Middle Power Dreaming Australia in World Affairs, 2006-2010
ISBN13: 9780195567274ISBN10: 0195567277
Paperback,
440 pages
Feb 2012,
In Stock
Price:
$110.00 (06)Description
This volume is the eleventh in a series initiated and sponsored by the Australian Institute of International Affairs, which has reviewed and analysed Australian foreign policy from 1950 onward.Australian foreign policy is an extremely important area of ongoing change which has direct impact on Australia's national interests in all dimensions. This series (released in a new edition every 5 years) captures the key characteristics, policy decisions and activities of the Australian government and its diplomatic staff during the preceeding 5 year period.
The book provides a review of the most significant features of Australian foreign policy within its chosen time frame, the past five years. As with previous volumes in this series, in addition to commissioning chapters on Australia's major bilateral relationships and central questions in policy-making and execution, the editors have also included coverage of emerging or developing issues: in this volume, these chapters cover relations with Africa and with India, and innovations in the management of policy-making.
Features
- Utmost currency
- Esteemed author line up of key experts in respective chapter topics
- Established series of definitive summaries of Australian foreign policy
About the Author(s)
James Cotton is Professor of Politics, University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy. In Fall 2009 he was Australia Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, DC.
John Ravenhill is Professor and Head of the School of Politics and International Relations, Research School of Social Sciences, at the Australian National University, on secondment from the Department of International Relations, College of Asia and the Pacific, ANU.
