National capital bureaucracy as a spatial phenomenon: The place of Canberra within the Australian public service

Chris Beer*

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    Abstract

    Emphasizing bureaucracy as a communicative phenomenon involving localized knowledge-or metis-this article examines the place of the national capital city of Australia, Canberra, within the geographies of the Australian Public Service. First, drawing on research into knowledge clusters, the city is viewed as a key place of certain forms of communicative interaction. Second, drawing on the concept of metis, Canberra is discussed as a place potentially out of touch with the rest of Australia in terms of this form of knowledge but also as an essential site of accumulating metis essential to career progression within the national bureaucracy.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)693-714
    Number of pages22
    JournalAdministration and Society
    Volume41
    Issue number6
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Oct 2009

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