Areas of expertise

• Public Administration 160509
• Public Policy 160510
• New Zealand Government And Politics 160608
• Australian Government And Politics 160601
• Comparative Government And Politics 160603
• Biography 210304
• Economic Development Policy 160505
• Policy And Administration 1605

Research interests

Publications

• Wanna, J 2017, 'Commonwealth of Australia July to December 2016', Australian Journal of Politics and History, vol. 63, no. 2, pp. 284-337.
• Allen, P & Wanna, J 2016, 'Developing Leadership and Building Executive Capacity in the Australian Public Services for Better Governance.', in Andrew Podger and John Wanna (ed.), Sharpening the Sword of State Building executive capacities in the public services of the Asia-Pacific, ANU Press, Canberra, pp. 19-47.
• Wanna, J 2016, 'Commonwealth of Australia january to june 2016', Australian Journal of Politics and History, vol. 62, no. 4, pp. 608-613.
• Podger, A & Wanna, J, eds, 2016, Sharpening the Sword of the State: Building executive capacities in the public services of the Asia-Pacific, ANU Press, Canberra.
• Wanna, J 2016, 'Commonwealth of Australia July to December 2015', Australian Journal of Politics and History, vol. 62, no. 2, pp. 282-287.
• Wanna, J 2015, 'Commonwealth of Australia January to June 2015', Australian Journal of Politics and History, vol. 61, no. 4, pp. 618-625.
• Wanna, J, Lindquist, E & Marshall, P, eds, 2015, New Accountabilities, New Challenges, ANU Press, Canberra.
• Wanna, J 2015, 'Delivering Under Pressure: Public Service, Productivity and Performance', in John Wanna, Hsu-Ann Lee and Sophie Yates (ed.), Managing Under Austerity, Delivering Under Pressure: Performance and Productivity in Public Service, ANU ePress, Canberra, pp. 3-11.
• Wanna, J, Lee, H & Yates, S, eds, 2015, Managing Under Austerity: Delivering under Pressure Performance and Productivity in Public Service, ANU ePress, Canberra.
• Wanna, J 2015, 'Australia and New Zealand responses to the 'fiscal tsunami' of the global financial crisis: preparation and precipitous action with the promise of consolidation', in John Wanna, Evert A. Lindquist and Jouke de Vries (ed.), The Global Financial Crisis and its Budget Impacts in OECD Nations: Fiscal Responses and Future Challenges, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, Cheltenham, United Kingdom, pp. 92-117.
• Wanna, J 2015, 'Introduction: Embracing new accountabilities, confronting new challenges: canvassing options for next generation improvements.', in John Wanna, Evert Lindquist and Penelope Marshall (ed.), New accountabilities, New challenges, ANU Press, Canberra, pp. 1-13.
• Wanna, J, Johnson, C & Lee, H, eds, 2015, Abbott's Gambit: the 2013 Australian Federal Election, ANU Press, Canberra.
• Wanna, J 2015, 'Political Chronicles Commonwealth of Australia July to December 2014', Australian Journal of Politics and History, vol. 61, no. 2, pp. 278-329.
• Wanna, J & Taflaga, M, eds, 2015, A Dissident Liberal: the Political Writings of Peter Baume, ANU Press, Canberra.
• Wanna, J & Taflaga, M 2015, 'Introduction: a Dissident Liberal - a Principled Political Career', in John Wanna and Marija Taflaga (ed.), A Dissident Liberal: the Political Writings of Peter Baume, ANU Press, Canberra, pp. xiii-xxvii.
• Johnson, C, Wanna, J & Lee, H 2015, 'Introduction: Analysing the 2013 Australian Federal Election', in Carol Johnson and John Wanna (with Hsu-Ann Lee) (ed.), Abbott's Gambit: The 2013 Australian Federal Election, ANU Press, Canberra, pp. 1-14.
• Rayner, J & Wanna, J 2015, 'An Overview of the 2013 Federal Election Campaign: Ruinous politics, cynical advertising and contending agendas.', in Carol Johnson and John Wanna (with Hsu-Ann Lee) (ed.), Abbott's Gambit: The 2013 Australian Federal Election, ANU Press, Canberra, pp. 17-33.
• Wanna, J 2015, 'A Government in Denial, Distracted and Discordant', Australian Journal of Politics and History, vol. 61, no. 2, pp. 278-283.
• Wanna, J 2015, 'Policy Analysis at the Federal Government Level', in Brian Head & Kate Crowley (ed.), Policy Analysis in Australia, The Policy Press, Bristol, pp. 71-86.
• Wanna, J 2015, 'An Impecunious Election: The significance of fiscal and economic issues', in Carol Johnson and John Wanna (with Hsu-Ann Lee) (ed.), Abbott's Gambit: The 2013 Australian Federal Election, ANU Press, Canberra, pp. 311-321.
• Johnson, C & Wanna, J 2015, 'Conclusion: reflections on Abbott's Gambit - mantras, manipulations and mandates.', in Carol Johnson and John Wanna (with Hsu-Ann Lee) (ed.), Abbott's Gambit: The 2013 Australian Federal Election, ANU Press, Canberra, pp. 425-436.
• Lindquist, E, de Vries, J & Wanna, J 2015, 'Readiness, resilience, reform and persistence of budget systems after the GFC: conclusions and implications', in John Wanna, Evert A. Lindquist and Jouke de Vries (ed.), The Global Financial Crisis and its Budget Impacts in OECD Nations: Fiscal Responses and Future Challenges, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, Cheltenham, United Kingdom, pp. 309-342.
• Lindquist, E & Wanna, J 2015, ''Is Implementation only about policy execution? Advice for Public Sector Leaders from the literature'', in John Wanna, Evert Lindquist and Penelope Marshall (ed.), New accountabilities, New challenges, ANU Press, Canberra, pp. 209-242.
• Lindquist, E, de Vries, J & Wanna, J 2015, 'Meeting the Challenge of the Global Financial Crisis in OECD Nations: Fiscal responses and Future Challenges.', in John Wanna, Evert A. Lindquist and Jouke de Vries (ed.), The Global Financial Crisis and its Budget Impacts in OECD Nations: Fiscal Responses and Future Challenges, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, Cheltenham, United Kingdom, pp. 1-30.
• Wanna, J 2015, '"Stranger than Fiction..." Extraordinary Events Provoke a "Near Death" Challenge to Tony Abbott's Leadership in February 2015', Australian Journal of Politics and History, vol. 61, no. 4, pp. 618-625.
• Wanna, J, Lindquist, E & de Vries, J, eds, 2015, The Global Financial Crisis and its Budget Impacts in OECD Nations: Fiscal responses and future challenges, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, Cheltenham, United Kingdom.
• Wanna, J 2014, 'Australia's Future as a 'Westminster Democracy' - threats to combat, stark choices to make ...', Australian Journal of Public Administration, vol. 73, no. 1, pp. 19-28.
• Wanna, J 2014, 'A most peculiar implosion - The Australian Federal Election September 2013: A Case of a fractured Government that inflicted defeat upon itself', Representation, vol. 50, no. 2, pp. 271-281.
• Wanna, J 2014, 'Regional Political Leadership', in R. A. W. Rhodes, Paul 't Hart (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Political Leadership, Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 564-579.
• Wanna, J 2014, 'Governance and Public Policy', in Katherine Barnes & Peter Spearritt (ed.), Drivers of Change for the Australian Labour Market to 2030 (Proceedings of an expert scenario forum), Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia, Canberra, Australia, pp. 89-98.
• Wanna, J 2014, 'The Tribalisation of Australian Politics Continues: out with the old "Fueding Cliques" and in with the new "Partisan Gang"', Australian Journal of Politics and History, vol. 60, no. 2, pp. 279-284.
• Wanna, J & Maley, M 2014, 'Political Chronicles July to December 2013', Australian Journal of Politics and History, vol. 60, no. 2, pp. 325 - 328.
• Wanna, J 2014, 'Administrative History as Biography', in Glyn Davis and R.A.W. Rhodes (ed.), The Craft of Governing: The Contribution of Patrick Weller to Australian political science, Allen & Unwin, Crows Nest, pp. 144-161.
• Wanna, J, Boston, J, Lipski, V et al, eds, 2014, Future-Proofing the State: Managing Risks, Responding to Crises and Building Resilience, ANU Press, Canberra.
• Wanna, J, Clune, D, Economou, N et al 2014, 'Political Chronicles', Australian Journal of Politics and History, vol. 60, no. 4, pp. 621-673.
• Wanna, J 2013, 'Political Chronicles: Commonwealth of Australia: July to December 2012 - Julia Gillard Desperately holds onto the Prime Ministership', Australian Journal of Politics and History, vol. 59, no. 2, pp. 276 - 283.
• Wanna, J 2013, Allowances or Open Entitlements? When Politicians Play and Taxpayers Pay, pp. 4pp..
• Podger, A, Ma, J, Chan, H et al. 2013, 'Recalibrating a Dynamic Balance: Local Autonomy within National Policy Frameworks Able to Adjust to Changing Circumstances', Australian Journal of Public Administration, vol. 72, no. 3, pp. 189-200.
• Lindquist, E, Vincent, S & Wanna, J, eds, 2013, Putting Citizens First: Engagement in Policy and Service Delivery for the 21st Century, ANU ePress, Canberra.
• Wanna, J 2013, 'Utter Despondency over Labor's Leadership Woes: Turkeys Waiting for Christmas', Australian Journal of Politics and History, vol. 59, no. 4, pp. 618-625.
• Wanna, J & Mercer, P 2013, A Methodological Prime Minister Clears for Action, p. 10.
• Wanna, J 2013, 'Critiquing Performance Management Regimes and their Links to Budgetary Decision-making and Resource Allocation', Public Administration and Policy: a Hong Kong and Asia-Pacific journal, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 5-16.
• Wanna, J, Clune, D, Economou, N et al. 2013, 'Political Chronicles Commonwealth of Australia January to June 2013', Australian Journal of Politics and History, vol. 59, no. 4, pp. 618-625.
• Wanna, J, Vincent, S & Podger, A, eds, 2012, With the benefit of hindsight: Valedictory reflections from departmental secretaries, 2004-11, ANU ePress, Canberra Griffin Press Australia.
• Podger, A, Wanna, J, Chan, H et al. 2012, 'Putting the Citizens at the Centre: Making Government More Responsive', Australian Journal of Public Administration, vol. 71, no. 2, pp. 101-110.
• Wanna, J 2012, 'Political Chronicles', Australian Journal of Politics and History, vol. 58, no. 2, pp. 283-290.
• Wanna, J 2012, 'Ministers as Ministries and the Logic of their Collective Action', in Keith Dowding, Chris Lewis (ed.), Ministerial Careers and Accountability in the Australian Commonwealth Government, ANU ePress, Canberra Australia, pp. 15 - 33.
• Podger, A & Wanna, J 2012, 'Introduction', in John Wanna, Sam Vincent, Andrew Podger (ed.), With the benefit of hindsight: Valedictory reflections from departmental secretaries, 2004-11, ANU ePress, Canberra Griffin Press Australia, pp. ix-1.
• Wanna, J 2012, 'The Gillard Minority Government Lurches from Crisis to Crisis', Australian Journal of Politics and History, vol. 58, no. 4, pp. 619-627.
• Wanna, J 2012, 'Great Expectations: Correspondence - John Wanna', Quarterly Essay, no. 47, pp. 101-106pp.
• Simms, M & Wanna, J 2012, 'The Caretaker Election of 2010: 'Julia 10' versus 'Tony 10' and the onset of Minority Government', in Marian Simms and John Wanna (ed.), Julia 2010: The caretaker election, ANU ePress, Canberra Australia, pp. 1-7.
• Wanna, J 2012, 'The Influence of Unions and Business in the 2010 Federal Election: Claims of 'slash and burn' and 'still no response and no answers'', in Marian Simms and John Wanna (ed.), Julia 2010: The caretaker election, ANU ePress, Canberra Australia, pp. 279-289.
• Wanna, J & Simms, M, eds, 2012, Julia 2010: The caretaker election, ANU ePress, Canberra Australia.
• Wanna, J, Clune, D, Economou, N et al. 2012, 'Political Chronicles: Commonwealth of Australia January to June 2012 - The Gillard Minority Government Lurches from Crisis to Crisis', Australian Journal of Politics and History, vol. 58, no. 4, pp. 619-673.
• Wanna, J, Clune, D, Economou, N et al. 2011, 'Political Chronicles: Commonwealth of Australia: January to June 2011 - Embroiled in the Battlelines - Forging the Subtle Arts of Minority Government', Australian Journal of Politics and History, vol. 57, no. 4, pp. 614-622.
• Wanna, J 2011, 'Treasury and Economic Policy - Beyond the Dismal Science', Australian Journal of Public Administration, vol. 70, no. 4, pp. 347-364.
• Wanna, J & Weller, P 2011, 'The irrepressible Rod Rhodes: Contesting traditions and blurring genres', Public Administration, vol. 89, no. 1, pp. 1-14.
• Wanna, J 2011, 'Political Chronicles: Commonwealth of Australia: July to December 2010 - Gillard's Gamble: an Expedient Race to the Polls Immediately after the Execution of Rudd', Australian Journal of Politics and History, vol. 57, no. 2, pp. 283 - 290.
• Mulgan, R & Wanna, J 2011, 'Developing cultures of integrity in the public and private sectors', in Adam Graycar & Russell G Smith (ed.), Handbook of Global Research and Practice in Corruption, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, USA, pp. 416-428.
• Lindquist, E, Vincent, S & Wanna, J, eds, 2011, Delivering Policy Reform: Anchoring Significant Reforms in Turbulent Times, ANU ePress, Canberra.
• Lindquist, E & Wanna, J 2011, 'Delivering Policy Reform: Making it happen, Making it Stick', in E. A. Lindquist, S. Vincent and J. Wanna (ed.), Delivering Policy Reform: Anchoring Significant Reforms in Turbulent Times, ANU ePress, Canberra, pp. 1-12.
• Chalmers, R, Vincent, S & Wanna, J, eds, 2011, Inside the Canberra Press Gallery - Life in the Wedding Cake of Old Parliament House, ANU ePress, Canberra.
• Wanna, J 2010, 'Political chronicles: Commonwealth of Australia: July to December 2009', Australian Journal of Politics and History, vol. 56, no. 2, pp. 275-327.
• Wanna, J 2010, 'The work in progress of budgetary reform', in John Wanna, Lotte Jensen, Jouke de Vries (ed.), The Reality of Budgetary Reform in OECD Nations: Trajectories and Consequences, Edward Elgar Publishing, UK, pp. 281-298.
• Wanna, J 2010, 'The Global Financial Crisis of 2008-2009: Learning how not to repeat mistakes', Public Administration Today, no. Jan-March, pp. 16-19.
• Wanna, J, Jensen, L & de Vries, J, eds, 2010, The Reality of Budgetary Reform in OECD Nations: Trajectories and Consequences, Edward Elgar Publishing, UK.
• Wanna, J 2010, 'Investigating the reality of reform in modern budgeting', in John Wanna, Lotte Jensen, Jouke de Vries (ed.), The Reality of Budgetary Reform in OECD Nations: Trajectories and Consequences, Edward Elgar Publishing, UK, pp. 1-17.
• Wanna, J 2010, 'Business and Unions', Australian Cultural History: The Journal of the History of Culture in Australia, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 15-22.
• Hawke, L & Wanna, J 2010, 'Australia after budgetary reform: a lapsed pioneer or decorative architect?', in John Wanna, Lotte Jensen, Jouke de Vries (ed.), The Reality of Budgetary Reform in OECD Nations: Trajectories and Consequences, Edward Elgar Publishing, UK, pp. 65-90.
• Wanna, J 2010, 'Political Chronicles: Commonwealth of Australia: January to June 2010 - The Audacious Palace Coup and the Sudden Demise of Kevin Rudd', Australian Journal of Politics and History, vol. 56, no. 4, pp. 631-638.
• Wanna, J 2010, 'The Changing Climate for Public Sector Governance', Public Administration Today, no. Jan-March.
• Wanna, J & Arklay, T 2010, The Ayes Have it: The History of the Queensland Parliament 1957-1989, ANU ePress, Canberra Australia.
• Wanna, J & Craik, J 2010, 'Committed Cities and the Problems of Governance: Micromanaging the Unmanageable', in Seetharam Kallidaikurichi and Belinda Yuen (ed.), Developing Living Cities: From Analysis to Action, World Scientific Publishing Company, Signapore, pp. 47-75.
• Wanna, J 2010, 'Issues and Agendas for the Term', in C. Aulich and M. Evans (ed.), The Rudd Government: Australian Commonwealth Administration 2007-2010, ANU ePress, Canberra Australia, pp. 17-32.
• Wanna, J, ed., 2009, Critical Reflections on Australian Public Policy: selected essays, ANU ePress, Canberra, Australia.
• Wanna, J 2009, 'Overthrowing the Neo-Liberal Orthodoxy - the Rudd Government Responds to the Global Financial Crisis.', Australian Journal of Politics and History, vol. 55, no. 4, pp. 584-592.
• Wanna, J 2009, 'Grim Economic Realities Strike Home to the Rudd Government', Australian Journal of Politics and History, vol. 55, no. 2, pp. 261-269.
• Wanna, J 2009, 'Health Governance - Redesigning the Structure of Australia's National Health System', Public Administration Today, vol. Jan - March 2009, pp. 22-25.
• Rhodes, R & Wanna, J 2009, 'The Executives', in R. A. W. Rhodes (ed.), The Australian Study of Politics, Palgrave Macmillan Ltd, Great Britian, pp. 119-130.
• Wanna, J, Butcher, J & Freyens, B 2009, Policy in Action: the Challenges of Service Delivery, UNSW Press, Sydney Australia.
• Rhodes, R & Wanna, J 2009, 'Bringing the Politics back in: Public Value in Westminster Parliamentary Government', Public Administration, vol. 87, no. 2, pp. 161-183.
• Rhodes, R, Wanna, J & Weller, P 2009, Comparing Westminster, Oxford University Press, Oxford UK.
• Wanna, J 2008, 'The Stage, the Players and their Exits and Entrances', Australian Journal of Politics and History, vol. 54, no. 2, pp. 289-296.
• Wanna, J 2008, 'Independence and Responsiveness - Re-tying the Gordian Knot', Australian Journal of Public Administration, vol. 67, no. 3, pp. 340-344.
• Rhodes, R, Wanna, J & Rhodes, R 2008, 'Stairway to Heaven: A Reply to Alford', Australian Journal of Public Administration, vol. 67, no. 3, pp. 367-370.
• O'Flynn, J & Wanna, J, eds, 2008, Collaborative Governance: A new era of public policy in Australia, ANU ePress, Canberra, Australia.
• Wanna, J 2008, 'Australia's National Election 2007 - the Triumph of Semblance over Substance', Representation, vol. 44, no. 1, pp. 79-86.
• Wanna, J 2008, 'Nation-building in Australia: a discourse, iconic project or tradition of resonance?', in John Butcher (ed.), Australia Under Construction: Nation-building, past, present and future, ANU ePress, Canberra Australia, pp. 1-5.
• Wanna, J 2008, 'An Uneasy Start for the Rudd Government', Australian Journal of Politics and History, vol. 54, no. 4, pp. 609-616.
• Rhodes, R, Wanna, J & Weller, P 2008, 'Reinventing Westminster: how Public Executives Reframe their World', Policy and Politics, vol. 36, no. 4, pp. 461-479.
• Wanna, J 2008, 'Collaborative Government: Meanings, Dimensions, Drivers and Outcomes.', in Janine O'Flynn and John Wanna (ed.), Collaborative Governance: A new era of public policy in Australia, ANU ePress, Canberra, Australia, pp. 3-12.
• Wanna, J 2007, 'Field, Albert Patrick (Pat) (1910 - 1990)', in Di Langmore (ed.), Australian dictionary of biography. Volume 17 (1981-1990 A-K), Melbourne University Press (an imprint of Melbourne University Publishing), Melbourne, pp. 386-387.
• Rhodes, R & Wanna, J 2007, 'The Limits to Public Value, or Rescuing Responsible Government from the Platonic Guardians', Australian Journal of Public Administration, vol. 66, no. 4, pp. 406-421.
• Wanna, J 2007, 'Political Chronicles: Commonwealth of Australia: January to June 2007 - Shadow Dancing Towards the 2007 Election', Australian Journal of Politics and History, vol. 53, no. 4, pp. 614-622.
• Wanna, J 2007, 'Introduction [to Improving Implementation: the Challenge Ahead]', in John Wanna (ed.), Improving Implementation: Organisational Change and Project Management, ANU ePress, Canberra Australia, pp. 3-10.
• Wanna, J 2007, 'Political Chronicles: Commonwealth of Australia: July to December 2006 - Howard's Divisive Style Comes to the Fore: Never Recant, Never Stand-down, Gradually Give Ground', Australian Journal of Politics and History, vol. 53, no. 2, pp. 281-288.
• Wanna, J 2007, 'Improving Federalism: Drivers of Change, Repair Options and Reform Scenarios', Australian Journal of Public Administration, vol. 66, no. 3, pp. 275-279.
• Wanna, J 2006, 'From Afterthought to Afterburner: Australia's Cabinet Implementation Unit', Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 347-369.
• Wanna, J 2006, 'Between a Rock and a Hard Place: the Nonsense of Australia's Charter of Budget Honesty Act 1998', Australasian Political Studies Association Conference (APSA 2006), ed. Conference Program Committee, University of Newcastle, Newcastle Australia, p. 15.
• Arklay, T, Nethercote, J & Wanna, J, eds, 2006, Australian Political Lives: Chronicling political careers and administrative histories, ANU ePress, Canberra, Australia.
• Wanna, J 2006, 'Political Chronicles: Commonwealth of Australia: July to December 2005', Australian Journal of Politics and History, vol. 52, no. 2, pp. 286-292.
• Mintrom, M & Wanna, J 2006, 'Innovative State Strategies in the Antipodes: Enhancing the Ability of Governments to Govern in the Global Context', Australian Journal of Political Science, vol. 41, no. 2, pp. 161-176.
• Wanna, J 2006, 'Political Chronicles: Commonwealth of Australia: January to June 2006', Australian Journal of Politics and History, vol. 52, no. 4, pp. 637-644.
• Sharma, B & Wanna, J 2005, 'Performance Measures, measurement and reporting in government organisations.', International Journal of Business Performance Management, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 320-333.
• Wanna, J & Williams, P 2005, 'Peter Beattie: The Boy from Atherton made good', in John Wanna and Paul Williams (ed.), Yes, Premier: Labor leadership in Australia's states and territories, UNSW Press, Sydney, NSW, pp. 61-87.
• Head, B, Wanna, J & Williams, P 2005, 'Leaders and the leadership challenge', in John Wanna and Paul Williams (ed.), Yes, Premier: Labor leadership in Australia's states and territories, UNSW Press, Sydney, NSW, pp. 253-264.
• Wanna, J 2005, 'Prospects for Regeneration in Government - What we talk about is more Important than what we do or how we do it?', Australian Journal of Public Administration, vol. 64, no. 2, pp. 20-26.
• Scott, J & Wanna, J 2005, 'Trajectories of public administration and administrative history in Australia: Rectifying a curious blight?', Australian Journal of Public Administration, vol. 64, no. 1, pp. 11-24.
• Wanna, J 2005, 'Political Chronicles: Commonwealth of Australia: July to December 2004', Australian Journal of Politics and History, vol. 51, no. 2, pp. 274-280.
• Wanna, J 2005, 'The Australian Federal Election 2004: Howards Scare Campaign Prompted Labors Train-wreck.', Representation, vol. 41, no. 4, pp. 291-299.
• Patapan, H & Wanna, J 2005, 'The Westminster Legacy: Conclusion', in Haig Patapan, John Wanna and Patrick Weller (ed.), Westminster Legacies: Democracy and Responsible Government in Asia and the Pacific, UNSW Press, Sydney, pp. 242-255.
• Wanna, J & Williams, P 2005, 'The twilight zone of state leaders', in John Wanna and Paul Williams (ed.), Yes, Premier: Labor leadership in Australia's states and territories, UNSW Press, Sydney, NSW, pp. 12-31.
• Rhodes, R, Wanna, J & Hanson, S 2005, 'Mapping Research Agendas with Government: Surveys, Priorities and Future Needs', Australian Journal of Public Administration, vol. 64, no. 1, pp. 8-10.
• Wanna, J 2005, 'Political Chronicles: Commonwealth of Australia: January to June 2005', Australian Journal of Politics and History, vol. 51, no. 4, pp. 578-627.
• Wanna, J 2005, 'New Zealand's Westminster Trajectory: Archetypal transplant to maverick outlier', in Haig Patapan, John Wanna and Patrick Weller (ed.), Westminster Legacies: Democracy and Responsible Government in Asia and the Pacific, UNSW Press, Sydney, pp. 153-185.
• Wanna, J 2005, 'Public Service, Public Values: the Implementation of a Charter of Values in the Australian Public Service', Australasian Political Studies Association Conference (APSA 2005), ed. Shaun Goldfinch, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, pp. 1-14.
• Wanna, J 2003, 'Public Policy and Public Administration', in Ian McAllister, Steve Dowrick & Riaz Hassan (ed.), The Cambridge Handbook of the Social Sciences in Australia, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, pp. 406-430.
• Wanna, J, Ryan, C & Ng, C 2001, From Accounting to Accountability: a Centenary History of the Australian National Audit Office, Allen & Unwin, Sydney.
• Kelly, J & Wanna, J 2001, 'Are Wildavsky's Guardians and Spenders Still Relevant? New Public Management and the Politics of Government Budgeting', in Lawrence R. Jones; James Guthrie; Peter Steane (ed.), Learning From International Public Management Reform, Elsevier, Oxford UK.