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The Political Economy of Work and Skill in Australia: Insights From Recent Applied Research

In: Beyond Skill

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  • John Buchanan
  • Michelle Jakubauskas

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One of the major legacies of the ‘new right’ ascendancy was the denial of choices about the future. As Margaret Thatcher asserted frequently in the early 1980s: ‘there is no alternative’ (TINA) to increased reliance on market mechanisms. What once had to be asserted subsequently became conventional policy wisdom. We call this the TINA syndrome (see Watson et al, 2003). Authors such as Thomas Frank (2000) have shown this is now part of wider ‘market populism’ with deep roots in civil society.

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  • John Buchanan & Michelle Jakubauskas, 2010. "The Political Economy of Work and Skill in Australia: Insights From Recent Applied Research," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Jane Bryson (ed.), Beyond Skill, chapter 3, pages 32-57, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-29127-0_3
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230291270_3
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    Cited by:

    1. Paul Dalziel, 2019. "Wellbeing economics in public policy: A distinctive Australasian contribution?," The Economic and Labour Relations Review, , vol. 30(4), pages 478-497, December.
    2. Paul Dalziel, 2015. "Regional skill ecosystems to assist young people making education employment linkages in transition from school to work," Local Economy, London South Bank University, vol. 30(1), pages 53-66, February.

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