Malcolm Alexander
Biographic Data
| ID | 3983859 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Malcolm Alexander |
| GIVEN NAMES | Malcolm |
| FAMILY NAME | Alexander |
| SIGNATURE | ALEXANDER M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Griffith University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 49 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Business collective action and the Australian mining industry's tax revolt: A comment on McKnight and Hobbs
Keywords: mining industryResources Super Profits Taxbusiness collective action
Jinn, Psychiatry and Contested Notions of Misfortune among East London Bangladeshis
This study examines understandings of misfortune among east London Bangladeshis, particularly with respect to the role of jinn spirits. It reports on the findings of ethnographic interviews among 40 members of this community. Appeal to jinn explanations is commonplace at times of psychological disturbance and unexplained physical symptoms. Resort to traditional healers is frequent. These explanations are contested by different groups in the commu…
Small Worlds Among Interlocking Directors: Network Structure and Distance in Bipartite Graphs
Boardroom Networks among Australian Company Directors, 1976 and 1996: The Impact of Investor Capitalism
This article examines the (interpersonal) network of boardroom contacts among the directors of Australia's largest companies in 1976 and 1996. Interlocking directors create an intercorporate network but also an interpersonal, contact network. The network reaches all directors serving on any board that has a connected interlocker/networker on it. The interpersonal network of 1996 is broader, more cohesive and more densely connected than that of 19…
Finance Capital and Capitalist Class Integration in the 1990s: Networks of Interlocking Directorships in Canada and Australia
Cet article permet de connaître le fonctionnement des conseils d'administration interdépendants des 250 premières entreprises et réseaux associés du Canada et d'Australie dans les années 1990. Ces conseils reflètent les relations sociales d'une classe hégémonique et représentent des instruments d'accumulation du capital le long d'un axe financier et industriel intégre (capital financier). Au Canada, ces deux aspects du pouvoir corporatif sont ext…
Big business and directorship networks: The centralisation of economic power in Australia
This paper studies the largest 250 companies in Australia in the early 1990s and their network of interlocking directorates. It examines the institutional profile of Australian big business and the impact of globalisation. It finds that international capital has not, as yet, made major inroads into the core of Australian big business although global finance capital has had a major impact on its mode of operating. It argues that the greatest area …
The Rich Countries: Australia, New Zealand and Japan
Business power in Australia: The concentration of company directorship holding among the top 250 corporates
This paper presents results from a comparative study of company directors of the top 250 Australian companies. The paper analyses the concentration of directorship holding in Australia and New Zealand in 1991 and compares this with other Australian, New Zealand, British, Canadian and American studies. The paper argues that while the density of interorganisational interlocks in Australia is quite normal by international standards, such comparisons…
Interpreting the Past, Understanding the Present
Settler Capitalism: The Dynamics of Dependent Development in the Southern Hemisphere
Journal Article Settler Capitalism: The Dynamics of Dependent Development in the Southern Hemisphere Get access Settler Capitalism: The Dynamics of Dependent Development in the Southern Hemisphere, by Donald Denoon. Oxford University Press, New York, 1983 280pp, bibliography. MALCOLM ALEXANDER MALCOLM ALEXANDER Griffuh UniversityAustralia Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar African Affairs, Volume 82, Issue 32…
Business Elites, National Development, and Problems of Comparative and World-System Approaches: A Comment on Teichman's Study of Argentina and Canada
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Jinn, Psychiatry and Contested Notions of Misfortune among East London Bangladeshis
This study examines understandings of misfortune among east London Bangladeshis, particularly with respect to the role of jinn spirits. It reports on the findings of ethnographic interviews among 40 members of this community. Appeal to jinn explanations is commonplace at times of psychological disturbance and unexplained physical symptoms. Resort to traditional healers is frequent. These explanations are contested by different groups in the commu…
Finance Capital and Capitalist Class Integration in the 1990s: Networks of Interlocking Directorships in Canada and Australia
Cet article permet de connaître le fonctionnement des conseils d'administration interdépendants des 250 premières entreprises et réseaux associés du Canada et d'Australie dans les années 1990. Ces conseils reflètent les relations sociales d'une classe hégémonique et représentent des instruments d'accumulation du capital le long d'un axe financier et industriel intégre (capital financier). Au Canada, ces deux aspects du pouvoir corporatif sont ext…
Business power in Australia: The concentration of company directorship holding among the top 250 corporates
This paper presents results from a comparative study of company directors of the top 250 Australian companies. The paper analyses the concentration of directorship holding in Australia and New Zealand in 1991 and compares this with other Australian, New Zealand, British, Canadian and American studies. The paper argues that while the density of interorganisational interlocks in Australia is quite normal by international standards, such comparisons…
Big business and directorship networks: The centralisation of economic power in Australia
This paper studies the largest 250 companies in Australia in the early 1990s and their network of interlocking directorates. It examines the institutional profile of Australian big business and the impact of globalisation. It finds that international capital has not, as yet, made major inroads into the core of Australian big business although global finance capital has had a major impact on its mode of operating. It argues that the greatest area …
Business collective action and the Australian mining industry's tax revolt: A comment on McKnight and Hobbs
Keywords: mining industryResources Super Profits Taxbusiness collective action
Boardroom Networks among Australian Company Directors, 1976 and 1996: The Impact of Investor Capitalism
This article examines the (interpersonal) network of boardroom contacts among the directors of Australia's largest companies in 1976 and 1996. Interlocking directors create an intercorporate network but also an interpersonal, contact network. The network reaches all directors serving on any board that has a connected interlocker/networker on it. The interpersonal network of 1996 is broader, more cohesive and more densely connected than that of 19…
Business Elites, National Development, and Problems of Comparative and World-System Approaches: A Comment on Teichman's Study of Argentina and Canada
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Business Elites, National Development, and Problems of Comparative and World-System Approaches: A Comment on Teichman's Study of Argentina and Canada
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Settler Capitalism: The Dynamics of Dependent Development in the Southern Hemisphere
Journal Article Settler Capitalism: The Dynamics of Dependent Development in the Southern Hemisphere Get access Settler Capitalism: The Dynamics of Dependent Development in the Southern Hemisphere, by Donald Denoon. Oxford University Press, New York, 1983 280pp, bibliography. MALCOLM ALEXANDER MALCOLM ALEXANDER Griffuh UniversityAustralia Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar African Affairs, Volume 82, Issue 32…
Interpreting the Past, Understanding the Present
Business power in Australia: The concentration of company directorship holding among the top 250 corporates
This paper presents results from a comparative study of company directors of the top 250 Australian companies. The paper analyses the concentration of directorship holding in Australia and New Zealand in 1991 and compares this with other Australian, New Zealand, British, Canadian and American studies. The paper argues that while the density of interorganisational interlocks in Australia is quite normal by international standards, such comparisons…
The Rich Countries: Australia, New Zealand and Japan
Big business and directorship networks: The centralisation of economic power in Australia
This paper studies the largest 250 companies in Australia in the early 1990s and their network of interlocking directorates. It examines the institutional profile of Australian big business and the impact of globalisation. It finds that international capital has not, as yet, made major inroads into the core of Australian big business although global finance capital has had a major impact on its mode of operating. It argues that the greatest area …
Finance Capital and Capitalist Class Integration in the 1990s: Networks of Interlocking Directorships in Canada and Australia
Cet article permet de connaître le fonctionnement des conseils d'administration interdépendants des 250 premières entreprises et réseaux associés du Canada et d'Australie dans les années 1990. Ces conseils reflètent les relations sociales d'une classe hégémonique et représentent des instruments d'accumulation du capital le long d'un axe financier et industriel intégre (capital financier). Au Canada, ces deux aspects du pouvoir corporatif sont ext…
Boardroom Networks among Australian Company Directors, 1976 and 1996: The Impact of Investor Capitalism
This article examines the (interpersonal) network of boardroom contacts among the directors of Australia's largest companies in 1976 and 1996. Interlocking directors create an intercorporate network but also an interpersonal, contact network. The network reaches all directors serving on any board that has a connected interlocker/networker on it. The interpersonal network of 1996 is broader, more cohesive and more densely connected than that of 19…
Small Worlds Among Interlocking Directors: Network Structure and Distance in Bipartite Graphs
Jinn, Psychiatry and Contested Notions of Misfortune among East London Bangladeshis
This study examines understandings of misfortune among east London Bangladeshis, particularly with respect to the role of jinn spirits. It reports on the findings of ethnographic interviews among 40 members of this community. Appeal to jinn explanations is commonplace at times of psychological disturbance and unexplained physical symptoms. Resort to traditional healers is frequent. These explanations are contested by different groups in the commu…
Business collective action and the Australian mining industry's tax revolt: A comment on McKnight and Hobbs
Keywords: mining industryResources Super Profits Taxbusiness collective action
Political science (9 works) · Law (6 works) · Economics (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Elite Sociology and Global Capitalism (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Corporate Finance and Governance (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Management (3 works)