Australia Reshaped - 200 Years of Institutional Transformation

Klappentext Eight major essays by leading social scientists on key elements of Australian institutional life. Zusammenfassung Eight leading social scientists have been invited to write a major essay on a key element of Australian institutional life. Each chapter has the length and depth of a major contribution! acting as an overview of the field for both local readers and an international scholarly audience. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Geoffrey Brennan and Francis G. Castles; 1. Australian institutions and Australia's welfare Francis G. Castles; 2. The institutions of microeconomic regulation and reform Geoffrey Brennan and Jonathon Pincus; 3. Globalization and Australian institutions John Braithwaite; 4. Including Australia: a democratic history John Dryzek; 5. Waltzing Matilda: gender and Australian political institutions Marian Sawer; 6. The language of leadership: Prime Ministers as political institutions John Uhr; 7. The grammar of colonial legality: subjects, objects and the rule of law Martin Krygier.

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• Authors: Geoffrey Brennan, Geoffrey (Australian National University Brennan, Geoffrey Castles Brennan
• Assisted by: Geoffrey Brennan (Editor), Geoffrey (Australian National University Brennan (Editor), Brennan Geoffrey (Editor), Francis G Castles (Editor), Francis G. Castles (Editor), Francis G. (University of Edinburgh) Castles (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.09.2002
• EAN: 9780521817493
• ISBN: 978-0-521-81749-3
• No. of pages: 312
• Series: Reshaping Australian Instituti; Reshaping Australian Instituti; Reshaping Australian Institutions
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Australia, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Australian & Oceanian, HISTORY / Australia & New Zealand, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Political structure & processes, Australasian & Pacific history, Australasian and Pacific history, Political structure and processes