The University of Queensland

Public inquiries, policy learning, and the threat of future crises

Stark, Alastair (2018). Public inquiries, policy learning, and the threat of future crises. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oso/9780198831990.001.0001

Risk and crisis management in the public sector

Drennan, Lynn, McConnell, Allan and Stark, Alastair (2015). Risk and crisis management in the public sector. 2nd ed. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315816456

Measuring public inquiry success

Stark, Alastair (2023). Measuring public inquiry success. New directions in royal commissions and public inquiries: do we need them?. (pp. 195-215) edited by Scott Prasser. Australia: Connor Court.

Policy learning in the Australian public service

Stark, Alastair (2021). Policy learning in the Australian public service. The Oxford handbook of Australian politics. (pp. 397-414) edited by Jenny M. Lewis and Anne Tiernan. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198805465.013.24

Institutional Amnesia and Crisis Management Analysis

Stark, Alastair (2019). Institutional Amnesia and Crisis Management Analysis. Oxford Encyclopedia of Crisis Analysis. (pp. 1-15) edited by Denis Fischbacher-Smith, Sanneke Kuipers, Allan McConnell and John Thomas Preston. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.013.1526

The traveller's guide to policy learning

Stark, Alastair and van der Arend, Jenny (2023). The traveller's guide to policy learning. Journal of European Public Policy, 1-22. doi: 10.1080/13501763.2023.2243997

A return to the classics? The implementation of royal commissions in Australia

Stark, Alastair, Punter, Helen and Zarrabi, Behnaz (2023). A return to the classics? The implementation of royal commissions in Australia. Australian Journal of Political Science, 58 (1), 19-36. doi: 10.1080/10361146.2022.2117017

Dramaturgy and crisis management: a third act

Ball, Sarah, McConnell, Allan and Stark, Alastair (2022). Dramaturgy and crisis management: a third act. Public Administration, 100 (3) padm.12775, 585-599. doi: 10.1111/padm.12775

Policy inaction meets policy learning: four moments of non-implementation

Brown, Prudence R. and Stark, Alastair (2022). Policy inaction meets policy learning: four moments of non-implementation. Policy Sciences, 55 (1), 47-63. doi: 10.1007/s11077-021-09446-y

Public inquiries as procedural policy tools

Stark, Alastair and Yates, Sophie (2021). Public inquiries as procedural policy tools. Policy and Society, 40 (3), 1-17. doi: 10.1080/14494035.2021.1955485

Public deliberation and policy design

Stark, Alastair, Thomson, N. K. and Marston, Greg (2021). Public deliberation and policy design. Policy Design and Practice, 4 (4), 1-13. doi: 10.1080/25741292.2021.1912906

Understanding policy responses to COVID-19: the stars haven’t fallen from the sky for scholars of public policy

McConnell, Allan and Stark, Alastair (2021). Understanding policy responses to COVID-19: the stars haven’t fallen from the sky for scholars of public policy. Journal of European Public Policy, 28 (8), 1115-1130. doi: 10.1080/13501763.2021.1942518

Left on the shelf: Explaining the failure of public inquiry recommendations

Stark, Alastair (2019). Left on the shelf: Explaining the failure of public inquiry recommendations. Public Administration, 98 (3) padm.12630, 609-624. doi: 10.1111/padm.12630

Connecting social and environmental policy in Australia: collateral gains or collateral damage?

Marston, Greg, Stark, Alastair, Matthews, Tony and Baker, Douglas (2019). Connecting social and environmental policy in Australia: collateral gains or collateral damage?. Australian Journal of Public Administration, 78 (1), 3-16. doi: 10.1111/1467-8500.12339

Policy learning and the public inquiry

Stark, Alastair (2019). Policy learning and the public inquiry. Policy Sciences, 52 (3), 397-417. doi: 10.1007/s11077-019-09348-0

Explaining institutional amnesia in government

Stark, Alastair (2019). Explaining institutional amnesia in government. Governance, 32 (1), 143-158. doi: 10.1111/gove.12364

Institutional amnesia and public policy

Stark, Alastair and Head, Brian (2019). Institutional amnesia and public policy. Journal of European Public Policy, 26 (10), 1-19. doi: 10.1080/13501763.2018.1535612

New institutionalism, critical junctures and post-crisis policy reform

Stark, Alastair (2017). New institutionalism, critical junctures and post-crisis policy reform. Australian Journal of Political Science, 53 (1), 24-39. doi: 10.1080/10361146.2017.1409335

Rating the debates: The 2010 UK party leaders’ debates and political communication in the deliberative system

Davidson, Stewart, Elstub, Stephen, Johns, Robert and Stark, Alastair (2016). Rating the debates: The 2010 UK party leaders’ debates and political communication in the deliberative system. British Politics, 12 (2), 183-208. doi: 10.1057/s41293-016-0021-9

Community resilience and crisis management: policy lessons from the ground

George, Nicole and Stark, Alastair (2015). Community resilience and crisis management: policy lessons from the ground. Policy and Politics, 44 (4), 591-607. doi: 10.1332/030557315X14351420409945

More micro than meta? Competing concepts of metagovernance in the European Union.

Stark, Alastair (2015). More micro than meta? Competing concepts of metagovernance in the European Union.. Public Policy and Administration, 30 (1), 73-91. doi: 10.1177/0952076714543862

Bureaucratic values and resilience: an exploration of crisis management adaptation

Stark, Alastair (2014). Bureaucratic values and resilience: an exploration of crisis management adaptation. Public Administration, 92 (3), 692-706. doi: 10.1111/padm.12085

Citizen participation, community resilience and crisis-management policy

Stark, Alastair and Taylor, Monique (2014). Citizen participation, community resilience and crisis-management policy. Australian Journal of Political Science, 49 (2), 300-315. doi: 10.1080/10361146.2014.899966

The tradition of ministerial responsibility and its role in the bureaucratic management of crises

Stark, Alastair (2011). The tradition of ministerial responsibility and its role in the bureaucratic management of crises. Public Administration, 89 (3), 1148-1163. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9299.2011.01924.x

Best laid plans: The institutionalisation of public deliberation in Scotland

Davidson, Stewart, Alastair Stark, and Heggie, Gordon (2011). Best laid plans: The institutionalisation of public deliberation in Scotland. Political Quarterly, 82 (3), 379-388. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-923X.2011.02177.x

Institutionalising public deliberation: Insights from the Scottish Parliament

Davidson, Stewart and Stark, Alastair (2011). Institutionalising public deliberation: Insights from the Scottish Parliament. British Politics, 6 (2), 155-186. doi: 10.1057/bp.2011.3

Legislatures: Help or hindrance in achieving successful crisis management?

Stark, Alastair (2011). Legislatures: Help or hindrance in achieving successful crisis management?. Policy and Society, 30 (2), 115-127. doi: 10.1016/j.polsoc.2011.03.006

A new perspective on constituency representation: British parliamentarians and the 'management' of crises

Stark, Alastair (2010). A new perspective on constituency representation: British parliamentarians and the 'management' of crises. Journal of Legislative Studies, 16 (4), 495-514. doi: 10.1080/13572334.2010.519458

Legislatures, legitimacy and crises: The relationship between representation and crisis management

Stark, Alastair (2010). Legislatures, legitimacy and crises: The relationship between representation and crisis management. Journal of Crisis and Contingencies Management, 18 (1), 2-13. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-5973.2010.00598.x

Bureaucratic Failure and the UK's lack of Preparedness for Foot and Mouth Disease

McConnell, Allan and Stark, Alastair (2002). Bureaucratic Failure and the UK's lack of Preparedness for Foot and Mouth Disease. Public Policy and Administration, 17 (4), 39-54. doi: 10.1177/095207670201700404

Foot-and-mouth 2001: The politics of crisis management

McConnell, Allan and Stark, Alastair (2002). Foot-and-mouth 2001: The politics of crisis management. Parliamentary Affairs, 55 (4), 664-681. doi: 10.1093/parlij/55.4.664