The experience of middle Australia : the dark side of economic reform / Michael Pusey ; with the assistance of Shaun Wilson, Nick Turnbull and Toby Fattore.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pusey, Michael, 1939-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Globalization--Economic aspects.

Working class.

Middle class.

Structural adjustment (Economic policy).

Australia--Economic policy.

Australia.

Economic policy.

Australia--Economic conditions--1945-.

Economic conditions.

Structural adjustment (Economic policy)--Australia.

Cost and standard of living--Australia.

Cost and standard of living.

Middle class--Australia.

Working class--Australia.

Income distribution--Australia.

Income distribution.

Globalization--Economic aspects--Australia.

Globalization.

Physical Description:

xvii, 244 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.

Summary:

Throughout the world since the 1970s, state and public sector reform has been driven by a conservative agenda emphasising notions of??streamlining??? and??rationalisation???; Australia has been no exception. Michael Pusey undertakes a detailed analysis of top bureaucrats in Canberra who have been responsible for this recasting of national policy. He concludes that economist rationalist views now dominate each of the key ministries, and have altered the traditional balance between the economy, the state and society. The book also discusses the social significance of economic rationalisation and public sector reform from a theoretical perspective, contributing to contemporary understanding of modernisation, public morality and citizenship in the new global order.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 208-239) and index.

ISBN:

0521651212

0521658446

OCLC:

51587063