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Transforming the Australian agricultural biosecurity framework: the role of institutional logics
journal contribution
posted on 2023-05-21, 15:33 authored by Melanie BryantMelanie Bryant, Vaughan HigginsVaughan Higgins, Hernandez-Jover, M, Russell WarmanRussell WarmanThe Australian government has transformed the national biosecurity framework by shifting from a quarantine to a shared responsibility approach. This reflects a move from centralised to network-based governance. While network governance enables the development of private and public networks needed to enact a shared responsibility approach, it can sit in tension with this approach, which requires the sharing of risk and legitimacy across an array of non-government actors. Further, little is known about how the beliefs and values of individuals involved in biosecurity decision-making influence whether or how a shared responsibility approach is enacted. We use an institutional logics framework to investigate these issues and found that despite risk-shifting and scale and efficiency logics underpinning a shared responsibility approach, a bureaucracy logic has remained dominant. While a dominant bureaucracy logic can enable a shared responsibility approach by providing clear guidelines around biosecurity compliance, it can also create barriers by creating ambiguity, or increasing reliance of actors on government in the event of a biosecurity outbreak. It can also reflect shadows of hierarchy in which governments moving to network-based governance are either not ready to share power or seek to retain authority over the direction of their policy intention.
Funding
Australian Research Council
Charles Sturt University
History
Publication title
Australian Journal of Public AdministrationPagination
1-17ISSN
0313-6647Department/School
College Office - College of Business and EconomicsPublisher
John Wiley & Sons IncPlace of publication
108 Cowley Rd, Oxford, England, Oxon, Ox4 1JfRights statement
© 2022 The Authors. Australian Journal of Public Administration published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of Institute of Public Administration Australia. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) License, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.Repository Status
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