Melbourne Journal of Politics articles from January 1 2006

Melbourne Journal of Politics archives from January 1 2006

The mix of policy rationales in science and technology policy.
January 1, 2006... Abstract During the last twenty years significant shifts in the use of science and technology policy instruments of OECD-countries have taken place. This article asks if we can discern any coherent pattern in the policy design guiding...

Australian intergovernmental relations and the National Emissions Trading Scheme.
January 1, 2006... Abstract Australia's subnational governments are in the process of developing a national carbon trading scheme, despite Commonwealth Government opposition to domestic emissions trading. Through the proposed National Emissions Trading...

Rights and wrongs: intercultural ethics and female genital mutilation.
January 1, 2006... Abstract Female genital mutilation is a cultural practice affecting the lives of millions of women. Because of its multi-faceted nature, the issue frustrates conventional theoretical frameworks such as feminism or human rights....

Negative exposure: a snapshot of ATSIC in Australia's mainstream print media.(Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission)
January 1, 2006... Abstract The news media plays a significant role in informing members of society about the world around them. The power of media includes influencing what is news and what gets published, and their ability to represent events and...

Objective, relative or plural? value pluralism and the status of universal values (1).
January 1, 2006... Abstract Recent debates about the concept of value pluralism have sought to draw out important implications for political thought and practice. A key issue has been the idea that there exists a set of "universal values 'that captures the...

Mapping, enumeration and government under Chinese socialism.
January 1, 2006... Abstract This paper employs notions of mapping and governmentality to investigate practices of government under Chinese socialism. Projects of enumeration such as the household registration system and the National Census are presented as...

The Politics of Protection: Sites of Insecurity and Political Agency.(Book review)
January 1, 2006... The Politics of Protection: Sites of Insecurity and Political Agency Jef Huysmans, Andrew Dobson and Raia Prokhovnik (eds), Oxford, Routledge Press, 2006. 240pp. ISBN 0415356814 (hbk.) 65.00 [pounds sterling] Understanding the conditions...

September 11, 2001: Feminist Perspectives.(Book review)
January 1, 2006... September 11, 2001: Feminist Perspectives Susan Hawthorne and Bronwyn Winter (Eds) Melbourne, Spinifex Press, 2002. 500 pp. ISBN 1876756276 $32.95 September 11, 2001." Feminist Perspectives is an important historical document of ongoing...

The Europeanization of Citizenship: Between the Ideology of Nationality, Immigration and European Identity.(Book review)
January 1, 2006... The Europeanization of Citizenship: Between the Ideology of Nationality, Immigration and European Identity Fiorella Dell'Olio Aldershot, Ashgate, 2005. 170 pp. ISBN 0754635953 (hbk) 50.00 [pounds sterling] This slim volume contributes to a...

Don't Think of an Elephant: Know Your Values and Frame the Debate.(Book review)
January 1, 2006... Don't Think of an Elephant: know your values and frame the debate George Lakoff (Introduction by Julia Baird) Scribe Publications, Melbourne, 2005, 144 pp. ISBN 1920769455 (pbk) $22.00 The title of this book refers to the power of...

The People.(Book review)
January 1, 2006... The People Margaret Canovan Cambridge, Polity Press, 2005. 161pp. ISBN 0745628214/0745628222 (pbk.) $41.95 Discourses of 'identity' and 'belonging' are central to most ideologies of political community. Indeed, in order for a community to...

Wild Politics: Feminism, Globalisation and Bio/diversity.(Book review)
January 1, 2006... Wild Politics: Feminism, Globalisation and Bio/diversity Susan Hawthorne Melbourne, Spinifex Press, 2002, 462 pp. ISBN 1876756241 (pbk) $29.95 Wild Politics is both challenging and engaging from the outset. The title of the introduction...

Beauty and Misogyny: Harmful Cultural Practices in the West.(Book review)
January 1, 2006... Beauty and Misogyny: Harmful Cultural Practices in the West Sheila Jeffreys Oxford, Routledge, 2005 206pp., ISBN 0415351820 12.95 [pounds sterling]. In Beauty and Misogyny (2005) Sheila Jeffreys asks a chilling question: 'should western...

The Leader Cult in Communist Dictatorships: Stalin and the Eastern Bloc.(Book review)
January 1, 2006... The Leader Cult in Communist Dictatorships: Stalin and the Eastern Bloc B. Apor, J. Behrends, P. Jones and E. A. Rees (eds.), Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004, 312 pp. ISBN 1403934436 54.00 [pounds sterling] The topic of the leader...

Elections Without Order: Russia's Challenge to Vladimir Putin.(Book review)
January 1, 2006... Elections Without Order: Russia's Challenge to Vladimir Putin Richard Rose and Neil Munro Melbourne, Cambridge University Press, 2002, 262 pp. ISBN 0521016444 (pbk) $55.00 Soviet communism collapsed in 1991 and since then, observers have...