The Australian Journal of Politics and History articles from December 1999

The Australian Journal of Politics and History archives from December 1999

Lloyd George, Curzon and the Control of British Foreign Policy 1919-22.(Prime Minister David Lloyd George, Foreign Secretary Lord Curzon of Kedleston)
December 1, 1999... Humanities and Cultural Interpretation, University of Plymouth Determining how governments arrive at their policies, and which ministers have more influence than others in this process, is a particularly difficult exercise. The parameters...

The Rise and Fall of the Jewish/Left Alliance: An Historical and Political Analysis.
December 1, 1999... The disproportionate historical contribution of Jews to the political Left has been well documented. Both as individual theorists and activists of the stature of Karl Marx, Leon Trotsky, Rosa Luxemburg, Leon Blum and Emma Goldman, and as...

The Disciplined Citizen: Thomas Hobbes, Neostoicism and the Critique of Classical Citizenship.
December 1, 1999... Hobbes and Citizenship In recent years the history of citizenship has come to be seen chiefly through the prism of contemporary debates around political obligation and community--particularly in the case of the well-rehearsed debates...

Issues in Australian Foreign Policy.
December 1, 1999... January to June 1999 In December 1990, as American and allied troops massed around the Arabian peninsula in preparation for the liberation of Kuwait, an editorial built around a familiar end-of-empire predicament appeared in that most...

Commonwealth of Australia.
December 1, 1999... January to June 1999 The government's effort to persuade the Senate to pass the GST was the major issue in the six months under review. Initially, the government pinned its hopes for the passage of the new tax legislation on Independent...

New South Wales.
December 1, 1999... January to June 1999 National Party Leadership The after-effects of last year's surprise replacement of Peter Collins as Opposition Leader by Kerry Chikarovski were still being felt when the Liberals' Coalition partner staged a similar...

Victoria.
December 1, 1999... January to June 1999 Victoria went into a prolonged period of pre-election politics during the first half of 1999, despite the protestations of Premier Jeff Kennett that any talk of an early poll was simply the product of media speculation...

Queensland.
December 1, 1999... January to June 1999 Fighting a Series of Political Bushfires The Beattie government enjoyed a lively political honeymoon lasting around a year until mid 1999. Profiting from an initial showing of popular support, the Labor government...

Western Australia.
December 1, 1999... January to June 1999 Rarely in Western Australia have environmental issues been so dominant on the political landscape as was the case in the first half of 1999. The signing of the Regional Forest Agreement (RFA) between the Commonwealth...

South Australia.
December 1, 1999... January to June 1999 A sale at last! Well, a lease anyway! The long-running debate over the proposed sale of South Australia's power assets is again the central issue of the period under review. After sixteen months of tortured...

Tasmania.
December 1, 1999... January to June 1999 Introduction The first Labor majority government since 1981 began 1999 much as it finished 1998. Premier Jim Bacon and his government had enjoyed a dream run since their election in August 1998. Buoyed by its...

Northern Territory.
December 1, 1999... January to June 1999 Introduction The period under review was one of unusually varied political activity in the Northern Territory. Both major parties acquired new leaders. The new Chief Minister showed some sympathy for environmental...

Australian Capital Territory.
December 1, 1999... January to June 1999 This period of ACT governance saw the Carnell government struggle through several serious controversies. Despite some favourable economic indicators, it appears that the Capital Territory's economic buoyancy is, on...