Ministerial advisers, politicization and the retreat from westminster : the case of New Zealand
By: EICHBAUM, Chris
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Contributor(s): SHAW, Richard.
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ArticlePublisher: Canberra, Austrália : Blackwell Publishing, August 2007Public Administration: an international quarterly 85, 3, p. 609-640Abstract: Political advisers are an established third element in a number of Westminster-styled jurisdictions, as they are in New Zealands institution of executive government. In this paper we report the initial findings of a research project focusing on the role and accountabilities of ministerial advisers in New Zealand. We locate these findings in the context of a growing body of international and comparative research on the role and accountabilities of non civil- or public-service advisers within political executives and comment on the extent to which the findings affirm or refute the view that the third element constitutes a threat to the continued application of Westminster principles and practices in New Zealands system of government once described as more Westminster than Westminster. In doing so, we highlight deficiencies in standard conceptions of politicization and argue that there is a need to more clearly differentiate between its procedural and substantive dimensions
Political advisers are an established third element in a number of Westminster-styled jurisdictions, as they are in New Zealands institution of executive government. In this paper we report the initial findings of a research project focusing on the role and accountabilities of ministerial advisers in New Zealand. We locate these findings in the context of a growing body of international and comparative research on the role and accountabilities of non civil- or public-service advisers within political executives and comment on the extent to which the findings affirm or refute the view that the third element constitutes a threat to the continued application of Westminster principles and practices in New Zealands system of government once described as more Westminster than Westminster. In doing so, we highlight deficiencies in standard conceptions of politicization and argue that there is a need to more clearly differentiate between its procedural and substantive dimensions
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