by Elizabeth Humphrys | Aug 4, 2018 | Anti-politics, Gramsci
I was most pleased to see our special issue of Thesis Eleven — On ‘heroic fury’ and Antonio Gramsci — published this week. Edited by Ihab Shalbak and myself, it has articles by Peter Thomas, Phil Roberts, Andreas Bieler, Adam Morton, as well as ourselves....
by Elizabeth Humphrys | Mar 25, 2018 | Accord, Australian Economy, Australian History, Neoliberalism
2016 marked the 25th anniversary of Michael Pusey’s seminal text of economic sociology, Economic Rationalism in Canberra. As a detailed analysis of top bureaucrats in Canberra who had adopted free market ideas and the transformation of public policymaking, Pusey’s...
by Elizabeth Humphrys | Jun 7, 2017 | Accord, Australian Economy, Australian History, Neoliberalism
Last week I was interviewed on the wonderful ‘Living the Dream’ podcast. We discussed the Accord, neoliberalism and the ALP Hawke-Keating government. Our focus was on recent articles by Van Badham and Wayne Swan in The Guardian, and how the ALP and unions...
by Elizabeth Humphrys | Nov 12, 2016 | Accord, Australian Economy, Australian History, Neoliberalism
Originally published at PPE. There is an emerging body of literature questioning the usefulness of the term ‘neoliberalism’. This work has highlighted the tendency for new analysis to simply add another yet more precise definition of neoliberalism in an effort — as...
by Elizabeth Humphrys | Jun 4, 2016 | Accord, Australian History, Neoliberalism
Audio of my seminar at the University of Sydney, exploring the Accord in the context of neoliberalism in Australia is now online here.
