Only in Australia : the history, politics, and economics of Australian exceptionalism PDF
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OUPCORRECTEDPROOF–FINAL,6/5/2016,SPi Only in Australia OUPCORRECTEDPROOF–FINAL,6/5/2016,SPi OUPCORRECTEDPROOF–FINAL,6/5/2016,SPi Only in Australia The History, Politics, and Economics of Australian Exceptionalism Editedby William O. Coleman 1 OUPCORRECTEDPROOF–FINAL,6/5/2016,SPi 3 GreatClarendonStreet,Oxford,OX26DP, UnitedKingdom OxfordUniversityPressisadepartmentoftheUniversityofOxford. ItfurtherstheUniversity’sobjectiveofexcellenceinresearch,scholarship, andeducationbypublishingworldwide.Oxfordisaregisteredtrademarkof OxfordUniversityPressintheUKandincertainothercountries ©OxfordUniversityPress2016 Themoralrightsoftheauthorshavebeenasserted FirstEditionpublishedin2016 Impression:1 Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,storedin aretrievalsystem,ortransmitted,inanyformorbyanymeans,withoutthe priorpermissioninwritingofOxfordUniversityPress,orasexpresslypermitted bylaw,bylicenceorundertermsagreedwiththeappropriatereprographics rightsorganization.Enquiriesconcerningreproductionoutsidethescopeofthe aboveshouldbesenttotheRightsDepartment,OxfordUniversityPress,atthe addressabove Youmustnotcirculatethisworkinanyotherform andyoumustimposethissameconditiononanyacquirer PublishedintheUnitedStatesofAmericabyOxfordUniversityPress 198MadisonAvenue,NewYork,NY10016,UnitedStatesofAmerica BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationData Dataavailable LibraryofCongressControlNumber:2015959826 ISBN 978–0–19–875325–4 PrintedinGreatBritainby ClaysLtd,StIvesplc LinkstothirdpartywebsitesareprovidedbyOxfordingoodfaithand forinformationonly.Oxforddisclaimsanyresponsibilityforthematerials containedinanythirdpartywebsitereferencedinthiswork. OUPCORRECTEDPROOF–FINAL,6/5/2016,SPi Acknowledgements Almostallthechaptersofthisbookhadtheirgenesisinaone-dayconference, ‘The Australian Sonderweg: Between Choice, Chance and Destiny’, held in 2014 on the Fremantle Campus of the University of Notre Dame Australia (UNDA). This event constituted the annual conference of the Freedom to Choose programme, which is jointly sponsored by UNDA and the Mannkal Economics Education Foundation. Special thanks are therefore owed to the Foundation for its funding of the conference and to UNDA for providing the venue and administrative support. Thanks are also due Greg Moore, the director of the Freedom to Choose programme, for making the conference possible. The benefit to various parts of the book from the input, criticism, and commentofJenniferBuckingham,MaxCorden,KeithDowding,PhilHarber, AndrewNorton,andRickUmbackisgratefullyacknowledged. OUPCORRECTEDPROOF–FINAL,6/5/2016,SPi OUPCORRECTEDPROOF–FINAL,6/5/2016,SPi Table of Contents ListofTables ix NotesonContributors xi 1. TheAustralianException 1 WilliamO.Coleman 2. AustralianExceptionalism:APersonalView 17 GeoffreyBlainey 3. TheoriesofAustralianExceptionalism 34 WilliamO.Coleman 4. UtilitarianismcontraSectarianism:TheOfficialandthe UnauthorizedCivicReligionofAustralia 62 GregMelleuishandStephenA.Chavura 5. Tocqueville,Hancock,andtheSenseofHistory 81 HenryErgas 6. Australia’s‘TalentforBureaucracy’andtheAtrophyofFederalism 107 J.R.Nethercote 7. Australia’sIndustrialRelationsSingularity 119 PhilLewis 8. Australia’sElectoralIdiosyncrasies 143 WilliamO.Coleman 9. SocialisminSixColonies:TheAftermath 166 JonathanPincus 10. WeMustAllBeCapitalistsNow:TheStrangeStoryof CompulsorySuperannuationinAustralia 188 AdamCreighton 11. Australia’sEconomicMoresthroughtheLensoftheProfessional SportsIndustry:IndividualRightsorStatePaternalism? 209 RichardPomfret OUPCORRECTEDPROOF–FINAL,6/5/2016,SPi TableofContents 12. TheIndustrialist,theSolicitor,andMrJusticeHiggins:Some BiographicalInsightsintotheHarvesterCaseof1907 228 PeterYule 13. BaronsversusBureaucrats:TheHistoryoftheGrainTrade inNorthAmericaandAustralia 244 NickCater 14. Australia’sDistinctiveGovernance:Westminster,Ottawa, andCanberraContrasted 266 J.R.Nethercote 15. AustraliaandNewZealand:ParallelandDivergentPaths 289 KeithRankin Index 311 viii OUPCORRECTEDPROOF–FINAL,6/5/2016,SPi List of Tables 1.1 TopMarginalTaxRates,2014 2 1.2 TobaccoTaxationRevenue,2013 3 1.3 GrowthRateinGDP,2007–13 13 7.1 MinimumWagesRelativetoMedianWagesofFull-Time Workers,2003and2013 138 9.1 LossesofStateRailways,1919/20–1938/9 171 11.1 FiftyHighest-PaidAustralianSportsStars,2014 210 11.2 SelectedSportsStadiumProjectsinAustralia,2002–14 220 13.1 AnnualWheatProductioninAustraliaandCanada,1875–1913 247
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