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Court politics in a federal polity

Court politics in a federal polity
Court politics in a federal polity
This article uses a case study from Queensland to demonstrate the court politics approach's potential to reinvigorate executive studies. Court politics focuses on webs of interdependence within the core executive. It examines the beliefs and practices of elite actors and their fluid and contingent relationships. This article examines the patterns of executive politics that prevailed under Premier Anna Bligh. It seeks to answer three key questions. First, why is court politics a useful approach to studying the Australian core executive? Second, what is the nature and extent of court politics in Australian state governments? Finally, recognising that local traditions shape the beliefs and practices of political elites, how does the court politics approach need to be modified for application in Australia?
court politics, core executive, queensland, bligh government
1036-1146
1-17
Rhodes, R.A.W
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Tiernan, Anne
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Rhodes, R.A.W
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Tiernan, Anne
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Rhodes, R.A.W and Tiernan, Anne (2016) Court politics in a federal polity. Australian Journal of Political Science, 1-17. (doi:10.1080/10361146.2015.1127890).

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This article uses a case study from Queensland to demonstrate the court politics approach's potential to reinvigorate executive studies. Court politics focuses on webs of interdependence within the core executive. It examines the beliefs and practices of elite actors and their fluid and contingent relationships. This article examines the patterns of executive politics that prevailed under Premier Anna Bligh. It seeks to answer three key questions. First, why is court politics a useful approach to studying the Australian core executive? Second, what is the nature and extent of court politics in Australian state governments? Finally, recognising that local traditions shape the beliefs and practices of political elites, how does the court politics approach need to be modified for application in Australia?

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Accepted/In Press date: 30 November 2015
e-pub ahead of print date: 5 February 2016
Keywords: court politics, core executive, queensland, bligh government
Organisations: Social Sciences

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Local EPrints ID: 390458
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/390458
ISSN: 1036-1146
PURE UUID: 0546bd04-e4d5-40f1-879c-fe7ef4ff45a0
ORCID for R.A.W Rhodes: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-1886-2392

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Date deposited: 04 Apr 2016 07:55
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 05:27

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Author: R.A.W Rhodes ORCID iD
Author: Anne Tiernan

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