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Australia’s developmental trajectory: Neoliberal or not?
Citation
Higgins, V, Australia's developmental trajectory: Neoliberal or not?, Dialogues in Human Geography, 42 pp. 161-164. ISSN 2043-8206 (2014) [Contribution to Refereed Journal]
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DOI: doi:10.1177/2043820614536501
Abstract
General support is given for Weller and O’Neill’s (2014) aim to question the influence of neoliberalism on
political and economic change in Australia. However, their key proposition that Australia’s developmental
trajectory has never been neoliberal in intent or outcome is challenged. Critiqued also is Weller and
O’Neill’s use of a working definition of neoliberalism that fails to engage explicitly or sufficiently with
theoretical perspectives on neoliberal governance. A governmentality approach is argued to offer a way
forward in exploring how neoliberal and non-neoliberal rationalities and techniques articulate with one
another as part of attempts to address specific problematizations of rule.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Contribution to Refereed Journal |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | Neoliberalism; governance; Australia |
| Research Division: | Studies in Human Society |
| Research Group: | Sociology |
| Research Field: | Sociology not elsewhere classified |
| Objective Division: | Expanding Knowledge |
| Objective Group: | Expanding Knowledge |
| Objective Field: | Expanding Knowledge through Studies of Human Society |
| UTAS Author: | Higgins, V (Associate Professor Vaughan Higgins) |
| ID Code: | 124680 |
| Year Published: | 2014 |
| Deposited By: | Office of the School of Social Sciences |
| Deposited On: | 2018-03-04 |
| Last Modified: | 2018-03-21 |
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