01014pab a2200157 454500 180718b xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Craswell Emma The search for policy coordination: ministerial and bureaucratic perceptions of agency amalgamations in a federal parliamentary system 22(1), Spring 1994, p.59-73 The imperative to coordinate is strong, but the means remain contentious. One approach is to amalgemate agencies into a few large organisations, the other to encourage a diversity of policy options. Drawing on the federal amalgamations of departments in Australia since 1987, this paper reports that senior bureaucrats find more policy coordination benefits than costs from working in larger structures, while ministers report a loss of options and a risk of information overload. Administrative Reorganisation -- Australia Bureaucracy -- Australia Davis Glyn Policy Studies Journal 27147 27147 27147 0 0 0 0 IIPA IIPA 2018-07-19 AR27249 2018-07-19 2018-07-19 AR