Economic Rationalism in Canberra : A Nation-Building State Changes its Mind (Paperback)

Preface; Introduction: Canberra in the balance; Part I. Canberra: A State Apparatus Changes Its Mind: 1. Images of contemporary Australia; 2. Profiles of Canberra's political administrators; 3. The inner triangle; 4. The instrumentation of state power; Part II. State and Society: Reflections, Refractions, Reductions: 5. 'Rationalisation' and modernity: what has happened to the state's deliberative capacity?; 6. Integrity under stress: the Lucky Country enters the world economy; Appendices; Notes and references; Index.