Wheat Marketing in Transition The Transformation of the Australian Wheat Board /

This detailed account tells the background story of a privatised monopoly whose sharp practices embroiled a national government in scandal and shocked a nation that prides itself on the strength of its institutions. AWB Limited, the former Australian Wheat Board that in the 1990s was sold into the p...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Botterill, Linda Courtenay (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
Edición:1st ed. 2012.
Colección:Environment & Policy, 53
Temas:
Environment.
Political science.
Environmental Sciences.
Political Science.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Australian Wheat Industry Policy in Context
  • 3. The Birth of Collective Wheat Marketing
  • 4. From Orderly Marketing to Deregulation 1948-1988
  • 5. From Domestic Deregulation to Privatisation
  • 6. The Monopoly Wheat Exporter and the Dictator
  • 7. The Aftermath of Oil-for-Food and the Death of an Institution
  • 8. Lessons and Reflections
  • Index.

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