School of Social and Political Sciences: Recent submissions
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News and Education Policy in Hong Kong
Published 2022-03-23This thesis examines the press coverage of educational issues and the making of education policy in post-transition Hong Kong. Education is of great importance to Hong Kong. After the handover of sovereignty from Britain ...Open AccessThesis -
Our Home Girt By Sea: Rethinking Australian Strategic Policy in the Indo-Pacific
Published 2022-03-17Since Federation in 1901, the Commonwealth of Australia has depended on the leading power within the region to underwrite its security and prosperity – with primacy initially enjoyed by the United Kingdom, and then following ...Open AccessThesis -
Rewriting our agri-culture: a discursive analysis on agroecology within Australia
Published 2022-01-31The way in which society organises agriculture affects every aspect of our lives: our approach to the land and its organisms, the building of civilisations, economic inequality, gender relations, human health and our ...Open AccessThesis -
The “Unpredictability Doctrine” vs. “The Steady State:” Indo-Pacific Diplomacy under the Trump Presidency
Published 2022-01-27President Trump’s “America First” foreign policy doctrine contravened the foundational principles of the American-led international order. However, the extent to which his unconventional preferences transformed the character ...Open AccessThesis -
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