The Dynamics of Governmental Activity: A Long-run Analysis of the Changing Scope and Profile of Australian Ministerial Portfolios

The dynamics of governmental activity in Australia is examined based on long-run changes in scope and profile of ministerial portfolios. Topics include 20th-century trends in government's scope, categories of government activity, range and intensity of government, and dynamics, including temporal and federal dynamics and the relationship between innovation and intensification of activity.
This paper provides a long-run analysis of the scope and profile of government in Australia using the indicator of ministerial portfolios. By scope we refer to the range and intensity [...]