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"Authority. persuasion and exchange" (revisited): the public policy of internationalising the Australian economy

Gerritsen, Rolf

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This paper examines the 1980s restructuring of the Australian economy from the perspective of two contending paradigms. After World War II Australia sheltered its economy from international competition. McEwenite "protection-all-round" - constituted this "politics of domestic defence". In consequence, by the 1980s Australian governments faced the problem of ridding the Australian economy of the endemic inefficiencies of this post-war form of the "Australian Settlement" model and developing a...[Show more]

dc.contributor.authorGerritsen, Rolf
dc.date.accessioned2011-05-03T03:53:47Z
dc.date.available2011-05-03T03:53:47Z
dc.identifier.citationGerritsen, R. (1993). "Authority. persuasion and exchange" (revisited): The public policy of internationalising the Australian economy. Public Policy Discussion Paper No. 35. Canberra, ACT: Graduate Program in Public Policy, The Australian National University.
dc.identifier.isbn0 7315 1830 6
dc.identifier.issn1030-2190
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/7302
dc.description.abstractThis paper examines the 1980s restructuring of the Australian economy from the perspective of two contending paradigms. After World War II Australia sheltered its economy from international competition. McEwenite "protection-all-round" - constituted this "politics of domestic defence". In consequence, by the 1980s Australian governments faced the problem of ridding the Australian economy of the endemic inefficiencies of this post-war form of the "Australian Settlement" model and developing a new model to make Australia internationally competitive. This paper traces the attempts by the Labor governments of Australia in the 1980s and early 1990s to reshape the Australian economy. Reforms of the political and administrative structures and practices of Australian politics, as well as deregulation and other economic reforms were involved. To effect this historic change in Australia's policy paradigm required varying combinations of "authority, persuasion and exchange" (Kemp 1983). Implementing this paradigm shift. however, was dogged by the combination of exogenous shocks to the economy and "political" disagreements about the appropriate policy mix for the new model.
dc.format.extent44 pages
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.language.isoen_AU
dc.publisherGraduate Program in Public Policy, Australian National University
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dc.source.urihttp://www.crawford.anu.edu.au/degrees/ppdp_discussion_papers/PPDP_35.pdf
dc.title"Authority. persuasion and exchange" (revisited): the public policy of internationalising the Australian economy
dc.typeWorking/Technical Paper
local.description.notesSurvey paper delivered to the August 1993 annual conference of the New Zealand Political Science Association, Canterbury University Christchurch.
dc.date.issued1993-08
local.publisher.urlhttp://www.crawford.anu.edu.au
local.type.statusPublished version
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dc.provenancePermission granted by Crawford School to archive their papers and make them publically available - permission given by Director, Research, Crawford School of Economics and Government, in email dated 30/10/10
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