Australian Political Studies Association 2011 Conference 26–28 September 2011 Old Parliament House l Canberra CONFERENCE PROGRAM & ABSTRACTS Conference hosted by The School of Politics & International Relations Research School of Social Sciences, College of Arts and Social Sciences The Australian National University Table of Contents Acknowledgements iv Convenors of the streams and panels 1 Conference Overview 2 Plenary Sessions 5 Launches and Other Events 8 Social Events 8 Detailed Program 9 Abstracts 23 Map of Old Parliament House Session Rooms 123 iv Acknowledgements Sponsors Taylor and Francis Museum of Australian Democracy Staff and Students of the School of Politics and International Relations, ANU who have contributed to APSA 2011: Christian Barry Juliet Pietsch April Biccum John Ravenhill Sean Burges Nikola Regent Katrina Lee‐Koo Marian Sawer Maria Maley Hayley Stevenson Victoria Mason John Wanna Adam Masters Caroline Wood Ian McAllister Carrie Wright We would also like to thank the team at the College Outreach and Administrative Support Team in the College of Law, The Australian National University and Ms Mary Hapel for their support. APSA Conference 2011 Convenors of the Streams 1 Australian politics and governance Maria Maley John Wanna Comparative politics and development Sean Burges Ian McAlister Environmental politics Hayley Stevenson Ethnicity, ‘race’, religion and identity April Biccum Victoria Mason Gender politics and sexuality Katrina Lee‐Koo Marian Sawer International relations and international political economy John Ravenhill Hayley Stevenson Media, culture and communication April Biccum Juliet Pietsch Migration and Refugees Victoria Mason Juliet Pietsch Political and Social Theory Christian Barry Nikola Regent 2 Conference Overview APSA Conference 2011 Monday 26 September 2011 Time Event Venue 8.00am Registration Outside the Members’ Dining Room 9.00—9.45am Welcome to Country The Members’ Dining Room Mrs Ruth Bell, Senior Ngunnawal Elder Opening Address Professor the Hon Gareth Evans AO QC, Chancellor, The Australian National University 9.45—11.00am Session 1 Panels Various 11—11.30am Morning Tea Outside the Members’ Dining Room 11.30am—1.00pm Session 2 Panels including the Various launch of the Politics and Law Network Australia 1.00—2.30pm Lunch Outside the Members’ Dining Room 2.30—4.00pm Session 3 Panels Various 4.00—4.30pm Afternoon tea Outside the Members’ Dining Room 4.30—5.30 pm ARC Speakers The Members’ Dining Room Professor Andrew Wells & Professor Marian Simms 5.30—6.30pm Welcome Reception Kings Hall APSA Conference 2011 Conference Overview 3 Tuesday 27 September 2011 Time Event Venue 8.30am Registration Outside the Members’ Dining Room 9.00—10.00am Presidential Address The Member’s Dining Room Professor Katharine Gelber 10.00—11.00am Session 4 Panels Various 11.00—11.30am Morning Tea Outside the Members’ Dining Room 11.30—12.30pm Keynote speaker The Members’ Dining Room Professor Donald Emmerson 12.30—2.00pm Lunch Outside the Members’ Dining Room Women’s Caucus Private Dining Room 1 Launch of the APSA Working Secretariat Group on Environmental Politics 2.00—3.30pm Session 5 Panels Various 3.30—4.00pm Afternoon Tea Outside the Members’ Dining Room 4.00—5.30pm Session 6 Panels Various 5.45—6.45pm Annual General Meeting for The Members’ Dining Room APSA 7.15pm Conference Dinner Gandel Hall, National Gallery of Australia 4 Conference Overview APSA Conference 2011 Wednesday 28 September 2011 Time Event Venue 8.30am Registration Outside the Members’ Dining Room 9.00—10.30am Session 7 Panels Various 10.30—11.00am Morning Tea Outside the Members’ Dining Room 11.00am—12.30pm Session 8 Panels Various 12.30—2.00pm Head of Departments’ Lunch Private Dining Room 1 APSA Conference 2011 Plenary Sessions 5 Conference Opening by Professor the Hon Gareth Evans AO QC, Chancellor,The Australian National University Monday, 9am, Members Dining Room Professor the Hon Gareth Evans AO QC has been Chancellor of The Australian National University since January 2010, a Professorial Fellow at The University of Melbourne since July 2009, and is President Emeritus of the Brussels‐based International Crisis Group, which he led from 2000 to 2009. He was Australia’s Foreign Minister 1988–96, held three other Cabinet posts 1983–88, and was Leader of the Government in the Senate. He was Co‐Chair of the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty (2000–01) and International Commission on Nuclear Non‐Proliferation and Disarmament (2008–10) and a member of numerous other high‐level international panels. He has written or edited nine books—most recently The Responsibility to Protect: Ending Mass Atrocity Crimes Once and for All (Brookings Institution, 2008) and published over 100 journal articles and chapters on foreign relations, human rights and legal and constitutional reform. He received the 2010 Roosevelt Institute Award for Freedom from Fear, for his pioneering work on the Responsibility to Protect concept, and his contributions to conflict prevention and resolution, arms control and disarmament. Professor Andrew Wells, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Research Council & Professor Marian Simms, Executive Director for Social, Behavioural and Economic Sciences of the Australian Research Council Monday, 4.30pm Members Dining Room Trends in Political Science Funding from the Australian Research Council Professor Andrew Wells joined the ARC in February 2009 in the position of Executive Director, Humanities and Creative Arts. Before joining the ARC, he was Dean of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Wollongong for five years, commencing in September 2003. Professor Wells has a strong understanding of the CAR and the humanities and arts sector. He has held four ARC grants and has been a highly active HDR supervisor—with around 25 completions to his credit. Professor Wells has previously been an active member of the Executive of the Deans of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities. In addition, he has a longstanding interest in interdisciplinary studies, substantial and longstanding management experience, and a great capacity for strategic thinking. Professor Wells is a graduate of Monash University (BA Hons, MA) and The Australian National University (PhD). He has taught a wide range of undergraduate and graduate courses in politics, history, economic history, Asian studies and Australian studies at Monash University, Melbourne University, The Australian National University and the University of Wollongong. Professor Wells is published widely on Australian economics, and labour and intellectual history. His current research interests concern comparative studies of Australian and South East Asian labour history, most recently focusing on imperial hegemony and colonial labour—a major, multi‐authored study on the commodification of colonial labour is close to completion. Professor Marian Simms joined the ARC in August 2011 as Executive Director for Social, Behavioural and Economic Sciences. 6 Plenary Sessions APSA Conference 2011 Prior to this, Professor Simms held the position of Head of the School of History, Heritage and Society at Deakin University from 2009–2011 and Chair in Australian Studies. Other appointments include Chair in Political Studies at the University of Otago, New Zealand, 2002– 2009 (Head 2002–2007); and Reader in Political Science ANU, 1994–2002. She is an honours graduate of the ANU in History and Political Science, with a PhD in Politics from La Trobe University. Professor Simms has an international reputation in the fields of gender studies and political science derived from a strong publication record and a history of grants and awards. She has published 5 authored and co‐authored books, 9 edited and co‐edited books, and over 80 articles and chapters. She has received research grants from the ARC, the NSW Sesquicentenary Committee, the National Committee for the Centenary of Federation and the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization. She was also awarded a Fulbright Fellowship at the University of Southern California and holds a Centenary of Federation medal for her research on the 1901 Election. She has been active in the administration and evaluation of research. From 2005–2009 she served as the inaugural convenor of the Humanities Research Cluster on Political Communication, Policy and Participation at the University of Otago. The Cluster sponsored research on political communication in British, Australian and New Zealand elections, research workshops for postgraduates, public lectures and a number of high profile visitors. From 2003– 2006 she was the Chair of the International Political Science Association’s Research Committee on Gender, Globalization and Democratization. She was invited by the Swedish Research Council to chair the process for selecting and evaluating new centres of research excellence in 2006 and 2008. She served two terms as a member of the Social Science panel of the Performance Based Research Funding Evaluation in New Zealand (equivalent of Australia’s ERA). Professor Simms is past President of the Australian Political Studies Association, and co‐editor of the Australian Journal of Political Science. Presidential Address by Professor Katharine Gelber, President of APSA Tuesday, 9am, Members Dining Room Generational Challenges in Australian Political Science Katharine Gelber is the President of the Australian Political Studies Association (Sep 2010–Sep 2011). She is an Associate Professor in the School of Political