A search for access and influence

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Chapter 3 in Middle Powers and International Organisations, 2017, pp 48-82 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: Chapter 3 argues that in contrast to the earlier decisions relating to membership of most of the UN special agencies, that concerning membership of the OECD was very cautious, revealing substantial differences between key ministers and officials that took a decade to resolve. Those supporting membership were officials contained largely within Treasury and the Department of External Affairs, searching for greater Australian access and influence in an increasingly important organisation as regards international economic affairs, the coordination of foreign aid and international trade. The opposition was centred on Deputy Prime Minister ‘Black Jack’, McEwen and his officials in the Department of Trade and Industry. As with Prime Minister Menzies, opponents were concerned that OECD membership might result in increased pressure to weaken the Australian policy stance of ‘protection all round’ for manufacturing industry that had formed the bedrock of economic policy since 1945. Key words: access; influence; domestic opposition

Keywords: Politics; and; Public; Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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