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In this chapter, we outline the book’s most salient findings, evaluating the pattern of policy agendas in Australia and placing it in a comparative perspective. We examine what this pattern means for democratic accountability in Australia and conclude by pointing to some ways forward for future CAP research. It is clear that one cannot fully explain policy change in Australia by looking only at Australia. We have mapped the changing policy agenda in Australia, noted what explains spikes and punctuations, and offered explanation of secular trends, but we have done so with the knowledge of the same or similar trends in other countries where researchers have used an identical coding frame. The next stage for CAP is systematic comparative analysis.
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Dowding, K., Martin, A. (2017). Conclusion and Comparative Lessons. In: Policy Agendas in Australia. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40805-7_10
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