Contesting The Australian Way, States, Markets And Civil Society

Smyth Paul; Cass Bettina

ISBN 10: 0521633907 / ISBN 13: 9780521633901

Published by Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. UK, 1998

About this Item

280 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout.

Seller Inventory # 146478

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Contesting The Australian Way, States, Markets And Civil Society
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. UK
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521633907
• ISBN 13: 9780521633901
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: None Issued
• Seller catalogs:
  • Australian - Non Fiction/History

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Synopsis

Since the 1980s Australian public policy has been perceived as being in crisis. Many argue that consolidating the market imperative in economic and social policy is the solution. Here, a leading group of writers challenge this view, calling for reassertion of a "mixed" rather than a "market" economy, and for reaffirmation of the egalitarianism that has characterized past Australian social policy. Asking whether economic and social policy can be reintegrated in a shared vision, this groundbreaking book argues the case for reinventing government rather than marginalizing it.

Review

"...this is a well-edited book, and its stated goal, to 'rethink the idea of a mixed economy.' (13), is of interest to a range of audiences. The editors deserve credit for maintaining thematic coherence across the book's fived sections and for keeping chapters to a manageable length for such a wide-ranging volume." Canadian Journal of Political Science