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Australian Coal in the Global Context: A Paradox of Efficiency and Crisis

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  • K D Gibson

    (Department of Geography, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia)

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In 1988 the Australian coal industry was both the most efficient in the world and the most competitive in the international market. At the same time it was in crisis. In this paper this paradox of efficiency and crisis is uncovered by an analysis which integrates long-term structural trends in coal production with an understanding of other determinations such as global market shifts and geopolitical pressures. A perspective on the flows of social labour, or value, within the coal industry is employed as a means of gaining insight into the relationship between long-run tendencies in production and other more contingent determinations.

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  • K D Gibson, 1990. "Australian Coal in the Global Context: A Paradox of Efficiency and Crisis," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 22(5), pages 629-646, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envira:v:22:y:1990:i:5:p:629-646
    DOI: 10.1068/a220629
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    1. Rutledge, Ian & Wright, Phil, 1985. "Coal Worldwide: The International Context of the British Miners' Strike," Cambridge Journal of Economics, Cambridge Political Economy Society, vol. 9(4), pages 303-326, December.
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