Australia as US client state
Subtitle: the geopolitics of de-democratization and insecurity
By: by Erik Paul
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire
Language: eng
Number of pages: 116
ISBN-13: 9781137469342; 9781137469366; 9781137469359
Subjects: Politics and government; Foreign relations
Other titles: Geopolitics of de-democratisation and insecurity; Geopolitics of de-democratization and insecurity
Description: "Analysing the geopolitical economy of de-democratisation in Australia, Paul examines the influence of the US on Australia's economy and relations with Asia, including China. Paul argues that the fusion of the corporate and security state in Australia is largely embedded in the American empire project, and that powerful special interests control domestic and foreign policy. An alternative is for Australia to become more democratic and transform the Australian economy from a war to a peace economy. But this is highly unlikely in view of the 2013 election of a neoliberal and nationalistic government pledged to further transfer public power and wealth to the corporate sector and to advance US economic and military interests."--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 92-107) and index.
Table of contents: title: A warring country; title: Anglosphere; title: Corporate state; title: Security state; title: Symbiosis; title: Designed to fail; title: Post-democracy; title: Dangerous liaisons.