Australia under construction: nation-building : past, present and future

In: [ANZSOG series]

Abstract

Nation-building in Australia: a discourse, iconic project or tradition of resonance? /John Wanna --The unfinished business of nation-building /John Butcher --In the wake of economic reform ... new prospects for nation-building? /Michael Pusey --The challenge of teaching Australian history /Anna Clark --A passion for white elephants: some lessons from Australia's experience of nation building /Richard Evans --Populate, parch and panic: two centuries of dreaming about nation-building in inland Australia /Robert Wooding --Australia's fiscal straitjacket /Fred Argy --The 'Building Better Cities' program 1991-96: a nation-building initiative of the Commonwealth Government /Lyndsay Neilson --Stumbling towards nation-building: impediments to progress /Anthony F. Shepherd --Broadbanding the nation: lessons from Canada or shortcomings in Australian federalism? /Michael de Percy --Re-imagining the Australian state: political structures and policy strategies /Ian Marsh.