Conference paper
State of abandon: The role of governance in the recurrent and cyclical nature of class conflict in the lives of mining communities in Australia
Wicked solutions to wicked problems: The challenges facing management research and practice, pp.1190-1202
Annual Australian & New Zealand Academy of Management Conference, 33rd (Cairns, Australia, 03-Dec-2019–06-Dec-2019)
Australian & New Zealand Academy of Management
2019
Abstract
Taking the mining industry and associated communities as proxy for industry development as a whole in Australia from the colonial period to the present day, this study examines the socio-cultural and economic reasons behind the observed recurrent nature of class conflict in the industry over this time. Industrial capitalism, birthed in the land enclosures and Industrial evolution of Great Britain is inherently unstable, being prone to cycles of ‘booms and busts’. Since the early advent of unions in Australia, these cycles have seen power ascendency alternately pass between capitalist elites and workers. With society composed of unpredictable and emotional individuals in continually evolving social structures, this work-in-progress-study attempts an explanation for this recurrent and cyclical nature of class conflict.
Details
- Title
- State of abandon: The role of governance in the recurrent and cyclical nature of class conflict in the lives of mining communities in Australia
- Authors
- Graeme Cotter (Author) - James Cook UniversityTaha Chaiechi (Author) - James Cook UniversitySilvia Tavares (Author) - James Cook University
- Publication details
- Wicked solutions to wicked problems: The challenges facing management research and practice, pp.1190-1202
- Conference details
- Annual Australian & New Zealand Academy of Management Conference, 33rd (Cairns, Australia, 03-Dec-2019–06-Dec-2019)
- Publisher
- Australian & New Zealand Academy of Management
- Date published
- 2019
- Organisation Unit
- Bioclimatic and Sociotechnical Cities Lab; Centre for Human Factors and Systems Science; School of Law and Society; Sustainability Research Cluster
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99613008902621
- Output Type
- Conference paper
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