Areas of expertise

• Executive government
• Politics and policy making in central governments in Westminster systems
• Australian politics
• International civil servants

Profile

Patrick Weller is Professor of Politics and Public Policy and ANZSOG Premier of Queensland Chair in Governance and Public Management. He is also Professor, School of Government and International Relations at Griffith University. He has won 11 ARC Discovery (or equivalent) grants and one ARC Linkage grant, and has been a chief investigator on an ARC Key Centre and on the Centre for Excellence for Policing and Security. He is currently working on an ARC-funded study of international organisations with Professor Xu Yi-chong and on a comparative study of prime ministers.

Professor Weller was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in 2002. In 1996, he was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences of Australia (ASSA), and in 1995, he was granted Honorary Life Membership of the Australasian Political Studies Association (APSA).

Recent publications

Books

Book chapters

Journal articles

Reports


Books

• Weller, P, Scott, J & Stevens, B 2011, From postbox to powerhouse: a centenary history of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet 1911–2010, Allen & Unwin, Sydney.
• Weller, P & Tiernan, A 2010, Learning to be a minister: heroic expectations, practical realities, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne.
• Weller, P, Rhodes, R & Wanna, J 2009, Westminster compared, Oxford University Press, Oxford.
• Weller, P & Xu, Y 2009, Inside the World Bank: exploding the myth of a monolithic bank, Palgrave Macmillan, New York City.
• Weller, P 2007, Cabinet government in Australia 1901–2006, UNSW Press, Sydney.
• Weller, P, Patapan, H & Wanna, J 2005 (eds.), Westminster legacies: democracy and responsible government in Asia and the Pacific, UNSW Press, Sydney.
• Weller, P & Xu, Y 2004, The governance of world trade: international civil servants in the GATT/WTO, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham.
• Weller, P 2002, Don’t tell the Prime Minister, Scribe Books, Melbourne.
• Weller, P, Scott, J, Laurie, R & Stevens, B 2001, The engine room of government: the Queensland Premier’s Department 1859–2001, University of Queensland Press, St Lucia QLD.
• Weller, P & Davis, G (eds.) 2001, Are you being served? State, citizens and governance, Allen & Unwin, Sydney.
• Weller, P & Rhodes, R (eds.) 2001, The changing world of top officials, mandarins or valets?, Open University Press, Buckingham.
• Weller, P 2001, Australia’s mandarins: the frank and the fearless?, Allen & Unwin, Sydney.
• Weller, P, Keating, M & Wanna, J 2000 (eds.), Institutions on the edge? Capacities for governance, Allen & Unwin, Sydney.

Book chapters

• Weller, P 2010, ‘Universities and the study of politics’, in R Rhodes (ed.), The Australian study of politics, Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke.
• Weller, P & Xu, Y 2010, ‘Why international organisations matter’, in G Curran & E van Acker (eds.), Business and the politics of globalisation: after the Global Financial Crisis, Pearson, Sydney.
• Weller, P 2009, ‘Cabinet government: Australian style’, in J Wanna (ed.), Critical reflections in Australian public policy, ANZSOG / ANU E Press, Canberra.
• Weller, P 2008, ‘The public service’, in R Manne (ed.), Dear Mr Rudd: ideas for a better Australia, Black Inc, Melbourne.
• Weller, P & Sharma, B 2005, ‘Transplanting Westminster to Nepal: the stuff of dreams dashed’, in H Patapan, J Wanna & P Weller (eds.), Westminster legacies: democracy and responsible government in Asia and the Pacific, UNSW Press, Sydney.
• Weller, P & Rhodes, R 2005, ‘Westminster transplanted and Westminster impacted: exploring political change’, in H Patapan, J Wanna & P Weller (eds.), Westminster legacies: democracy and responsible government in Asia and the Pacific, UNSW Press, Sydney.
• Weller, P 2004, ‘Parliament and Cabinet: the centre of government’, in G Curran & E van Acker (eds.), Governing business and globalisation, 2nd ed, Pearson Education, Frenchs Forest NSW.
• Weller, P & Yi-Chong, X 2003, ‘International civil servants and multilateral negotiations’, in R Buckley (ed.), The WTO and the Doha Round: the changing face of world trade, Kluwer Law International, London.
• Weller, P & Fleming, J 2003, ‘The Commonwealth’, in C Sharman & J Moon (eds.), Australian government and politics: the Commonwealth, the States and the Territories, Cambridge University Press, Melbourne.
• Weller, P & Rhodes, R 2001, ‘Antipodean exceptionalism, European traditionalism’, in R Rhodes & P Weller (eds.), The changing world of top officials: mandarins or servants?, Open University Press, Buckingham.
• Weller, P & Young, L 2001, ‘Australia: mandarins or lemons?’, in R Rhodes & P Weller (eds.), The changing world of top officials: mandarins or servants?, Open University Press, Buckingham.
• Weller, P & Rhodes, R 2001, ‘Enter centre stage: the departmental secretaries’, in R Rhodes & P Weller (eds.), The changing world of top officials: mandarins or servants?, Open University Press, Buckingham.
• Weller, P 2001, ‘The summit of their discontents: crisis or mere transition?’, in G Davis & P Weller (eds.), Are you being served? State, citizens and governance, Allen & Unwin, Sydney.
• Weller, P & Keating, M 2000, ‘Rethinking government’s roles and operations’, in G Davis & P Weller (eds.), Are you being served? State, citizens and governance, Allen & Unwin, Sydney.
• Weller, P & Keating, M 2000, ‘Cabinet government: an institution under pressure’, in M Keating, J Wanna & P Weller (eds.), Institutions on the edge: capacity for governance, Allen & Unwin, Sydney.
• Weller, P 2000, ‘Introduction: the institutions of governance', in M Keating, J Wanna & P Weller (eds.), Institutions on the edge: capacity for governance, Allen & Unwin, Sydney.
• Weller, P & Young, L 2000, 'Political parties and the party system: challenges for effective governing’, in M Keating, J Wanna & P Weller (eds.), Institutions on the edge: capacity for governance, Allen and Unwin, Sydney.
• Weller, P 2000, ‘Australia’, in G Peters, V Wright & R Rhodes (eds.), Administering the summit, Macmillan, London.

Journal articles

• Weller, P & Wanna, J 2011, ‘The irrepressible Rod Rhodes: contesting traditions, blurring genres’, Public Administration, vol. 89, no. 1, pp. 1–14.
• Weller, P & Xu, Y 2010, ‘Agents of influence: country directors in the World Bank’, Public Administration, vol. 88, no. 1, pp. 211–231.
• Weller, P & Xu, Y 2009, ‘The World Bank: an institution with many faces’, Social Alternatives, vol 28, no. 2, pp. 18 –22.
• Weller, P & Sharman, J 2009, ‘Where is the quality? Political science scholarship in Australia’, Australian Journal of Political Science, vol. 44, no. 4 (December), pp. 597–612.
• Weller, P & Xu, Y 2009, ‘Chrik Poortman: a World Bank professional’, Public Administration Review, Sept/Oct, pp. 868–875.
• Weller, P & Xu, Y 2008, ‘To be but not to be seen: exploring the impact of international civil servants’, Public Administration, vol. 86, no.1, pp. 35–52.
• Weller, P, Sharma, B & Stevens, B 2008, ‘Nepal: a revolution through the ballot box 2008’, Australian Journal of International Affairs, vol. 62, no. 4, pp. 513–528.
• Weller, P, Rhodes, R & Wanna, J 2008, ‘Reinventing Westminster: how public executives reframe their World’, Policy and Politics, vol. 36, no. 4 (October), pp. 461–480.
• Weller, P 2005, ‘Parliamentary accountability for non-statutory executive power: impossible dream or realistic aspiration?’, Public Law Review, vol. 16, no. 4, pp. 314–324.
• Weller, P 2005, ‘Investigating power at the centre of government: surveying research on the Australian executive’, Australian Journal of Public Administration, vol. 64, no. 1 (March), pp. 35–42.
• Weller, P 2004, ‘Parliamentary democracy in Australia’, Parliamentary Affairs, vol. 57, no. 3 (July), pp. 630–645.
• Weller, P 2003, ‘Cabinet government: an elusive ideal?’, Public Administration, vol. 81, no. 4, pp. 701–722.
• Weller, P, Bevir, M & Rhodes, R 2003, ‘Comparative governance: prospects and lessons’, Public Administration, vol. 81, no. 1, pp. 191–210.
• Weller, P, Bevir, M & Rhodes, R 2003, ‘Traditions of governance: interpreting the changing role of the public sector’, Public Administration, vol. 81, no. 1, pp. 1–17.
• Weller, P & Wanna, J 2003, ‘Traditions of Australian governance’, Public Administration, vol. 81, no. 1, pp. 63–94.

Reports

• Weller, P 2010, Ahead of the game: a blueprint for reform of Australian government administration, Commonwealth of Australia, Member of Advisory Group on Reform for Australian Government Administration.
• Weller, P & Webbe, S 2008, A public interest map: part A, report of the Independent Review of Queensland Government Boards, Committees and Statutory Authorities, Brisbane.