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Publication Open Access Disarmament and development : a survey of the issues by Robin Luckham.(Canberra : Peace Research Centre, Australian National University, 1987., 1987) Luckham, Robin.; Australian National University. Peace Research CentreThis paper is a revised and expanded version of a background study prepared for the United Nations, Department of Disarmament Affairs. The earlier version was drawn on by the lN Secretariat when preparing the documentation for the forthcoming (August 1987) lN Special Conference on Disarmament and Deve1opment .Publication Open Access Democracy in learning : a search for organizational alternatives in tertiary education / [by Trevor Williams].(Canberra : Centre for Continuing Education, Australian National University, 1975., 1975) Williams, Trevor A.; Australian National University. Centre for Continuing EducationDuring 1974, an attempt was made to change the or~anisational structures and the nat re of the learning tasks in several management education courses . These courses are offered by the Department of Corrmerce in the University of Western Aust~alia, and arc inten ed to introduce students to the general field of organisation and management. The change was aimed at moving away from the traditional teacher-s t udent basis of education towards a structure based on groups of students who had as thei r task t e education of themselves, using staff and other resources t o accomplish their task .Publication Open Access Depressions in Japan : the 1930s and the 1970s / Tuvia Blumenthal.(Canberra : Australian National University, 1980., 1980) Blumenthal, Tuvia.; Australian National University; Australia-Japan Research CentreIn the 20th century Japan experienced two major depressions, one in the prewar period (the 'Great Depression') and one in the postwar period (the 'Oil Crisis Depression'). These two events were of great significance in Japan's history and each of them can be regarded as a turning point in Japan's economic development.Publication Open Access Demilitarising security by Gary Smith(Canberra : Peace Research Centre, Australian National University, 1992., 1992) Smith, Gary, |d 1950-; Australian National University. Peace Research CentreThis paper is the third in a series published as working papers by the Peace Research Centre following Two Rhetorics of Region' (Working Paper 72) and The State and the Armed Forces: Defence as Militarism' (Working Paper 100). Hopefully they constitute an intellectual progression. Each has developed out of a sense of the strengths and limitations of earlier arguments, from observations on the rapidly developing international setting, and from working with members of the 'Secure Australia Project' to encourage public debate on matters of military defence, foreign policy and security priorities. 'Two Rhetorics of Region' (Working Paper 72) presented a dichotomy in official statements of Australia's regional outlook: region as 'opportunity', even 'destiny', and region as 'threat' and military danger. It used this dichotomy to launch a critique on the 'new militarism' associated with then Defence Minister Beazley's enthusiasm for military technology, multi-billion dollar equipment purchases ('the largest defence capital investment in Australia's peacetime history'), regional power projection and bluster associated with the last phase of the Cold War. It was argued that the approach to regional economic collaboration and the moves to create an 'Asia-literate society' in Australia were much more realistic and productive responses to the problem of economic insecurity than these military policies were to territorial insecurity. It was suggested that the rhetoric and policies of military defence should be reconstructed along lines suggested by the rhetoric of economic interdependence and co-operation. It argued against the official line that Australia's military defence policies had 'liberated' its foreign policy; the successes in foreign policy (and international economic policy) were achieved in spite of, not because of, the military defence initiatives of the second half of the 1980s. The publication in 1990 of The New Australian Militarism: Undermining Our Future Security, edited by Graeme Cheeseman and St John Kettle, stimulated a degree of public debate as well as some discussion inside the military organisation and foreign affairs bureaucracy. 'The State and the Armed Forces: Defence as Militarism' (Working Paper 100) sought to explore further the potential and the limits of the concept of 'militarism' as applied to Australia's military and diplomatic policies and practices. In part it was an answer to some of the critics, defending the claims that militarism was found in alarmist threat perceptions, an excessive regional role for the armed forces, excessive external US influence on that role, and excessive economic costs of military production. But it was also an acknowledgement of the limits of the concept: what constitutes the 'excesses' of militarism in a liberal-democratic society and what constitutes legitimate' military defence? Is one person's excess anothers 'sufficiency'? The paper ended with the suggestion that there was a way beyond this subjectivity: an exploration of the relationship between militarydefence as a means and security as an end. A wider discourse about security and its military and non-military determinants could provide the 'terrain' on which a more fundamental public debate on armed forces could be engaged. This paper on 'Demilitarising Security7 moves onto this terrain. It argues that the concept of security has been 'hijacked7. The normal meaning of the term - to be untroubled by danger or fear, free from threat - has been removed from the public discourse with the onset of the Cold War in the 1940s, when security was defined as a matter of balancing military power against military power. This definition disallows the fundamental questions of how military power adds to or detracts from security in particular circumstances. The paper reexamines military defence as one response, and a problematic one, to one kind of security problem. It looks at the areas in which military defence constitutes security failure, and where a redirection of resources from military spending to diplomatic initiatives and conflict abatement would increase security against potential military threats. Freedom from threat in the international system is a far wider and deeper social goal than freedom from military attack. A wider concept of security embraces a more open appraisal of threats and allows a discussion of economic and environmental security, areas in which the armed forces can offer no solutions. A deeper concept focuses attention below and beyond the state - to individuals and communities who experience security/insecurity in various ways. Together these dimensions press for a reconsideration of government priorities, suggest new directions for government policy, and support a wider public participation in the creation of security. These and other dimensions of security are addressed more fully by the 11 contributors to Threats Without Enemies: Rethinking Australia's Security.Publication Open Access Disaster reduction for sustainability : World Disaster Reduction Day, 1992 / edited by J.W. Handmer and D.I. Smith.(Canberra : Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies, Australian National University, c1993., 1993) Australian National University. Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies; Handmer, J. W. (John William), 1950-; Smith, David Ingle, 1935-Traditionally our concept of 'natural disasters' focuses on sudden catastrophes such as floods, earthquakes and cyclones. To cope with these disasters and their often devastating consequences society has developed quick response support systems of rescue, welfare and financial assistance.Publication Open Access A critique of deep ecology([Canberra] : Department of Philosophy, Australian National University, 1985., 1985) Sylvan, Rosalynn; Australian National University. Department of PhilosophyIt was with considerable 3Mblvalence and soMe serious Misgivings that I undertook this critique, which risks offending Many friends In the deeper ecology movement. But when I got down to trying to explain what deep ecology was all about (for a seMlnar), I found Myself confronted by the following predicament:- While I applauded Much about the deep ecology MoveMent, and what It stood for, I could not find My way to accept deep ecology as femulated by any of Its Main proponentsPublication Open Access Description of program SKJ.FOR for the analysis of population data by age and sex(Canberra, A.C.T : Dept of Demography, A.N.U, 1985., 1985) Jain, Shailendra Kumar, 1943-The program requires population data by single years of age up to age 69, 70+, age not stated and total for each sex separately.Publication Open Access Desertification : demographic evidence 1973-1983 : a report to the United Nations Environmental Programme Desertification Section / John C. Caldwell.(Canberra : Development Studies Centre, Australian National University, 1984., 1984) Caldwell, John Charles, 1928-This report aims at updating the evidence on the interrelations between desertification and demographic change which was presented to the United Nations Conference on Desertification held in Nairobi, Kenya, 29 August to 9 September 1977.Publication Open Access Darling surveys. I / edited by Jeannette Hope.(Canberra : Dept. of Prehistory, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University, 1981., 1981) Hope, Jeannette.; Australian National University. Department of PrehistoryThis is the first of a series of publications reporting the basic results of fieldwork along the lower Darling River in western New South Wales.Publication Open Access Australia votes : the 1958 federal election / by D. Rawson.(Melbourne : Melbourne University Press on behalf of the Australian National University, [1961], 1961) Rawson, Donald William; Australian National UniversityTHE FEDEHAL ELECTION OF 22 November 1958 was at once a dull contest and an intensely exciting and interesting one. Superficially it was remarkable for the few rather than the many changes it brought about. The Liberal Party and Country Party coalition government led by Mr R. G. Menzies was returned to office, as most people had expected for months, if not years, past.Publication Open Access Australia's defence capacity : a compendium of data / by Robert O'Neill and Robyn McLean.(Canberra : Strategic and Defence Studies Centre. Research School of Pacific Studies. Institute of Advanced Studies. Australian National University, 1972., 1972) O'Neill, Robert John; McLean, Robyn.; Australian National University. Strategic and Defence Studies CentreDiscussions of defence capacity frequently quote basic economic, demographic and geographic statistics. We think it worthwhile to provide a resume of some of the most relevant indices in these areas. Further detailed information of Australia's treaty commitments and a list of U.S. bases in Australia are also given.Publication Open Access Disability in the workplace : a guide for employees with a disability, their supervisors and colleagues / Margaret Miller and Maureen McInroy.(Canberra : Publications Office, Australian National University, [1995?], 1995) Miller, Margaret.; McInroy, Maureen.; Australian National UniversityThe Australian National University offers a supportive workplace environment for all staff including those with a disability.Publication Open Access Australian company finance : sources and uses of funds of public companies, 1946-1955 / by A.R. Hall.(Canberra : Australian National University, 1956., 1956) Hall, Alan Ross; Australian National UniversityOne of the major gaps in Australian economic statistics is that relating to the corporate sector of the economy.Publication Open Access Australian National Social Science Survey, 1984 : user's guide / prepared by Social Science Data Archives.(Canberra : Social Science Data Archives, Australian National University, 1987., 1984) National Social Science Survey (Australia); Kelley, Jonathan.; Headey, Bruce.; Cushing, Robert G.; Anderson, Phillip.; Australian National University. Social Science Data Archives; Reark Research Consortium.The Australian National Social Science Survey is a major multi-purpose survey measuring a wide range of variables of interest in sociology. political science and labour economics. It is similar to national social surveys conducted regularly in the U.S.A., Britain and West Germany. Kuch of the data in the Australian survey are directly comparable with these other surveys. The data are representative of the non-institutionalised population aged 18 years and over, capable of being interviewed in English, in all States and Territories of Australia. The questionnaire covers attitudes toward how much money is spent on foreign aid, defence, unemployment, medical and social services, education, roads, science, aborigines, and drug abuse; other issues such as taxation, inflation, crime and punishment, business affairs, uranium, poverty, women and careers, and migrants; feelings toward major Australian political figures, Mr Reagan, Mrs Thatcher, certain social and national groups, and certain countries; confidence in institutions such as banks, police, government, political parties, the military, universities and schools, the press, companies, trade unions and small business; and perceived economic and social priorities for Australia over the next ten years. Other questions relate to the respondent's personal feelings about life, such as loneliness,happiness, satisfaction, level of control, and identity; health, the need for medical services, and availability of trustworthy friends; religious beliefs and priorities; moral reactions to sex, abortion, pornography; facets of human nature; relationships with parents and children; and a sentence completion test. Political data includes party preference and voting history; spouse's party preference; willingness to act to change things; and perceptions of personal feelings of power. Economic data includes detailed information on income from various sources for both respondent and spouse; hours and weeks worked; occupations (coded into the Australian Standard Classification of Occupations: Working Draft); and spouse's education and occupation. Background variables include family history; employment history; education; birthplace; ethnic origin; places of residence; parental occupation and education; religion; age; sex; current state and size of town; place of upbringing; number of years in current area; home ownership; marital status; number, sex and age of children; and union membership.Publication Open Access Armies and nation-building : past experience - future prospects / edited by David Horner(Canberra : Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University, 1995., 1995) Horner, David Murray; Australian National University. Strategic and Defence Studies CentreThis book is based on the Chief of the General Staff's annual Exercise which was held in June 1995 as an international conference on 'The Role of Armies in Nation-Building -The Future'. At the Exercise I was pleased that we had representatives from 22 nations, most of them from the Asia-Pacific region.Publication Open Access Archaeometry : current Australasian research / edited by Barry L. Fankhauser, J. Roger Bird.(Canberra : Dept. of Prehistory, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University, 1993., 1993) Fankhauser, Barry Lee,; Bird, John Roger; Australian Archaeometry Conference (4th : 1991 : Australian National University)Following McBryde's (1974, 1984) identification of hafting resin on 26 stone artefacts from rockshelter sites at Graman on the north-west slopes of New South Wales (NSW) and as part of a functional analysis of stone artefacts from two of the sites, GB 1 and GB4, further examination of use-related residues on these and other artefacts was undertaken (Boot 1990).Publication Open Access Does Medicare matter?([Canberra] : Australian National University, Graduate Program in Public Policy, 1988) Maskell, Charles A.; Australian National University. Graduate Program in Public PolicyPublication Open Access Archaeological investigations at the Kiandra Chinese camp, Kosciuszko National Park, NSW: a report on the ANU (PREH 3004) fieldschool, February 2001(Canberra : School of Archaeology and Anthropology, Australian National University, 2001) Smith, Lindsay M.; Australian National University. School of Archaeology and Anthropology.This report provides the results of a project of archaeological fieldwork and analyses, and historical investigation undertaken into the remains of a nineteenth century Chinese mining settlement at Kiandra, in the Snowy Mountains of southeastem New South Wales.Publication Open Access Asian flashpoint : security and the Korean peninsula / edited by Andrew Mack.(St. Leonards, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin in association with Dept. of International Relations, Australian National University, 1993., 1993) Australian National University. Department of International Relations, (publisher.); Mack, Andrew L.In late 1993, the security situation on the Korean peninsula remains both uncertain and highly problematic, in part because the end of the Cold War has created both new opportunities and problems for the regionPublication Open Access Artist survey, Australia, 1983 : user's guide for the machine-readable data file / ... prepared by Social Science Data Archives.(Canberra : Social Science Data Archives, the Australian National University, 1984., 1983) Australian National University. Social Science Data Archives; Australia Council. Committee for the Individual Artists Inquiry; Beacon Research Company; Information CorporationArtist survey, Australia, 1983: [machine-readable data file]/ Principal Investigator, Committee for the Individual Artists Inquiry; data collected by Beacon Research Company Pty Ltd; data produced by Information Corporation Pty Ltd. -- Sydney: Information Corporation Pty Ltd [producer], 1983. Canberra: Social Science Data Archives, The Australian National University [distributor], 1984.