Refereed Papers

Australasian Political Studies Association Conference 2003
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Refereed Papers

Refereed Papers from the
2003 APSA Conference

This page contains a complete list of all refereed papers from the 2003 APSA conference, held at the University of Tasmania, Hobart in September/October 2003.

The papers are listed by stream, with links to the papers themselves and to the presenter's original abstract.

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These papers were published in October 2003, by the Australasian Political Studies Association (APSA).
Copyright remains with the authors. They were all refereed in line with the requirements of the Australian government's Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST). A description of the refereeing process is at the bottom of this page.

If you think your paper was refereed and does not appear on the website, please contact Louise.Darko@utas.edu.au

International Politics	Aust. & N.Z. Politics	Public Policy	Political Economy
Political Theory	Tas. & State Politics	Gender & Politics	Comparative Politics
Environmental Politics & Policy	Political Sociology	Politics of Terrorism	Marine & Antarctic Politics
NGOs in International Politics	Cartel Parties	The Politics of Women's Interests	Ideos IOs & Global Governance
Worldly Australians

International Politics

Maryanne Kelton Flinders University	The AUSFTA and the current alignment of US trade and security strategy	Abstract	Paper

Wendy Sargent University of Technology, Sydney	Peace Building in International Relations	Abstract	Paper

William Tow University of Queensland	U.S. Bilateral Security Alliances in the Asia-Pacific: Moving Beyond ‘Hub and Spokes’	Abstract	Paper

Stephen Haigh University of Otago Dunedin, New Zealand	Globality and World Government: Structure, Ideas, and Teleology in Recent International Relations Theory	Abstract	Paper

Shirley Scott University of New South Wales	Assessing the Significance for International Law of the Use of Force against Iraq: The Contribution of Inter-disciplinary Theorising	Abstract	Paper

Martin Griffiths Flinders University	Self-Inflicted Wounds United States Grand Strategy and the War on Terror	Abstract	Paper


Australian & New Zealand Politics

Caner Bakir Monash University	Governance in Financial Supervision: The Australian Experience in the 1990s	Abstract	Paper

David Denemark University of Western Australia	Terrorism, Security and the Gender Gap in Australian Politics	Abstract	Paper

Dominic O’Sullivan University of Waikato	Philosophical Foundations of Maori-Crown Relations in the Twenty First Century: Biculturalism or Self-Determination	Abstract	Paper

Brian Galligan and Winsome Roberts University of Melbourne	Australian Multiculturalism: Its Rise and Demise	Abstract	Paper

Mike Pepperday University of Western Australia	Understanding the Adoption of PR in Australian Upper Houses or: Why do Politicians Give Away Power?	Abstract	Paper

Marion Maddox Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand	Howard’s Social Policy: Where does it come from and how long will it last?	Abstract	Paper

Sally Young The University of Melbourne	Scare campaigns: Negative political advertising in Australia	Abstract	Paper

Shaun Bowler University of California-Riverside David Denemark University of Western Australia Todd Donovan Western Washington University	Populist Parties and Support for Direct Democracy	Abstract	Paper

Peter van Onselen University of Western Australia Wayne Errington Australian National University	Electoral Databases: Big Brother or Democracy Unbound?	Abstract	Paper

Peter van Onselen University of Western Australia	Major Party Senatorial Roles: Coalition Advantage in the Senate.	Abstract	Paper

Carol Johnson University of Adelaide	From the Suburbs: Mark Latham and the Ideology of the ALP	Abstract	Paper

John Wanna Griffith University	Invisible Hands ? The Non-Budgeting of Tax Expenditures in Australia and Canada	Abstract	Paper

Dennis Woodward Monash University	Howard’s ‘Mein Kampf’? The implementation of ‘Fightback’	Abstract	Paper

John Warhurst Australian National University	The Republic Campaign in Australia: Past, Present, Future	Abstract	Paper


Public Policy

Greg McCarthy University of Adelaide	The Obstinate Memory in Australian Films	Abstract	Paper

Megan Kimber Lisa Ehrich Neil Cranston Queensland University of Technology	Theorising Ethical Dilemmas Faced by Senior Public Servants: An Excursion into Australian Public Sector Ethics	Abstract	Paper Flow Chart

Sheryl Barlow Corporate Services, Wellington Shire Peter Chen University of Melbourne Janet Chimonyo Alison Lyon Manager, Governenace Services, City of Melbourne Brendan O'Loughlin Director, Corporate Services, Wellington Shire	eGovernance Practice and Potential in the Local Government Sector	Abstract	Paper

Krisztina Molnar University of Sydney	The Impact of Globalisation on Australian Trade Policy	Abstract	Paper

Megan Alessandrini University of Tasmania	The double shift and policy implementation: a gendered analysis of the supply end of social capital	Abstract	Paper

Michael McNally University of Queensland	How Market Forces and Social Policy Delivery Interact and Clash: The Job Network	Abstract	Paper


Political Economy

Robyn Eckersley	The WTO and Multilateral Environmental Agreements: A Case of Disciplinary Neoliberalism?	Abstract	Paper


Political Theory

Bruce Buchan Griffith University	Hume's History, Smith's Sentiments, and Ferguson's Essay: Civilisation, War and the Scottish Enlightenment	Abstract	Paper

George Crowder Flinders University	Pluralism, Relativism and Liberalism in Isaiah Berlin	Abstract	Paper

Joel Bateman University of Queensland	Ignoring Machiavelli's advice: The case of Bob Hawke	Abstract	Paper

Paul Corcoran University of Adelaide	Good, Healthy Hate: Frontier of the Negative Emotions	Abstract	Paper

Vicki Spencer University of Adelaide	Cultural Pluralism Revisited: A Study of Herder and Parekh’s Theories of Culture	Abstract	Paper

Chris Herde University of Queensland's	The Influence of German Liberalism on German born Parliamentarians in Queensland Politics in the 19th Century	Abstract	Paper

Jim Jose University of Newcastle	‘Nowhere at home’: Not Even in Theory	Abstract	Paper

Lisa Hill University of Adelaide	Two Eighteenth Century Visions of the New Civil Society: Adam Smith and Adam Ferguson on the Effects of Modernity	Abstract	Paper

Kris McCracken University of Tasmania	The third way: Post-ideology or Politics as Usual?	Abstract	Paper


Tasmanian & State Politics

Kevin O’Toole Faculty of Arts Deakin University	Exploring community governance in Victorian local government	Abstract	Paper

Peter van Onselen University of Western Australia	NSW Election - 22 March, 2003	Abstract	Paper

Robyn Hollander Griffith University	Who Sits in Parliament? An Analysis of State and Federal Members of Parliament	Abstract	Paper

A. J. Brown Griffith University	One Nation, Two Federalisms: Rediscovering the Origins of Australian Federal Political Ideas	Abstract	Paper


Gender & Politics

Barbara Sullivan University of Queensland	Can a Prostitute Be Raped? Sex Workers, Women and the Politics of Rape Law Reform	Abstract	Paper

Linda Colley Griffith University, Brisbane	The Devil is in the Implementation: Sources of Sex Discrimination in Queensland Public Service Employment 1859-1959	Abstract	Paper

Tahnya Barnett Donaghy University of South Australia	Gender and Public Policy Making in Australia: The Howard Government’s Big Fat Lie	Abstract	Paper


Comparative Politics
Andrew Scott RMIT University	Putting the Australian Labor Party in International Perspective	Abstract	Paper

Leslie Holmes University of Melbourne	Corruption and Democratisation: Problems of Legitimation in Russia and Other Post-Communist States	Abstract	Paper

Becky Shelley	Democratisation in East Asia: The Ambiguous Role of the United Nations	Abstract	Paper

Benjamin Nichols University of Tasmania	The Politics of Assassination: Case Studies and Analysis	Abstract	Paper

Ted Cichon University of Tasmania	The Lusatian Sorbs and the German Democratic Republic (GDR)	Abstract	Paper

Linda Courtenay Botterill and John Gage National Europe Centre Australian National University	Commonalities and Conflicts: The Common Agricultural Policy in the Australia/EU Relationship	Abstract	Paper

David M. Farrell University of Manchester Ian McAllister Australian National University	Voter Satisfaction and Electoral Systems: Does Preferential Voting in Candidate-Centred Systems Make a Difference?	Abstract	Paper

Shiufai Wong University of Sydney	Reviewing the Institutions: Wind Power Policies in Comparative Perspective	Abstract	Paper

Stephen Tomblin Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada	Ability To Manage Change Through Regionalization: Theory versus Practice	Abstract	Paper


Environmental Politics & Policy

Giorel Curran Griffith University	Conceptualising and institutionalising sustainability: ESD views from the departments	Abstract	Paper

Ivan Zwart University of Tasmania	Deliberating The Environment: Theory and Practice	Abstract	Paper

Alex Coram University of Western Australia	Social choice over collective bads with changing distribution of wealth: a max-limit mechanism	Abstract	Paper



Political Sociology

Richard. D. Nash University of the Sunshine Coast Queensland	Participative Democracy: Community Participation or Technocratic Elitism	Abstract	Paper

Elizabeth Eddy University of the Sunshine Coast	Australian higher education modernisation, enterprise bargaining and the changing basis of academic 'autonomy'	Abstract	Paper

David Charnock Curtin University	The Decline of Cleavage Politics in Australia Revisited	Abstract	Paper

Bruce Tranter and Mark Western University of Queensland	Postmaterial Value Shift: generational replacement or question order effect?	Abstract	Paper

William Bostock University of Tasmania	Gambling, Mental Health and Governance: a Qualitative Approach	Abstract	Paper


Politics of Terrorism

Saul Newman	Technologies of Violence: Terrorism, Power and Sovereignity	Abstract	Paper

Marine and Antarctic Politics

Joanna Vince University of Tasmania	The Development of Australia’s Oceans Policy: Institutions and the ‘Oceans Policy Community	Abstract	Paper

Cheryle Hislop University of Tasmania	Two Social and Geopolitical Challenges to the Creation of Non-Jurisdictional Marine Protected Areas: Freedom of the High Seas Doctrine and the Common Heritage of Mankind Principle	Abstract	Paper


NGOs in International Politics

Jonathan Symons Department University of Melbourne	NGOs in International Organizations: Searching for legitimacy in global governance?	Abstract	Paper

Kristie Barrow University of Queensland	NGOs and International Security: The International Criminal Court	Abstract	Paper


Cartel Parties

Murray Goot Macquarie University	Thwarted or Facilitated? Pauline Hanson’s One Nation and the Party Cartelisation Thesis	Abstract	Paper


The Politics of Women's Interests

Elizabeth van Acker Griffith University	Media Portrayals of Politicians and Women’s Interests: Saviours, Sinners or Stars	Abstract	Paper

Jennifer Curtin Monash University	Representing the “interests” of women in the paid maternity leave debate	Abstract	Paper

Marian Sawer Australian National University	The Impact of Populism on Equal Opportunity Agendas: The Construction of Women as a "Special Interest"	Abstract	Paper

Louise Chappell University of Sydney	Finding space for women’s interests: developments at the UN ad hoc tribunals and the International Criminal Court	Abstract	Paper


Ideas, IO's and Global Governance

J.C. Sharman University of Sydney	Small States and Weapons of the Weak in the Global Governance of Tax and Financial Services	Abstract	Paper

Susan Park University of Sydney	‘Greening’ the International Finance Corporation: Transnational Environmental Advocacy Networks and Sustainable Development	Abstract	Paper

John Mikler University of Sydney	Multinational Corporations and Global Environment Governance – A Research Agenda Focussing on the International Car Industry	Abstract	Paper


Worldly Australians: Cosmospolitan Political Thought in Action

Roderic Pitty Deakin University	Michael Kirby’s ideas of cosmopolitan justice	Abstract	Paper

Refereeing process

The refereeing process followed was in accordance with DEST guidelines. Referees were chosen from the academic community and were independent experts in their chosen field. Each paper submitted for refereeing was submitted as a blind (unidentifiable) copy. Written comments were received from each referee for each paper. Papers requiring revision were returned to authors for the required changes. At no time were referees informed of the identities of the authors whose papers they were assessing.

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