Australia as US Client State
The Geopolitics of De-Democratisation and Insecurity
Published on 1. January 2014
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Paperback/Softback
VIII, 116 pages
978-1-349-50045-1 (ISBN)
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This book explores Australia's role as a US client state and the subsequent consequences for Australian democracy. Examining whether neoliberal and neoconservative interests have hijacked democracy in Australia, Paul questions whether further de-democratisation will advance US economic and military interests.
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08/2014
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Erik Paul is Vice-President at the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Sydney, Australia. He specialises in Australia's relations with the Asia-Pacific and issues of regional and world peace, and his last book was Neoliberal Australia and US Imperialism in East Asia (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012).
Content
1. A Warring Country 2. Anglosphere 3. Corporate State 4. Security State 5. Symbiosis 6. Designed to Fail 7. Post-democracy 8. Dangerous Liaisons