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The phrase “machinery of government” is thought to have originated with (NRA) in delivering the New Deal . A number of national governments including those of Australia, Canada, South Africa and the United Kingdom have adopted the term in official usage.

For example, the South African Government has published a handbook''The Machinery of Government: Structure and Functions of Government'' (2003), Department for Public Service and Administration, South Africa accessed at {Link without Title} June 12, 2006 entitled “The Machinery of Government: Structure and Functions of Government” which aims to describe the Government’s entire structure including "other important bodies such as parastatals, statutory commissions, public entities, and research institutions."


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FURTHER READING

  • Nethercote, J. (1999) ''Departmental Machinery of Government Since 1987'' Research Paper 24 1998-99, Parliamentary Library, Australia accessed at {Link without Title} June 12, 2006

  • ''Machinery of Government Reform: Principles and Practice'' in "The Organisation of Central Government Departments: A History 1964-1992", ESRC Whitehall Programme accessed at Nuffield College, University of Oxford {Link without Title} June 12, 2006

  • ''Constitutional, legal and Government framework: Machinery of Government changes'', Australian Public Service Commission {Link without Title}