CFP: a symposium in Sydney, September 2009
Business and Labour History Group
The University of Sydney
Call for papers
Social Democratic Parties and Business: An Historical Analysis
Symposium
Monday 28 September 2009
Symposium Organisers/Editors: Geoff Gallop and Greg Patmore
In recent years Labor/Labour or Social Democratic Governments and business have been close allies in restructuring capitalist economies and increasing the influence of the market on economic life. This thematic section proposes to bring in researchers who are undertaking long-term studies of the relationship between social democratic governments and business from Australia, New Zealand and elsewhere.
Examples of topics include:
- Privatisation and de-regulation as public policy
- Neo-liberalism and social democratic ideology
- Fundraising, lobbying politicians and business
- Social democracy, unions and the labour market
- The politics of private-public partnerships and contracting out
- Commissions of Inquiry into government and business - what do they tell us?
A limited amount of financial assistance will be available for overseas participants in the symposium.
The symposium is organised by the Business and Labour History Group, Faculty of Economics and Business, The University of Sydney and we acknowledge the financial support of the Faculty of Economics and Business, The University of Sydney. All enquiries regarding the symposium and the special thematic section of Labour History should be addressed to the thematic editors at [mailto]g.gallop@econ.usyd.edu.au[/mailto] and [mailto]g.patmore@econ.usyd.edu.au[/mailto]