Australia Reshaped
200 Years of Institutional Transformation

Eight major essays by leading social scientists on key elements of Australian institutional life.

Geoffrey Brennan (Edited by), Francis G. Castles (Edited by)

9780521520751, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 4 September 2002

314 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm, 0.46 kg

'… more than just a collection of papers tracing the historical roots of Australia's political and institutional developments; it is a critical diagnosis of events and acts that provide a reflexive, often personal, interpretation from both a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary perspective. This volume is highly recommended for clarity of analysis, wealth of references and international comparisons.' Public Choice

Australia Reshaped is the capstone volume in the Reshaping Australian Institutions series. As the summation of all that has gone before, this book is structurally and qualitatively different from the others. Eight leading social scientists have been invited to write a major essay on a key element of Australian institutional life. Each chapter has the length and depth of a major contribution, acting as an overview of the field for both local readers and an international scholarly audience.

Introduction Geoffrey Brennan and Francis G. Castles
1. Australian institutions and Australia's welfare Francis G. Castles
2. The institutions of microeconomic regulation and reform Geoffrey Brennan and Jonathon Pincus
3. Globalization and Australian institutions John Braithwaite
4. Including Australia: a democratic history John Dryzek
5. Waltzing Matilda: gender and Australian political institutions Marian Sawer
6. The language of leadership: Prime Ministers as political institutions John Uhr
7. The grammar of colonial legality: subjects, objects and the rule of law Martin Krygier.

Subject Areas: Political economy [KCP], Political structure & processes [JPH], Sociology & anthropology [JH]