Edition 3: Webs of Power
The World Wide Web has changed the way we think. Elites are passé; networks are the new webs of power. This issue explores way networks of mates, nodes and cells really exercise power.
From the revolving door of politics to the junior cricket team, from nepotism in business to the experience of new migrants, networks of people with shared beliefs and expectations shape outcomes more than ever.
Six degrees of separation have been shrunk to two or three as the connected world takes shape. Webs of Power investigates whether Australia has really become a more connected society and the risks and opportunities this presents.
Writers include:
Mungo MacCallum, Gideon Haigh, Anne Coombs, Tom Morton,
Quentin Dempster, Gerard Henderson, Natasha Mitchell, Jock Given,
Sandman, Julian Thomas, Debbie Kilroy, Lee Kofman, Paul Wilson,
Chris Chesher, Charles Firth and more.
Book Details: RRP: $16.50 / Publication date: March 2005 / ISBN: 9780733313868 / Extent: 268 pp / Format: Paperback (234 x 153mm)
Contents
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Introduction
( 1 )
- Networks: mates, nodes and cells (Edition Introduction) Julianne Schultz
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Essay
( 12 )
- Unravelling Filipino terrorism Paul Wilson
- Watching me watching them watching you Andrew O'Hagan
- Mobilising rural Australia Ann Coombs
- The trials of apprenticeship: the limits of vicarious power Anne Tiernan
- Virtual strangers, imaginary friends Adam Muir
- Welcome back Bakunin - Life chances in Australia: some notes of discomfort Frank Moorhouse
- Challenge and promise of e-democracy John Kane
- Limits to power Gerard Henderson
- Building the family brand Gideon Haigh
- A political life Bridget Griffen-Foley
- (net) Working the electorate Patrick Bishop
- Art works Steven Alward
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Reportage
( 5 )
- Uncle Sam's bastard children Tom Morton
- One is the loneliest number, the extended brain Natasha Mitchell
- Fragile spoils of victory Mungo MacCallum
- Knowledge nation, states and the pork barrel Jock Given
- Media rules in the court of Carr Quentin Dempster
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Memoir
( 4 )
- In the corridor of uncertainty The Sandman (Stephen Abbott)
- In transit: notes from a daybook Creed O'Hanlon
- Discovering the mother tongue Lee Kofman
- Power with sisters inside Debbie Kilroy
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Research
( 3 )
- Wiring Atherton Gardens Julian Thomas
- Communities of place Josephine Barraket
- Brisbane’s small world Malcolm Alexander
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Review
( 1 )
- Connection unbound by location Chris Chesher
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Debate
( 1 )
- Talking on the terrace Natasha Cica
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Satire
( 1 )
- Doctrine of the top 500 Charles Firth