Government and International Relations: Recent submissions
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“Curious Passivity”: Underbalancing Behaviour In The United States’ Foreign Policy Response To Covid-19
Published 2022-01-28In 2020, the United States experienced a multifaceted threat environment. Not only was the United States one of the states worst impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, it is also engaged in the ongoing Sino-American competition ...Open AccessThesis -
“Beyond Politics”? A Post-political Discourse Analysis of Extinction Rebellion
Published 2022-01-27Extinction Rebellion (XR) is a social movement committed to non-violent civil disobedience to persuade governments to act on climate change. As part of this aim, it approaches climate change as a non-partisan and unifying ...Open AccessThesis -
Unearthing the Foundations of Exploitation: The Varieties of Capitalism and Forced Labour
Published 2022-01-27This thesis sought to answer how different forms of capitalism address unfree labour conditions through an analysis of a crucial case, Nestlé S.A. The thesis employed the use of the Varieties of Capitalism theory to explore ...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 -
COVID-19: A Crisis of Borders
Published 2021ABSTRACT The public health crisis of COVID-19 has compounded preexisting crises of democratic stability and effective governance, spurring debate about the ability of developed democracies to respond effectively to emergencies ...Article