Environmental Policy Analysis Report: A Deep Dive into Articles

This report provides detailed summaries of articles related to environmental policy, spanning from Week 4 to Week 10. The articles cover a range of topics, including an introduction to Australian public policy, the political dimensions of environmental issues, and the accounting of policy processes. It explores frameworks for establishing policy success, examines the implementation of ecological sustainable development (ESD) in Australia, and analyzes council approaches to implementing sustainability. Additionally, the report delves into the politics of the environment, discussing the impact of public concern on the political agenda and examining political theories and public policy making. The report offers a comprehensive overview of the various perspectives and challenges within environmental policy and sustainability in the Australian context, providing valuable insights into the complexities of environmental governance and its practical implications.

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
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Week 4
Article- An introduction to Australian public policy : theory and practice / Sarah Maddison,
Richard Denniss.
Link- https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/27156232?selectedversion=NBD43565016
Summary- There are number of key controversies to define the constable nature about the
process of policy. It comprehensively addresses about the theoretical and practical aspects of
policy making in Australia. Therefore, each chapter has defined about the contemporary policy
issues, knowledge session and paid maternity leave and Northern Territory intervention etc.
Week 5
Article- Environmental Policy as a Political Problem
Link- https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1541-1338.1993.tb00555.x
Summary- The politics of the environment may not be unique, and they present some distinctive
characteristics. To undertake policy, there is need to analyse the administrative strategies and
appreciation of concepts, assumptions and circumstances that underlying policy issues that is
needed. Lastly, conceptual components widely differential the subject matter of environmental
politics to narrow the scope of generalization for policy purpose.
Week 6
Article- Accounting for Policy in Australia
Link- https://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=768069114981766;res=IELHSS
Summary- The above article has stated the good account for the policy process and also leads to
focus on tension between the dominant linear instrumental account. It has explored about the
uses of different accounts. Therefore, it discusses practicality of accounts and place of academic
analysis in terms to practice.
Week 7
Article- TOWARDS A FRAMEWORK FOR ESTABLISHING POLICY SUCCESS
Link- https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1467-9299.2009.01803.x
Summary- The articles has justified some claims about the political life in justified and
systematic way. It offers heuristics in which practitioner and academics utilize the approach that
whether the policy is successful or not. Hence, this article has also reflected about the two set of
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literature as Bryon works on public sector and focuses on accessing success on tree dimension as
process success, programmatic success and political success.
Week 8
Article-
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Summary- It can be summarized that there are few efforts being made in order to operate
ecological sustainable development (ESD) through sustainability. By this biodiversity and
ecosystem is been maintained. Also, it has changed the life processes. However, if there is
progress in it then Australia does not require to implement ESD. Moreover, only in some
exceptional case ESD brought institutional changes. So, ESD is useful tool to maintain
sustainability but in Australia its impact is partial.
Week 9
Article- Council Approaches to Implementing Sustainability: a case of rearranging deck chairs
on the Titanic?
Link- https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00049182.2010.498040
Summary- This article has stated about the key role of local government in executing
sustainability. Hence, this study has helped to find out the approach that can be implemented to
address the issue of sustainability. Additionally, model in this article has accessed the three
approach to implementing sustainability. Thus, approaches are as the issue council target for
change, the method council used to change behavior and the clarity and holistic nature of
approach. Lastly, the three approaches scored poorly to target the behaviors.
Week 10
Article- The politics of environment.
Link- http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/samples/cam031/2001035638.pdf
Summary- This article has stated about the political environment of late 1960 and their
insignificant impact over the political agenda. Hence, this rise to prominence that reflects about
the widespread public concern about the state of the environment. Therefore, this article has
defined about the political theories, ideas relate to environment. It has also explained about the
examination of political parties and the analysis of public policy making and how their
implementation impacts the environment at international, national and local levels.
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