State Experiments in Australia and New Zealand

State Experiments in Australia and New Zealand
Author: William Pember Reeves
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 421
Release: 2011-05-04
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1108030599

Published in 1902, Reeves' scholarly account surveys the experimental legislation in Australia and New Zealand during this period.

The New Zealand Experiment

The New Zealand Experiment
Author: Jane Kelsey
Publisher: Bridget Williams Books
Total Pages: 421
Release: 2015-12-21
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1877242608

Jane Kelsey’s was a questioning and challenging voice when she wrote this passionate critique of New Zealand’s economic policies in the 1980s and 90s. The social and economic consequences of a decade of market-based reforms are laid bare in this statistically rich and rhetorically powerful work. Drawing on a wide array of sources, Kelsey’s analysis delves into every aspect of the structural reforms that were to have such vast consequences for New Zealand society. Her analysis of those policies and their consequences gains a fresh – and sobering – perspective in the light of the recent global financial crisis.

Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands since the First World War

Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands since the First World War
Author: William S. Livingston
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Total Pages: 262
Release: 2014-08-04
Genre: History
ISBN: 1477301240

Three forces—dwindling British power, rising American influence, and nationalism in a variety of forms—have transformed Australia, New Zealand, and the adjacent islands since 1919. In this volume, some of the most distinguished scholars of the Pacific region assess these significant historical changes. These essays deal with international relations, politics, changing social structures, and literature since World War I. The themes of the volume as a whole are social and humanistic; they concern the evolution of both a regional identity and separate national identities in the Southwest Pacific. The unique areal and thematic concentration of this book makes it essential reading for all those interested in the history, politics, and culture of the Pacific.

An Historical Geography of Modern Australia

An Historical Geography of Modern Australia
Author: Joseph Michael Powell
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 424
Release: 1991-04-04
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780521408295

This is a substantial study immediately established itself as essential reading for all those with a serious interest in Australian studies.

Webs of Empire

Webs of Empire
Author: Tony Ballantyne
Publisher: UBC Press
Total Pages: 377
Release: 2014-04-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0774827718

Breaking open colonization to reveal tangled cultural and economic networks, Webs of Empire offers new paths into colonial history. Linking Gore and Chicago, Maori and Asia, India and newspapers, whalers and writing, Ballantyne presents empire building as a spreading web of connected places, people, ideas, and trade. These links question narrow, national stories, while broadening perspectives on the past and the legacies of colonialism that persist today. Bringing together essays from two decades of prolific publishing on international colonial history, Webs of Empire establishes Tony Ballantyne as one of the leading historians of the British Empire.

Suffrage and Beyond

Suffrage and Beyond
Author: Caroline Daley
Publisher: NYU Press
Total Pages: 387
Release: 1994-12
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0814718701

The 1980s and 1990s have seen an unprecedented emphasis on global feminism, on the connectedness of women regardless of race, class, or geography. And yet, the status and position of women throughout the world remains enormously disparate. Even so fundamental an issue as a woman's right to vote has been--and in many countries continues to be--hotly contested. How then have suffrage movements evolved? What are the similarities and differences in the manner in which women, in a range of different economic, religious, and political contexts, have sought the vote? Bringing together such eminent scholars as Nancy Cott, Ellen Dubois, and Carole Pateman, Suffrage and Beyond offers a comprehensive look at the political history of suffrage on a global scale.