The Rudd government : Australian Commonwealth administration 2007-2010 / edited by Chris Aulich and Mark Evans.

Includes bibliographical references.

Part I. Introduction. It was the best of times; it was the worst of times / Chris Aulich -- Issues and agendas for the term / John Wanna -- Part II. The Institutions of Government. The Australian Public Service: new agendas and reform / John Halligan -- Continuity and change in the outer public sector / Roger Wettenhall -- The Rudd administration and the Senate: business as usual / Harry Evans -- Federalism: a fork in the road? / Geoff Anderson and Andrew Parkin -- The opposition / Gwynneth Singleton -- Part III. Policy Issues. Citizen-centred policy making under Rudd: network governance in the shadow of hierarchy? / David Marsh, Chris Lewis and Paul Fawcett -- The education revolutionary road: paved with good intentions / Carole Kayrooz and Stephen Parker -- The economy / Anne Garnett and Phil Lewis -- Climate change / Andrew Macintosh, Deb Wilkinson and Richard Denniss -- Sorry, but the Indigenous affairs revolution continues / Will Sanders and Janet Hunt -- Foreign policy Andrew Carr and Chris Roberts -- Part IV. Rudd as Prime Minister. The rise and fall of the magic kingdom: understanding Kevin Rudd's domestic statecraft / Mark Evans.