The Big Society in Australia
A Case of ‘Non’‐Policy Transfer
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11960331 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rob Manwaring (0000-0002-3853-9250, School of Social and Policy Studies Flinders University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 75 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 191-201 |
| Publication date | 2015-10-14 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Australian Journal of Public Administration (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0313-6647 • E-ISSN: 1467-8500 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1467-8500.12164 |
| OpenAlex | W1946282727 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 26 |
The Big Society was a flagship policy initiative launched by the UK Conservative party, under the leadership of David Cameron, to win office in 2010. Closely associated with the ideas of Phillip Blond, the Big Society agenda seeks to introduce new forms of civic activism and revive wider civil society. There has been speculation that the Big Society agenda might take hold in Australia, and Blond has been active in promoting it in Australia. Using Dolowitz and Marsh's policy transfer heuristic, this article examines the likelihood of the Big Society being adopted by the Abbott Liberal Coalition. The article outlines a number of potential variants of the Big Society, and concludes that for a variety of reasons it is unlikely to be adopted by the Liberal federal government in Australia. The case also highlights both strengths and limitations in the Dolowitz and Marsh framework, arguing that it can be used in an innovative way to speculate on potential transfers, but is limited in accounting for why transfer may or may not take place
Big data · Big government · Big Society · Civil society · Economics · Government (linguistics · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Speculation · Variety (cybernetics · Law · Policy Transfer and Learning · Public Administration · Public Policy and Administration Research · Social Policy and Reform Studies
Who Learns What from Whom
Red Tory
Community in Public Policy
Thematic Review
Policy transfer in critical perspective
Understanding Policy Transfer
Red or Orange
The Big Society in Question
A Policy–maker's Guide to Policy Transfer
The Big Society
Freedom, Free Institutions and the Big Society
The Coalition Programme
The Big Society
Is the Big Society a Big Con
What have we Learned from Policy Transfer Research? Dolowitz and Marsh Revisited
The Future of Policy Transfer Research
On the Past and Future of Policy Transfer Research
Australian Antecedents of the Third Way
The third influence
From Big Government to Big Society
Policy transfer
Learning from Abroad
What is Lesson-Drawing
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2023 (8) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |