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From Developmentalism to Neoliberalism and Back Again? Governing the Market in Australia from the 1980s to the Present

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Developmental Politics in Transition

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This chapter traces the relative influence of developmental and neoliberal ideas in Australia from the 1980s to the present and addresses some popular misconceptions about local manifestations of these competing philosophies of economic governance.

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  1. Elizabeth Thurbon
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Seoul National University, South Korea

    Chang Kyung-Sup (Professor of Sociology and the Director of the Political Economy and Social Policy Research Center) (Professor of Sociology and the Director of the Political Economy and Social Policy Research Center)

  2. School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK

    Ben Fine (Professor of Economics) (Professor of Economics)

  3. University of Sydney, Australia

    Linda Weiss (Professor of Government and International Relations) (Professor of Government and International Relations)

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Thurbon, E. (2012). From Developmentalism to Neoliberalism and Back Again? Governing the Market in Australia from the 1980s to the Present. In: Kyung-Sup, C., Fine, B., Weiss, L. (eds) Developmental Politics in Transition. International Political Economy Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137028303_14

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