Accommodating bureaucrats in Canberra: A history of the Commonwealth bureaucracy's office space in the national capital during the Howard decade

Australian Journal of Public Administration

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 52-61

  Beer, Chris ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Howard government; Neoliberalism; Office space; Urban spatial context

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947380076     PISSN: 03136647     EISSN: 14678500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8500.2007.00514.x     Document Type: Review

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