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Student, Expert, Peacekeeper: Three Versions of International Engagement
Author(s) -
Brown Nicholas
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
australian journal of politics and history
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 1467-8497
pISSN - 0004-9522
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8497.2011.01581.x
Subject(s) - relation (database) , intersection (aeronautics) , context (archaeology) , international relations , political science , sociology , epistemology , law , politics , geography , cartography , computer science , philosophy , archaeology , database
Three figures — the student, the expert and the peacekeeper — have provided influential frameworks through which Australians have conceptualised their relations with the world since 1945. Each has defined points of intersection between prevailing values in Australian civil society and understandings of international change as offering opportunities and challenges in articulating national interests. This article places each of these figures in their context, and in a sequence which suggests that each served to resolve uncertainties regarding international engagement while also generating new tensions. Tracing these effects illuminates the cultural transitions that have selectively determined how international issues have been comprehended and the roles Australians have perceived for themselves in relation to them.