Australians and Globalisation
The Experience of Two Centuries

From colony to federation to the present, it analyses the development of globalisation in Australia.

Brian Galligan (Author), Winsome Roberts (Author), Gabriella Trifiletti (Author)

9780521010894, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 5 November 2001

224 pages
23 x 15.3 x 1.7 cm, 0.372 kg

'Australians and Globalisation is a valuable addition to the debate on the meaning and role of citizenship in a contemporary era … makes a significant contribution not only to our understanding of Australian citizenship but also to British citizenship … rich historical survey …'. Japanese Journal of Political Science

Is globalisation new? Are its effects inevitable? Are the concepts of national sovereignty and global markets incompatible? In this provocative book, the authors argue that Australia has always been a 'globalised' nation. In terms of its economy, political sovereignty and sense of national identity, the country and its citizens have had to create for themselves a complex position between dependence and irrelevance. Australians and Globalisation tells the tale of how governance and citizenship developed in response to global forces, starting with colonial societies and moving through the federation period and the twentieth century to the present day with its accelerated globalisation impact.

Introduction: the challenge of globalisation
1. Globalisation, sovereignty and citizenship
2. Citizenship without nationhood
3. Nation-state and citizenship
4. Imperial dominion to Pacific nation
5. Australian citizen subjects
6. New world orders
7. Citizenship in a global nation.

Subject Areas: Political economy [KCP], International relations [JPS], Politics & government [JP], Regional studies [GTB]