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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
2012, 2012
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2012 |
| Series: | Environment & Policy
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 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