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The Machinery of Government (sometimes MoG) means the interconnected structures and processes of government, such as the functions and accountability of departments in the executive branch of government. The term is used particularly in the context of changes to established systems of public administration where different elements of machinery〔For example, a Number 10 Press Notice on 5 May 2006 was entitled ''Machinery of Government changes'' in announcing the creation of a new department of the British Government, accessed at () 12 June 2006〕 are created. The phrase "machinery of government" is thought to have originated with John Stuart Mill in Considerations on Representative Government〔Mill, J.S. (1861) Considerations on Representative Government, Chapter V; editions include Kessinger, ISBN 0-7661-8898-1; text accessed at University of Texas at Austin () 12 June 2006〕 (1861). It was notably used to a public audience by President FD Roosevelt in a radio broadcast〔Roosevelt, F.D. ''Fireside Chat'' broadcast 30 September 1934 accessed at Mid-Hudson Regional Information Center () 12 June 2006〕 in 1934, commenting on the role of the National Recovery Administration (NRA) in delivering the New Deal. A number of national governments including those of Australia, Canada, South Africa and the United Kingdom have adopted the term in official usage. ==Australia== In Australia, the terms ‘machinery of government changes’ and ‘administrative re-arrangements’ are interchangeable and are used to refer to the changes to the structure of government and the allocation of government functions between departments and ministers. Machinery of government changes may occur at any time, however the most significant changes generally occur immediately following an election. There is usually very little consultation or discussion prior to machinery of government changes in Australia, especially those following elections. The Commonwealth Government and some state and territory governments utilise Administrative Arrangements Orders (also called AAOs) as legal instruments as a primary method to make machinery of government changes. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「machinery of government」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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