Cover; Only in Australia: The History, Politics, and Economics of Australian Exceptionalism; Copyright; Acknowledgements; Table of Contents; List of Tables; Notes on Contributors; 1. The Australian Exception; 1.1 The Question; 1.2 Questioning the Question; 1.3 Planet Australia; 1.4 The Australian Moment; References; 2. Australian Exceptionalism: A Personal View; 2.1 Worlds Apart: Nomads and the Industrial Revolution; 2.2 Making Peace: Australia and New Zealand; 2.3 Australia: an Early Showplace of Mass Prosperity; 2.4 Australian Gold Glitters across the Seas

2.5 Wool and Gold: Two Commodities that Wed2.6 From Despotism to Democracy: a Swift Transition; 2.7 How a Populist Democracy Flavoured Economic Life; 2.8 After the Panic; 2.9 Where Would Socialism First Sprout? Australasia or Russia?; 2.10 Immigration: an Exceptional History; 2.11 The Compass Needle Swings from Britain to Asia; 2.12 The Balance Sheet; References; 3. Theories of Australian Exceptionalism; 3.1 Status and Station; 3.2 Fraternity; 3.2.1 Russel Ward; 3.2.2 Louis Hartz; 3.3 Autonomy and W.K. Hancock; 3.4 Societal Technology and A.F. Davies; 3.4.1 Colonial Origins

3.4.2 Authoritarianism3.4.3 Legal Constructivism; 3.5 Disharmony in the Spheres; 3.6 The Underlying Causes; 3.7 The Inertial Society; 3.8 The Law and the Word; References; 4. Utilitarianism contra Sectarianism: The Official and the Unauthorized Civic Religion of Australia; 4.1 The Myth of Australia as Secular; 4.2 Religion in Australia; 4.3 Australia and the Secular; 4.4 Religion, the State, and Education; 4.5 Being Protestant, Being British; 4.6 The End of Protestant Australia; References; Legislation; 5. Tocqueville, Hancock, and the Sense of History; 5.1 Lives and Settings

5.2 The New Regime5.3 Democracy in Australia; 5.4 The Points of Contrast; 5.5 Democracy under God; 5.6 The Contrasting Fates; References; 6. Australia's 'Talent for Bureaucracy' and the Atrophy of Federalism; 6.1 Federalist in Spite of Itself; 6.2 Fédéralisme sans Doctrines; 6.3 The Talent for Bureaucracy; 6.4 Adjectival Federalism; 6.5 Federation as a Bureaucracy: Reform of the Federation Green Paper (2015); 6.6 Retrieving Federalism from Bureaucracy; References; 7. Australia's Industrial Relations Singularity; 7.1 Origins; 7.2 The System Crashes

7.3 The First Attempt at Change: Hawke and Keating7.4 A Renewed Attempt at Change: The Howard/Reith Reforms; 7.5 The Rudd Reset; 7.6 The Effects of Labour Market Regulation; 7.7 How Do Other Countries Do Things?; 7.7.1 United Kingdom; 7.7.2 New Zealand; 7.7.3 USA; 7.7.4 Japan; 7.7.5 France; 7.8 The Impact of Minimum Wages and Penalty Rates: The Balance Sheet; 7.9 Conclusion; References; Legislation; Cases; 8. Australia's Electoral Idiosyncrasies; 8.1 The Secret Ballot; 8.2 Proportional Representation; 8.3 Preferential Voting; 8.4 Compulsory Voting; 8.5 The National Party