideration on how to implement such charges. The purpose of this article is to expose …
Assessing the Capacity to Deliver - The BER Experience
This article uses the education sector to explore the ability of successive Commonwealth governments to more directly intervene and engage in areas traditionally the responsibility of state and territory jurisdictions. The APS continues to battle against a lack of street-level knowledge to help structure delivery, including effective feedback and sense-making mechanisms. While the overall thrust of policy intent might be achievable and even lauda…
What Do We Talk About? Publications in Ajpa 1970–95
This survey looks at three key aspects of the AJPA — who publishes, what they talk about and how they approach their subject. The findings suggest a continuing responsiveness to trends in public administration and a broad inclusive definition of the field
National Competition Policy
National Competition perspectives Policy — contending perspective. The Hilmer Report is to competition what fertiliser is to grass (Ian Salmon, BCA 1995). These reforms are good for the Australian economy and community. They hold the promise of helping to deliver more growth, more jobs and lower inflation but with higher real wages and a better standard of living (Hon. George Gear MP 1995). The legislation has the potential to be very far reachin…
Public Service Broadcasting in Australia
Australia is probably unique in having not one but two public service broadcasting organizations--the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) and the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS). The ABC is the older and larger of the two and was originally modeled on the British Broadcasting Commission, whereas the SBS is a distinctively Australian innovation. The ABC operates six radio networks and two television networks, and the SBS operates one radi…
Rethinking the commissioning of consultants for enhancing government policy capacity
Bureaucratic Representation, Accountability, and Democracy
Using a qualitative study of Indigenous public servants in Canada and Australia, this article helps open the “black box” of bureaucratic representation. Findings dispel any idea that active representation is unproblematic for minority bureaucrats themselves. In fact, it exacts a high price with respect to working in isolation, confronting racism, facing formidable obstacles to pursue, or challenge policy processes and outcomes aligned with the in…
Different paradigms of evidence and knowledge
Debates over evidence‐informed policymaking are predominantly structured from a western paradigm of ontology and epistemology. Other ways of being and knowing are neither privileged by the policy space nor the discipline, certainly not in the same way or to the same degree. This is changing, however, in the face of cultural recognition and with diversity and inclusion agendas and within the contexts of post‐truth politics and the questioning of e…
Political transitions
Adopting a public service perspective of transitions in Westminster systems and connecting literature on transitions with public service bargains ( PSBs ), this research note proposes that transitions not only increase existing tensions between politicians and the public service, but also provide opportunities to forge new PSBs to defuse these tensions. It argues that public service institutions should move beyond individually negotiated transiti…
What Do We Talk About? Publications in Ajpa 1970–95
This survey looks at three key aspects of the AJPA — who publishes, what they talk about and how they approach their subject. The findings suggest a continuing responsiveness to trends in public administration and a broad inclusive definition of the field
Assessing the Capacity to Deliver - The BER Experience
This article uses the education sector to explore the ability of successive Commonwealth governments to more directly intervene and engage in areas traditionally the responsibility of state and territory jurisdictions. The APS continues to battle against a lack of street-level knowledge to help structure delivery, including effective feedback and sense-making mechanisms. While the overall thrust of policy intent might be achievable and even lauda…
What Do We Talk About Now ? Reflecting on Publications in Ajpa 1970–2015
This article reflects on 45 years of articles published in the Australian Journal of Public Administration (AJPA), providing commentary not only on the journal's status and future but also the state of public administration in Australia. The analysis builds on a first study conducted in 1997, continuing the themes of institutional affiliation, subject matter and research methodology as key categories for AJPA article analysis. The context for the…
Federalism Dreaming? Re‐imagining the Governance of Australian Landscapes
We propose a re‐imagining of Australian federalism in response to the White Paper on Reform of the Australian Federation. We acknowledge the unique nature and existing strengths and challenges confronting the Australian federation. In so doing we argue the value of listening to the history of the land in connection with its people and bringing landscape lessons into federation calculations moving forward. The distinctiveness of our federalism dre…
The Feasibility of Implementing a Congestion Charge on the Halifax Peninsula
Congestion charges pose a policy dilemma because of the need to balance the management of a quasi-public good along with the correction of negative externalities on the one hand against the needs of economic, demographic, and urban growth along with citizen acceptance on the other. The literature provides detailed rationale for congestion charges but minimal consideration on how to implement such charges. The purpose of this article is to expose …
National Competition Policy
National Competition perspectives Policy — contending perspective. The Hilmer Report is to competition what fertiliser is to grass (Ian Salmon, BCA 1995). These reforms are good for the Australian economy and community. They hold the promise of helping to deliver more growth, more jobs and lower inflation but with higher real wages and a better standard of living (Hon. George Gear MP 1995). The legislation has the potential to be very far reachin…
Transcending Multidimensional Poverty Classes in Urban Developing Municipalities
The study draws on the multidimensional poverty index to characterize the poverty status of households in the Gauteng City Region, South Africa. In particular, it applies multinomial logit regression and mediation analysis to determine the factors influencing the transition of poor and vulnerable households into the multidimensionally nonpoor category. Data was obtained from the 2020/2021 Quality of Life Survey on 13,616 households in seven Gaute…
Public Service Broadcasting in Australia
Australia is probably unique in having not one but two public service broadcasting organizations--the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) and the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS). The ABC is the older and larger of the two and was originally modeled on the British Broadcasting Commission, whereas the SBS is a distinctively Australian innovation. The ABC operates six radio networks and two television networks, and the SBS operates one radi…
National Competition Policy
National Competition perspectives Policy — contending perspective. The Hilmer Report is to competition what fertiliser is to grass (Ian Salmon, BCA 1995). These reforms are good for the Australian economy and community. They hold the promise of helping to deliver more growth, more jobs and lower inflation but with higher real wages and a better standard of living (Hon. George Gear MP 1995). The legislation has the potential to be very far reachin…
Public Service Broadcasting in Australia
Australia is probably unique in having not one but two public service broadcasting organizations--the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) and the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS). The ABC is the older and larger of the two and was originally modeled on the British Broadcasting Commission, whereas the SBS is a distinctively Australian innovation. The ABC operates six radio networks and two television networks, and the SBS operates one radi…
What Do We Talk About? Publications in Ajpa 1970–95
This survey looks at three key aspects of the AJPA — who publishes, what they talk about and how they approach their subject. The findings suggest a continuing responsiveness to trends in public administration and a broad inclusive definition of the field
The Feasibility of Implementing a Congestion Charge on the Halifax Peninsula
Congestion charges pose a policy dilemma because of the need to balance the management of a quasi-public good along with the correction of negative externalities on the one hand against the needs of economic, demographic, and urban growth along with citizen acceptance on the other. The literature provides detailed rationale for congestion charges but minimal consideration on how to implement such charges. The purpose of this article is to expose …
Assessing the Capacity to Deliver - The BER Experience
This article uses the education sector to explore the ability of successive Commonwealth governments to more directly intervene and engage in areas traditionally the responsibility of state and territory jurisdictions. The APS continues to battle against a lack of street-level knowledge to help structure delivery, including effective feedback and sense-making mechanisms. While the overall thrust of policy intent might be achievable and even lauda…
Trends in Australian and Canadian Public Service Perceptions from an Employee Survey Perspective
A comparative analysis of results from the 2011 Institute of Public Administration Australia and Institute of Public Administration of Canada surveys of public service leaders is mapped against related public sector employee survey tools results. Alignment of past results with current leader perceptions shows remarkable consistency across the jurisdictions over time. This overarching coherence points to two broad hypotheses: either senior public …
Calculating Political Risk
Calculating Political Risk is rich and illuminating, and much more than a political science treatise. Althaus draws on diverse literature, extensive interviews and intriguing case studies to offer interdisciplinary, practical and nuanced insight. This book provides new perspectives and more precise language for making sense of a critical dimension of politics, policy-making and public management. Evert Lindquist, Director and Professor, School of…
Political transitions
Adopting a public service perspective of transitions in Westminster systems and connecting literature on transitions with public service bargains ( PSBs ), this research note proposes that transitions not only increase existing tensions between politicians and the public service, but also provide opportunities to forge new PSBs to defuse these tensions. It argues that public service institutions should move beyond individually negotiated transiti…
What Do We Talk About Now ? Reflecting on Publications in Ajpa 1970–2015
This article reflects on 45 years of articles published in the Australian Journal of Public Administration (AJPA), providing commentary not only on the journal's status and future but also the state of public administration in Australia. The analysis builds on a first study conducted in 1997, continuing the themes of institutional affiliation, subject matter and research methodology as key categories for AJPA article analysis. The context for the…
Federalism Dreaming? Re‐imagining the Governance of Australian Landscapes
We propose a re‐imagining of Australian federalism in response to the White Paper on Reform of the Australian Federation. We acknowledge the unique nature and existing strengths and challenges confronting the Australian federation. In so doing we argue the value of listening to the history of the land in connection with its people and bringing landscape lessons into federation calculations moving forward. The distinctiveness of our federalism dre…
The Administrative Sherpa and the Journey of Public Service Leadership
The sherpa is offered as a helpful metaphor amid the rich and diverse metaphorical landscape describing public administration at the interface between senior public servants and ministers. The sherpa model acknowledges the complexity and nuanced leadership now demanded in the Westminster tradition, offering fresh tools for practitioners to think more critically about their role and how they can improve leadership skills. It also offers theoretica…
A Line in the Sand 50 Years On
Leading from Between
Leading from Between
Different paradigms of evidence and knowledge
Debates over evidence‐informed policymaking are predominantly structured from a western paradigm of ontology and epistemology. Other ways of being and knowing are neither privileged by the policy space nor the discipline, certainly not in the same way or to the same degree. This is changing, however, in the face of cultural recognition and with diversity and inclusion agendas and within the contexts of post‐truth politics and the questioning of e…
Back to the future
Implementation for impact—Measurement, partnership approaches, and storytelling
This is an introductory article to the AJPA symposium on 'Generating and demonstrating implementation impact'. It provides an overview and synthesis of key themes canvassed in the papers, which includes a focus on implementation for impact regarding measurement, partnership approaches, and storytelling
Rethinking the commissioning of consultants for enhancing government policy capacity
Complementary Bureaucracy
Weber’s ideal-type bureaucracy demands impersonalism premised on assumptions regarding egalitarianism and polity scale, explaining why it is able to excel with large-scale population policymaking. Transport, national infrastructure, taxation, and defense are classic success examples of what is called the actions of government that are done “to” and “for” the polity. However, government fails in important areas of action done “with” citizens and c…
Bureaucratic Representation, Accountability, and Democracy
Using a qualitative study of Indigenous public servants in Canada and Australia, this article helps open the “black box” of bureaucratic representation. Findings dispel any idea that active representation is unproblematic for minority bureaucrats themselves. In fact, it exacts a high price with respect to working in isolation, confronting racism, facing formidable obstacles to pursue, or challenge policy processes and outcomes aligned with the in…
A Comparative History of Social Provision for Indigenous Australians and Māori
This chapter contrasts biculturalism in New Zealand and, in particular, the development of Whānau Ora—a potential milestone innovation in Māori affairs—with inconsistent and limited implementation of social policies to promote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander self-determination. The chapter explores the path dependency between initial colonization and continuing assimilation. Initial interactions between colonizers and Indigenous Australians…
Impacts of shrimp aquaculture on the local communities and conservation of the world’s largest protected mangrove forest
Mangrove forests are highly productive, biodiverse, and carbon-dense ecosystems that support the wellbeing of millions of people. Policies that seek to protect mangroves must, therefore, aim to ensure the socio-economic wellbeing of local communities. A clear example of this challenge is found in the Bangladesh Sundarbans—the world’s largest protected mangrove. The Sundarbans faces several anthropogenic challenges, including overharvesting of non…
Games and gamification projects in the Australian public sector
This article surveys the arrival of gameful government into Australian public sector practice. Gameful government is a shorthand, descriptive term denoting the interpenetration of (video)games, and design elements and thinking from them, into public sector work. Knowledge of gameful government is limited, in Australia and internationally, due to localised usage, low visibility, and limited understanding beyond informed observers. Our study partia…
Urban food insecurity and its determinants among migrant households
This study utilized the Linear Probability Model to examine the determinants of food insecurity among migrant households in the Gauteng City region of South Africa. 13,616 households were selected using random sampling and a cross‐section design. The study findings showed that age and level of education reduce the probability of skipping a meal among internal and international migrant households. Having medical aid is negatively associated with f…
Transcending Multidimensional Poverty Classes in Urban Developing Municipalities
The study draws on the multidimensional poverty index to characterize the poverty status of households in the Gauteng City Region, South Africa. In particular, it applies multinomial logit regression and mediation analysis to determine the factors influencing the transition of poor and vulnerable households into the multidimensionally nonpoor category. Data was obtained from the 2020/2021 Quality of Life Survey on 13,616 households in seven Gaute…
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