Melbourne Journal of Politics articles from January 1 2003

Melbourne Journal of Politics archives from January 1 2003

Political legacies: Australian political studies and the University of Melbourne.
January 1, 2003... ABSTRACT The Department of Political Science at the University of Melbourne is the oldest political studies department in Australia. It had its origins in the pioneering efforts of William Macmahon Ball in the interwar period, culminating...

Is smog democratic? Environmental justice in the risk society.
January 1, 2003... ABSTRACT Sociologist Ulrich Beck states that 'poverty is hierarchic, while smog is democratic' (1). In this article, it is argued that this claim is misguided. The environmental justice movement has shown that environmental risks are...

The role of the Commonwealth Attorney-General in appointing judges to the High Court of Australia.
January 1, 2003... ABSTRACT Daryl William's statement while attorney-general that, 'it ought to be concluded that the perception that the attorney-general exercises important functions independently of politics and in the public interest is either erroneous...

Rethinking democracy: the end of democratic transitions?
January 1, 2003... ABSTRACT The literature on democratic transitions and consolidations is struggling to properly understand a growing number of regimes that fail to conform to existing typologies. These regimes lie within a grey zone between the black and...

Bonding, bridging and investment: important aspects of a national social capital policy strategy.(ABSTRACT)
January 1, 2003... ABSTRACT SOCIAL CAPITAL CAN BE BUILT THROUGH INVESTMENT IN EMPLOYMENT AND EDUCATION, THOUGH DIFFERENT FORMS OF CAPITAL--BONDING AND BRIDGING CAPITAL--GENERATE CONFLICTING CLAIMS ON SUCH INVESTMENT. THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE...

Responsibility and time for escape: the meaning of wellbeing to young Australians.
January 1, 2003... ABSTRACT This paper uses a sociological perspective to explore the way that young people talk about wellbeing. It draws on interviews with 62 young people from a Victorian regional centre. The interviews are explored using the theory of...

Young people, habitus and opinions about politics.
January 1, 2003... ABSTRACT This paper examines the engagement of young people in Australia with the field of politics in terms of Bourdieu's notion of habitus. Survey responses of pre-voting youth at three very different schools indicate a sense of being...

Australian Republicanism: a Reader.(Book Review)
January 1, 2003... AUSTRALIAN REPUBLICANISM: A READER MARK MCKENNA AND WAYNE HUDSON (EDS) MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2003 AUD $39.95 (PPB), PP. 304 ISBN: 0522 850707 The editors of this introductory reader have assembled numerous quoted passages they...

Biotechnology: the Making of a Global Controversy.(Book Review)
January 1, 2003... BIOTECHNOLOGY: THE MAKING OF A GLOBAL CONTROVERSY MARTIN BAUER AND GEORGE GASKELL (EDS) CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2002 AUD $59.95 Anyone interested in the conflicts and controversies surrounding the development and use of modern...

From White Australia to Woomera: the Story of Australian Immigration.(Book Review)
January 1, 2003... FROM WHITE AUSTRALIA TO WOOMERA: THE STORY OF AUSTRALIAN IMMIGRATION JAMES JUPP CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2002 AUD $29.95 (PPB), PP. 200 ISBN: 0521 531403 Following a recent wave of academic and journalistic discussion on refugees,...

The Progressive Manifesto: New Ideas for the Centre-Left.(Book Review)
January 1, 2003... THE PROGRESSIVE MANIFESTO: NEW IDEAS FOR THE CENTRE-LEFT ANTHONY GIDDENS (ED) POLICY PRESS, 2004 AUD $192.50 (H/C), PP. 222 ISBN: 0745 63294 In his introductory chapter to 'The Progressive Manifesto', Anthony Giddens rails against...

Inequality in Australia.(Book Review)
January 1, 2003... INEQUALITY IN AUSTRALIA ALASTAIR GREIG, FRANK LEWINS AND KEVIN WHITE CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2003 AUD $44.95 (PPK), pp. 320 ISBN: 0521 524423 The authors of this book take a new approach to the problem of inequality and apply it to...

Ministers, Mandarins and Diplomats: Australian Foreign Policy Making 1941-1969.(Book Review)
January 1, 2003... MINISTERS, MANDARINS AND DIPLOMATS: AUSTRALIAN FOREIGN POLICY MAKING 1941-1969 JOAN BEAUMONT, CHRISTOPHER WATERS, DAVID LOWE, WITH GARRY WOODWARD MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY PRESS, AUD $39.95 (PPK), PP. 256 ISBN: 0522 850472 The three...

What's Wrong with the Liberal Party?(Book Review)
January 1, 2003... WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE LIBERAL PARTY? GREG BARNES CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2003 AUD $29.95 (PPK), PP. 168 ISBN: 0521 5488X It's possible that Greg Barnes might have been tempted to answer his own question with two words: John...

The History Wars.(Book Review)
January 1, 2003... STUART MACINTYRE AND ANNA CLARK MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2003 AUD $29.95 (PPK), PP. 274 ISBN: 0522 85091X Why has the past become a running sore on the national psyche? This is the key question animating The History Wars; a...

Republicanism in the Modern World.(Book Review)
January 1, 2003... REPUBLICANISM IN THE MODERN WORLD JOHN W. MAYNOR POLITY PRESS, 2003 AUD $61.55 (PPB), PP. 230 ISBN: 07456 28087 John Maynor's book is a contribution to the rapidly expanding field of Republican literature. Since the early 1990s,...

Unpacking Queer Politics: a Lesbian Feminist Perspective.(Book Review)
January 1, 2003... UNPACKING QUEER POLITICS: A LESBIAN FEMINIST PERSPECTIVE SHEILA JEFFREYS CAMBRIDGE, 2003 AUD $49.95 (PPB), PP. 162 ISBN: 07456 28389 For some time, feminists in the disciplines of political science, history and cultural studies...

Australian Politics and Government: the Commonwealth, the States, and the Territories.(Book Review)
January 1, 2003... AUSTRALIAN POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT: THE COMMONWEALTH, THE STATES, AND THE TERRITORIES JEREMY MOON AND CAMPBELL SHARMAN (EDS) CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2003 AUD $46.95 (PPB), PP. 256 ISBN: 0521 825075 Australian Politics and...