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The 2011-2012 Russian protests and the precedents of protest in post-Soviet Eurasia
Published 2012-01-01This study places the 2011-2012 Russian protests within the framework of Eurasian mass-civil mobilisation. Researchers have examined the shared and divergent properties of these events, commonly labelled „colour revolutions.‟ ...Open AccessThesis, Honours -
The $7.25 minimum wage is too low for 21st century America
Published 2012-07-23Open AccessArticle -
Academic Language, Power and the Impact of Western Knowledge Production on Indigenous Student Learning
Published 2008-01-01This paper explores the prescriptive, distancing and separating qualities that exist in western systems of knowledge production. It examines scientific language and how discrimination takes place in the university setting ...Open AccessArticle -
Addressing the Impacts of Red Meat Consumption: Lessons from Australia’s Tobacco Control Regime
Published 2019-01-07In spite of the negative impacts red meat consumption is having on public health and the environment, the issue is largely absent from environmental politics literature. This thesis will address this gap by considering ...Open AccessThesis, Honours -
Adopting the RTI Act as a mechanism to fight corruption to promote effective aid delivery in India
Published 2011-01-06The Right to Information Act was enacted in 2005 in India in response to citizens’ demand for access to information and keenness to stem corruption in the public sphere. Freedom of information is a recognised fundamental ...Open AccessOther -
After the deficit reduction supercommittee, back to school
Published 2011-11-27Open AccessArticle -
Aid-for-Trade: the Way Forward for Development?
Published 2012-01-01The failure to eradicate poverty through trade-induced economic growth over a number of decades raises questions about the latest initiative: Aid-for-trade. After examining whether the initiative signifies a new paradigm ...Open AccessThesis, Honours -
The Alberta Effect and Canadian Climate Policy
Published 2021-07-01This paper aims to develop the concept of an ‘Alberta effect’ as a type of antonym to the ‘California effect’ in the literature on environmental policy in federal states. The paper argues that Canada’s efforts to achieve ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Alibaba’s failed MoneyGram deal shows how China’s payment wars are spilling over into the US
Published 2018-01-03Open AccessArticle -
Alien Agendas: A Comparative Analysis of Conspiracy Theories Across Western States
Published 2019-01-07Conspiracy theories have been a topic of interest among academic and non-academic literature for decades. As of recently, the political implications of public conspiracism has begun to be taken seriously. Political science ...Open AccessThesis, Honours -
Altruism or Orientalism? A Critical Discourse Analysis of Australian representations of RAMSI
Published 2022-01-28The Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI) was Australian-led and largely Australian-funded, taking place over a 14-year window from 24 July 2003 to 30 June 2017. A mere few months beforehand, former Foreign ...Open AccessThesis -
Amazon opened in Australia, and nothing has changed — yet
Published 2017-12-05Open AccessArticle -
America Has Spent 200 Years Pushing For Free Trade with China
Published 2019-05-25Open AccessArticle