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Can rock n' roll and politics mix? Rock Dogs looks at the impact of government music policies on the Australian music scene, youth culture, and national identity. This insightful and timely book is a candid, observant study of the legacy of the Australian Labor Party's cultural policies in the 1980s and early 1990s, and the larger debate over the creation and preservation of a national culture. ... Read more

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This text reflects the shift in applied-policy work of the late 1980s and early 1990s, which has changed radically in recent years with the "globalization" of the world economy. The collection features current analyses of key issues such as productivity, the current account, taxation, technological change, strategic trade policy. Contributors include Bob Gregory, Peter Lloyd and Barry Hughes. Emphasizing accessibility, this collection features current analyses of key issues including studies of: * productivity * the current account * taxation * technological change * strategic trade policy In addition to drawing on the best recent work of the highly respected Bureau of Industry Economics, the book contains contributions from leading academic writers in the field, including Bob Gregory, Peter Lloyd and Barry Hughes. "The economic dynamics of Australian industry" brings together new work that will be essential reading for students, researchers, and anyone interested in this crucially important area. Clive Hamilton has extensive experience in academic research and the policy environment. He is currently Senior Research Economist at the Bureau of Industry Economics in Canberra.This book is intended for students and researchers in economic policy, and Australian studies. ... Read more

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This book tells honestly and entertainingly, through the eyes of Val Jellay, some wonderful aspects of experiencing life in show business, which for Val began when she was only four years of age. Supported by an incredibly interesting and beautiful range of photographs dating back decades that tell their own story, the book is a superb account of Val's show business life from Vaudeville and the Tivoli in Australia before, during, and after the second world war to the heady days doing the London circuit where she and her party took the English stage by storm! Through the introduction of television and the hilariously funny routines to her roles in early soapier such as 'The Flying Doctors' from which amazingly a world-wide fan club evolved, and continues to grow, Val still keeps her finger very much on the pulse when it comes to Australian show business. She generously offers experienced advice for aspiring actors both young and not-so-young to assist and encourage them to follow their dream. She offers tips and shortcuts that can only come from someone with a lifetime of successful experience. ... Read more

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Until recently Australia had one of the most protected manufacturing sectors in the western world. Australia is now moving to shed the mantle of protectionism, and this shift marks a revolutionary change in the character and aims of national industry policy. This book examines the Australian state's changing role in the post-war manufacturing industry. It provides a comprehensive analysis of federal industry policy since World War II and develops a range of arguments about the limits and possibilities of state-industry relationships in Australia. The book concludes by assessing recent policy attempts to overcome problems and considers future prospects. Stephen Bell's work makes an important contribution to the debate regarding the nature of the state and its relationship with business in contemporary capitalist societies. ... Read more

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"A Shared Harvest" tells the story of the development of the Australian wheat industry in the 20th century. The book surveys and analyzes an industry central to Australian life - as a major employer of labour, contributing to the national rural export income and moulding the rural environment.;Themes are treated in separate chapters which deal with the political economy of the industry, the changing nature of wheat farming, the role of technology and science, and the marketing of wheat in Australia and abroad. The focus of the book is on the period since 1939, the year in which a national wheat stabilization scheme was introduced and the Australian Wheat Board was established. The authors take the story up to 1989 when, after a long and bitter battle, the industry was deregulated and a new phase in its history began. ... Read more

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This is the first volume of a series of two books (the second book in the series is titled "Australia and the Knowledge Economy") which aim to explore the causes and consequences of the decline of older industries in Australia, to examine the progress which has been made over the past decade in building new and expanded industries and to consider the issues of economic, technology and social policy which are raised by the development of these industries. ... Read more