Examines the transformation of the character of Australian society by global and domestic forces. Investigates the divisions in the business community over new tax and industry politics, and the rise of neo-Liberalism in the ranks of the labour movement, community sector and environment movement. Chapter titles include 'Australia's Political Field in the Age of Globalisation', 'Coming to Terms with the New Dynamics of Capitalism', 'The New Perils of Distribution' and 'Abandoning Neo-Liberalism'. Author is Professor of Citizenship, Institute for Social Research, Swinburne University. His previous titles include 'Beyond the State? The Post-Industrial Utopians' and 'From the Prophets Deserts Come'.