Wettenhall, Roger L.

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WETTENHALL, Roger L.

WETTENHALL, Roger L. Australian, b. 1931. Genres: Administration/ Management, Institutions/Organizations, Politics/Government, Public/Social administration. Career: Professor of Public Administration Emeritus, University of Canberra (formerly Canberra College of Advanced Education), 1994- (Head, School of Administrative Studies, 1971-85; College Fellow in Administrative Studies, 1985-89; Professor of Public Administration, 1990- 94). Personnel Officer, Australian Commonwealth Public Service, 1948-59; Research Scholar, Australian National University, 1959-61; Hallsworth Research Fellow, University of Manchester, 1964-65; Lecturer, Sr. Lecturer, and Reader, Political Science Dept., University of Tasmania, 1961-71; Visiting Scholar at US universities. Publications: Bushfire Disaster, 1975; Organising Government, 1986; Public Enterprise and National Development: Selected Essays, 1987; (with others) Reluctant Democrats, 1996; (with others) Contracting Out in Australia, 1997; (with others) Public Enterprise Divestment: Australian Case Studies, 2001. CO-EDITOR: Local Government Systems of Australia, 1981; Understanding Public Administration, 1981; Symposiums on Public Enterprise, 1987, 2002; A Decade of Self-Government in the Australian Capital Territory, 2000. Contributor to professional periodicals. Address: University of Canberra, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia. Online address: [email protected]