Western Australia and Queensland are often seen as the most developmentalist states in the Australian federation, largely because they remained less developed for longer and have seen much mineral and agricultural development in the latter part of the twentieth century. Developmentalism is usually seen as anathema to a commitment to environmental policy, which most states have taken on in response to environmentalism in the same period, yet these two developmentalist states exhibit markedly different trajectories in response to this environmentalist stimulus. This paper explores the reasons for these differences, finding a variety of causal factors including both socioeconomic influences (such as affluence and demographics), political structures, and personalities and the force of ideas. It suggests that we should be wary of monocausal explanations of such differences.
History
Publication title
Australian Journal of Political Science
Volume
34
Pagination
205-222
ISSN
1036-1146
Department/School
School of Social Sciences
Publisher
Carfax
Place of publication
Basingstoke UK
Repository Status
Restricted
Socio-economic Objectives
Environmental policy, legislation and standards not elsewhere classified