Governance & Service Provision
Governance & Service Provision
The Institute of Public Affairs examines the the critical area of government and public sector reform, the importance of a strong civil society and high levels of social capital, and the importance of choice and competition in the traditionally government provided sectors of health and education.
Sub-topics of Governance & Service Provision
Publications
Deconstructing Corporate Social Responsibility
Corporate social responsibility is a political ideology that wants private interests to be subsumed by public interests, narrowly defined.
Participatory Democracy: Cracks in the Facade
Participatory democracy assumes that all citizens are political actors and will spend considerable time in defence of their interests and ideas. In fact, democracy is much more elitist - it rests heavily on the idea that people delegate most of...
Federalism, National Competition Policy
A Constitution That Deserves Better Mates
Biz-War and Socially Responsible Investing
Democracy’s Trojan Horse
Informed Giving: Ensuring Charities inform Donors
Australia has a large investment in altruism. This Backgrounder explores a model for charity disclosure and regulation aimed at achieving an informed donor market.
The Good Reputation Index: A Tale of Two Strategies
A fundamental objective of measuring corporate reputation is to regulate corporate behaviour. Faced with vocal constituencies who want to divert the corporation from its commercial objectives, the corporation can choose one of two strategies: to...
Clough Lecture 2002: Corporate Social Responsibility or Civil Society Regulation?
The Harold Clough Lecture for 2002
The Financial Services Reform Act: A Costly Exercise in Regulating Corporate Morals
Until the advent of the Financial Services Reform Act, ethical investment had been a matter of free choice. Investors were free to choose those products that suited their values, and indeed their financial needs. This is no longer the case.
