Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part 1 Australia and the World
- 1 The development of Australian foreign policy
- 2 Australia in the global economy in the 1980s
- 3 The media and foreign policy
- 4 Defence policy and organisation: the search for self-reliance
- 5 The growth of the Australian intelligence community and the Anglo-American connection
- 6 Reflections on Australian foreign policy
- Part 2 Australia and the Regions
- Index
2 - Australia in the global economy in the 1980s
from Part 1 - Australia and the World
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 March 2024
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part 1 Australia and the World
- 1 The development of Australian foreign policy
- 2 Australia in the global economy in the 1980s
- 3 The media and foreign policy
- 4 Defence policy and organisation: the search for self-reliance
- 5 The growth of the Australian intelligence community and the Anglo-American connection
- 6 Reflections on Australian foreign policy
- Part 2 Australia and the Regions
- Index
Summary
For the Australian economy, the 1980s were different from other decades. Many of the major differences between the 1980s and other decades reflected, or were reflected in, the Australian economy’s links with the global economy. Particularly important during the 1980s were the responses to structural changes taking place in the global economy that were a result of increasing economic interrelationships across national borders. This chapter examines these changes from three aspects. First, it describes briefly what happened to the Australian economy in its international dimensions during the decade; second, it analyses the major changes in the international economy that affected Australia; and third, it examines Australia’s response to these developments.
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- Australia in World Affairs 1981–1990Diplomacy in the Marketplace, pp. 30 - 50Publisher: Cambridge University PressFirst published in: 2024