Only in Australia The History, Politics, and Economics of Australian Exceptionalism

by Coleman, William

• ISBN13: 9780198753254
• ISBN10: 019875325X
• eBook ISBN(s): 9780191067563
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2016-08-23
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Author Biography

William Coleman, Reader in Economics, Australian National University

William O. Coleman is a Reader in the School of Economics at The Australian National University. He has written extensively on monetary policy, political economy, and the contested position of economics in society.

Table of Contents

1. The Australian Exception, William O. Coleman
2. Australian Exceptionalism: A Personal View, Geoffrey Blainey
3. Theories of Australian Exceptionalism, William O. Coleman
4. Utilitarianism contra Sectarianism: The Official and the Unauthorised Civic Religion of Australia, Greg Melleuish and Stephen A. Chavura
5. Tocqueville, Hancock, and the Sense of History, Henry Ergas
6. Australia's 'Talent for Bureaucracy' and the Atrophy of Federalism, J.R. Nethercote
7. Australia's Industrial Relations Singularity, Phil Lewis
8. Australia's Electoral Idiosyncrasies, William O. Coleman
9. Socialism in Six Colonies: The Aftermath, Jonthan Pincus
10. We must all be capitalists now: The Strange Story of Compulsory Superannnuation in Australia, Adam Creighton
11. Australia's Economic Mores through the Lens of the Professional Sports Industry: Individual Rights or State Paternalism?, Richard Pomfret
12. The Industrialist, the Solicitor, and Mr Justice Higgins: Some Biographical Insights into the Harvester Case of 1907, Peter Yule
13. Barons versus Bureaucrats: the History of the Grain Trade in North America and Australia, Nick Cater
14. Australia's Distinctive Governance: Westminster, Ottawa, and Canberra Differentiated, J.R. Nethercote
15. Australia and New Zealand: Parallel and Divergent Paths, Keith Rankin