Research
On this page you will find citations, abstracts and links to my research work in the fields of sociology and political economy.
Most recent
Colton, Caroline. 2022. William Baumol and Contestability: From AT&T to Platforms. In: Fiorito, L., S. Scheall and C. E. Suprinyak (Eds.) Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology: Including a Symposium on the Work of William J. Baumol: Heterodox Inspirations and Neoclassical Models (Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology, Vol. 40B), Emerald Publishing Limited, Bingley, pp. 81-105.
Published online at: Emerald Publishing https://doi.org/10.1108/S0743-41542022000040B008 Colton, Caroline. 2021. The Imitation Economy: How AT&T’s Contestability Doctrine Transformed the Neoliberal Project. PhD diss., University of Technology, Sydney. Colton, Caroline. 2017. "Contestability 'Theory', Its Links with Australia's Competition Policy, and Recent International Trade and Investment Agreements" Australian Journal of International Affairs, 71 (3):315-334. Journal articlesColton, Caroline. 2015. “Professional Misconduct: The Case of the Medical Board of Australia v Tausif (Occupational Discipline)”. Journal of Law and Medicine, 22(3): 534-544.
Colton, Caroline & Thomas Faunce. 2014. “The Health Legislation Amendment Act 2013 (Qld) and Queensland’s Health Assets Privatisation Dispute”. Journal of Law and Medicine, 22(1): 54-64. Colton, Caroline & Thomas Faunce. 2014. “Commissions of Audit in Australia: Health System Privatisation Directives and Civil Conscription Protections”. Journal of Law and Medicine, 21(3): 561-571. Colton, Caroline. 2014 “The Sum of All Our Fears: Transnational Corporations and the Crisis of Convergence in Australia”. DISSENT, 43: 33-34. MediaColton, Caroline. 2014. “Saving Your Legacy”. Your Life Choices, 19 May 2014.
Faunce, Thomas & Caroline Colton. 2013. "Paying for Australia’s Infrastructure" The Canberra Times (online) 2 December 2013. (Also published in The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. (The Canberra Times link not available). Self-published
Colton, Caroline. 2016. "Saving TAFE: An Article in Honour of Dr John Kaye 1955-2016".
John Kaye (1955-2016) MLA (Greens-NSW) was a great champion of public education. He had tremendous insight into the unfolding tragedy of Australia's diminishing education system, understanding the adverse impacts this was having on individuals, communities and the economy. This article, honouring his campaign to save TAFE, reveals how vested financial interests using the rationale of contestability are destroying one of the great foundations of Australia's democracy and prosperity. Colton, Caroline. 2016. “Chronology of Key Reports and Events: Vocational Education and Training 1974-2016”. This chronology shows how successive Labor and National Liberal Party Coalition governments have continued to roll out privatisation of vocational education justified by the contestability doctrine even in the face of corruption, budget blowouts, falling education standards and market failure. Colton, Caroline. 2015. “Contestability Overview: Economic Theory or Trojan Horse” Contestability, an economic theory used to justify the ascendancy of monopolies in place of real competition has been officially promoted in Australia since the Hilmer Report 1993, as a theoretical guide to greater corporate efficiency and privatisation. This article briefly looks at the theory's key tenants and its use to advocate for the breaking down of barriers such as regulations and government provision of services. Presentations and public lectures
Colton, Caroline. (2015). "Health Privatisation: Contesting Contestability" Paper presented to the NSW Nurses & Midwives Association seminar Health Care and the Economy, Sydney, 23 April 2015. (Audio)
This presentation on the privatisation on health care services shows the adverse impact of the contestability doctrine as it serves to justify the reduction in competition in the health care sector by removing public services. The privately run Northern Beaches Hospital is used to exemplify this national trend. Colton, Caroline. "Collateral Damage". Public Lecture on health services privatisation and the Northern Beaches Hospital, Mona Vale Memorial Hall, 14 March 2015. This public lecture looked at the privatisation of hospital services on the Northern beaches of Sydney and the threat that posed to the local community. Colton, Caroline. ‘Wake in Fright’. Public Lecture, University of Wollongong, 17 April 2013. Part 1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTfbb4DV730 Part 2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QbbGX0Pmw8 Part 3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPSXXtKwb0o This lecture gives a broad perspective on the adverse impacts of neoliberal ideology on Australia's social infrastructure looking at its key features and drivers. Colton, Caroline. "I Just Can’t Get My Head Around This". Save Bulli ED Public Rally, 29 July 2012. Talk given on the closure of the Emergency Department of Bulli District Hospital and the trend towards privatisation that is driving cuts in public health services. |
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