Whitlam’s policy program was compelling because he had a clear and principled conception of social democracy that was relevant for the times. It was a conception of social democracy that straddled two eras: (1) the development of the post-war welfare state that married the tasks of post-war reconstruction and the democratization of industrial capitalism; and...

This paper is an examination of the power of economists - and their constructed institutions - in the mobilisation of the US pharmaceutical industry in the 1970s, and their continued influence in how the industry controls our knowledge about drugs today.

Gareth Evans examines how non-state actors are increasingly of more importance in the prevention and resolution of crisis and conflict.

Examining the role of legislation in catalysing and embedding social change, this paper by Race Discrimination Commissioner, Dr Tim Soutphommasane, delivers a succinct history of the Racial Discrimination Act, its passage through Parliament, and its impact on Australia today.

This paper explores the international shift away from social democracy in the late 1970s through the modern 'growth as consumption' economic mindset that has resulted in intense individualism, and a collapse of socially and environmentally attuned policy-making.