School of Social and Political Sciences: Recent submissions
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The compensation page: News narratives of public kinship in Papua New Guinea print journalism
Published 2020-09-25In Papua New Guinea (PNG), news media frequently report on events in which groups exchange gifts as compensation for alleged harms. In news narratives of this type, compensation is a metaphor for the contact between liberal ...Open AccessArticle -
Myanmar: the country that ‘has it all’
Published 2020For scholars of Southeast Asia interested in human rights, Myanmar is a country that ‘has it all.’ I use this tongue-in-cheek expression to suggest the myriad ways that the country remains mired in structural challenges ...Open AccessArticle -
Fairness as Stability: Rawls, Schmitt and the Contemporary Crisis of Liberal Democracy
Published 2020-05-20In 2019, liberal democracies around the world are experiencing a crisis of antagonism, as mutually hostile groups threaten to undermine democratic stability. Drawing on the political theories of Carl Schmitt and John Rawls, ...Open AccessThesis -
Political Business Cycles in Australia Elections and Party Ideology
Published 2018-01-01Party ideology, elections and economic performance can have a significant impact on the overall economic performance. Governments are formed by parties that compete at elections and, based on their ideology, have different ...Open AccessArticle -
Déconstruction des constructions discursives de la Nouvelle-Calédonie: Analyse critique du discours dominant et du discours alternatif depuis 1983
Published 2020-01-14Désignée officiellement comme une « collectivité d’outre-mer à statut particulier » par la République française, la Nouvelle-Calédonie se révèle une société unique en son genre. Le sujet du statut de la Nouvelle-Calédonie ...Open AccessThesis