Australia Reshaped 200 Years of Institutional Transformation [Paperback]

Eight major essays by leading social scientists on key elements of Australian institutional life.Australia Reshaped is the capstone volume in the Reshaping Australian Institutions series. As the summation of all that has gone before, this book is structurally and qualitatively different from the others. 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.Australia Reshaped is the capstone volume in the Reshaping Australian Institutions series. As the summation of all that has gone before, this book is structurally and qualitatively different from the others. 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.As the concluding volume in the series, this book is structurally and qualitatively different from those preceding. Eight leading social scientists have written major essays on key elements of Australian institutional life. Each chapter contributes significantly by providing an overview of regional and international scholarly interest.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 l“,