John Burton presents his paper followed by discussions at the Post War Reconstruction Conference [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 704856
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Burton, John W. (John Wear), 1915-2010, speaker
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 2 Sept. 1981
- 7 tape reels (ca. 103 min.) : 7 1/2 ips., 2 track stereo ; 7 in.
- Series:
- Post-war reconstruction seminar.
- Summary:
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John Burton speaks of Australia's failure to anticipate the loss of authority by central governments, and the inter-dependent international system; the inadequate framework of nation states; post-war reconstruction's acceptance of power politics as the all pervasive theoretical framework; the invention of "economic man"; legal man; individual as malleable; concern with structure; inadquacy of the existing knowledge base; 1950s state centric model of society; 1960s individual as the independent variable; "control theory"; paradigm shift; the knowledge gap of administrators and politicians.
- Biography/History:
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John Burton worked in the Dept. of Labour and National Service, 1940-42, the Dept. of External Affairs 1942-47 and was Secretary of the Dept. of External Affairs, 1947-1950.
- Notes:
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- Recorded on 2 September at the Australian National University, Canberra.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Transcript available.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Post-war reconstruction seminar (1981 : Australian National University)
- Also Titled:
- John Burton present 'Failure and opportunities: the post-war reconstruction period and now'
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This belongs to the Post-war reconstruction seminar.
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