Australia, New Zealand, and the United States: Internal Change and Alliance Relations in the ANZUS States
The evolution of the relationships among the ANZUS nations—the acronym for the Australia, New Zealand, and U.S. alliance for common security formed in 1951—is examined in this volume's essays. They also look at the implications of changing relationships for the entire Asia-Pacific region. Editor Richard W. Baker, director of the East-West Center's Australia-New Zealand-U.S. relations project, has commissioned experts from academia, government, and other backgrounds from the three countries to research the full range of sociopolitical change in the three nations and the changing perceptions of their national roles and relationships. This study comes at a particularly relevant juncture in world affairs because the defusing of the Cold War has prompted nations worldwide to rethink their national and international security measures and allied priorities.

Throughout the volume's main divisions: Social Dynamics, Political Evolution, Images and Attitudes, and Implications for Relationships, the interdisciplinary team of writers takes a hard look at the long-held assumption, based on common language and cultural roots, of fundamental shared values among the three nations. Each society has evolved in individual and dramatic ways based on changes in demographics, political agendas, and outlooks on their international roles, security situations, and appropriate national policies. Individual chapters zero in on key elements in the national experiences of each country that have influenced the nature and conduct of the relationships among the three partners. Finally, the volume draws a balance between elements of distinctiveness and similarity and projects implications for the future of the relationships. For academics and students of international relations, the book provides a case study of the long-term evolution of alliance relationships and provides instructive comparisons and contrasts with the post-Cold War circumstances of other American alliances. For professionals and others whose interests involve working in or between two or more of these countries, this volume is an invaluable handbook that contains an excellent summary of their recent histories, major social and political developments, and problems, as well as their characteristic world views and the major factors which affect the dynamics of their interrelationships.

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Australia, New Zealand, and the United States: Internal Change and Alliance Relations in the ANZUS States
The evolution of the relationships among the ANZUS nations—the acronym for the Australia, New Zealand, and U.S. alliance for common security formed in 1951—is examined in this volume's essays. They also look at the implications of changing relationships for the entire Asia-Pacific region. Editor Richard W. Baker, director of the East-West Center's Australia-New Zealand-U.S. relations project, has commissioned experts from academia, government, and other backgrounds from the three countries to research the full range of sociopolitical change in the three nations and the changing perceptions of their national roles and relationships. This study comes at a particularly relevant juncture in world affairs because the defusing of the Cold War has prompted nations worldwide to rethink their national and international security measures and allied priorities.

Throughout the volume's main divisions: Social Dynamics, Political Evolution, Images and Attitudes, and Implications for Relationships, the interdisciplinary team of writers takes a hard look at the long-held assumption, based on common language and cultural roots, of fundamental shared values among the three nations. Each society has evolved in individual and dramatic ways based on changes in demographics, political agendas, and outlooks on their international roles, security situations, and appropriate national policies. Individual chapters zero in on key elements in the national experiences of each country that have influenced the nature and conduct of the relationships among the three partners. Finally, the volume draws a balance between elements of distinctiveness and similarity and projects implications for the future of the relationships. For academics and students of international relations, the book provides a case study of the long-term evolution of alliance relationships and provides instructive comparisons and contrasts with the post-Cold War circumstances of other American alliances. For professionals and others whose interests involve working in or between two or more of these countries, this volume is an invaluable handbook that contains an excellent summary of their recent histories, major social and political developments, and problems, as well as their characteristic world views and the major factors which affect the dynamics of their interrelationships.

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Australia, New Zealand, and the United States: Internal Change and Alliance Relations in the ANZUS States

Australia, New Zealand, and the United States: Internal Change and Alliance Relations in the ANZUS States

by Richard W. Baker (Editor)
Australia, New Zealand, and the United States: Internal Change and Alliance Relations in the ANZUS States

Australia, New Zealand, and the United States: Internal Change and Alliance Relations in the ANZUS States

by Richard W. Baker (Editor)

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The evolution of the relationships among the ANZUS nations—the acronym for the Australia, New Zealand, and U.S. alliance for common security formed in 1951—is examined in this volume's essays. They also look at the implications of changing relationships for the entire Asia-Pacific region. Editor Richard W. Baker, director of the East-West Center's Australia-New Zealand-U.S. relations project, has commissioned experts from academia, government, and other backgrounds from the three countries to research the full range of sociopolitical change in the three nations and the changing perceptions of their national roles and relationships. This study comes at a particularly relevant juncture in world affairs because the defusing of the Cold War has prompted nations worldwide to rethink their national and international security measures and allied priorities.

Throughout the volume's main divisions: Social Dynamics, Political Evolution, Images and Attitudes, and Implications for Relationships, the interdisciplinary team of writers takes a hard look at the long-held assumption, based on common language and cultural roots, of fundamental shared values among the three nations. Each society has evolved in individual and dramatic ways based on changes in demographics, political agendas, and outlooks on their international roles, security situations, and appropriate national policies. Individual chapters zero in on key elements in the national experiences of each country that have influenced the nature and conduct of the relationships among the three partners. Finally, the volume draws a balance between elements of distinctiveness and similarity and projects implications for the future of the relationships. For academics and students of international relations, the book provides a case study of the long-term evolution of alliance relationships and provides instructive comparisons and contrasts with the post-Cold War circumstances of other American alliances. For professionals and others whose interests involve working in or between two or more of these countries, this volume is an invaluable handbook that contains an excellent summary of their recent histories, major social and political developments, and problems, as well as their characteristic world views and the major factors which affect the dynamics of their interrelationships.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780275937973
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 04/19/1991
Pages: 304
Product dimensions: 6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.69(d)

About the Author

RICHARD W. BAKER is a Research Associate in the East-West Center's International Relations Program. Formerly a career officer in the U.S. Foreign Service, he specializes in the Asia-Pacific region. He has authored articles and papers on ANZUS, ASEAN, the Pacific Islands, Pacific regionalism and the U.S. role in the region.

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction
Social Dynamics
Australia: Social Dynamics and International Orientation
New Zealand and Social Dynamics: Changing Models
Social Dynamics and Political Consciousness: The United States Since 1945
Comment
Political Evolution
Central Power in the Australian Commonwealth: The Postwar Polity
The World Turbaned Upside Down? Change and Continuity in New Zealand Politics in the Postwar Era
U.S. Political Change and the ANZUS Relationship
Images and Attitudes
Australia, New Zealand, and the United States: Mutual Perceptions
Adrift in an Alien Sea? Australian Perspectives on the World
New Zealand and the ANZUS Alliance: Changing National Self-Perceptions, 1945-88
Peripheral International Relationships in a More Benign World: Reflections on American Orientation toward ANZUS
Comment
Implications for Relationships
Bibliography
Index

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