Michael Gilding
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 252890 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Michael Gilding |
| PRENOMES | Michael |
| SOBRENOME | Gilding |
| ASSINATURA | GILDING M |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Swinburne University of Technology |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6966-3011 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 21 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 127 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 21 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1982 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2021 |
| ÍNDICE H | 6 |
Market formation, social movements and judgement devices
A substantial literature demonstrates how social movements pioneer new economic spaces, engaging in activities that create the conditions for new markets. This article applies this insight to the creation of the organic food market in Australia. In doing so, it makes three contributions. First, it highlights the importance of judgement devices - notably a certification scheme - in the making of this market, given that organic and non-organic prod…
The making and breaking of the Australian family
Once everyone knew what the family was. It was something natural and without a history - mum, dad and the kids.Divorce, women in the workforce, de facto relationships and the sexual liberation movements have fractured the old certainties. Nowadays there is more talk about the family than ever, even if no-one is quite sure what it is anymore.The making and breaking of the Australian family looks at the family in history. It traces the shift from t…
The power of hope
This article examines the mobilisation of small and mid-tier companies in the mining industry's campaign against the Resources Super Profits Tax (RSPT), drawing on interviews with 18 industry players. The government anticipated that small exploration and development companies would support the RSPT, on account of its promise to contribute towards the costs of exploration and development. In doing so, it was guided by Treasury advice and the assum…
Inheritance taxes in Australia
The failure of the Henry Tax Review to fuel public debate around inheritance taxes in Australia leads some commentators to suggest that inheritance taxes are taboo in Australia. This article uses Beckert's historical analysis of inheritance law in the United States, Germany and France to assess this claim from a comparative perspective. It argues that the discursive field around inheritance taxes in Australia aligns most closely with that in the …
Business collective action and the Australian mining industry's tax revolt
Keywords: mining industryResources Super Profits Taxbusiness collective action
Confidence at the expense of trust
Australia leads the world in the mass adoption of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines, a new frontier in mass vaccination programmes. This article reports on participatory workshops with the first generation of young Australian women to participate in the HPV mass vaccination programme. In particular, it addresses the themes of trust and confidence. A substantial literature highlights the growing realm of active trust at the expense of habitual c…
Confidence at the expense of trust
Australia leads the world in the mass adoption of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines, a new frontier in mass vaccination programmes. This article reports on participatory workshops with the first generation of young Australian women to participate in the HPV mass vaccination programme. In particular, it addresses the themes of trust and confidence. A substantial literature highlights the growing realm of active trust at the expense of habitual c…
Inheritance in Australia
This article provides unique empirical evidence of post mortem giving in Australia, through a random sample of probate records in Victoria in 2006. The records show that decedents overwhelmingly leave their estates to their immediate family; first spouses, and then children in equal measure. They also show that there is a significant discrepancy between common practice in the transmission of estates and intestacy laws; that about one in five dece…
Connecting and Cooperating
Review of the book: 'Connecting and cooperating: social capital and public policy', by Jenny M. Lewis, published by UNSW Press, Sydney, 2009
Reflexivity over and above convention
There is a new orthodoxy in the field that was once understood as the sociology of the family, and is increasingly understood as the sociology of 'personal life', 'intimacy', 'relationships' and 'families'. The orthodoxy highlights the open-endedness of intimate relations at the expense of the family as an institution; that is, reflexivity over and above convention. This article argues that the new orthodoxy not only overstates reflexivity at the…
Motives of the Rich and Powerful in Doing Interviews with Social Scientists
A growing body of sociological research on elites is done at close quarters, using interviews and ethnography. This article draws on interviews with the 'super rich' in Australia to examine the motives of elites in granting access to their lives and stories. The respondents of this study were largely indifferent to social science. In agreeing to be interviewed and engaging with the interview process, they drew upon two familiar points of referenc…
Paternity Uncertainty and Evolutionary Psychology
Evolutionary psychologists aspire to show how -contrary to 'soft' social sciences such as sociology - 'seemingly capricious' occurrences in the realm of human behaviour follow biologistic 'laws of greater generality' (Pinker, 2005: xii).This article is a case study of the 'seemingly capricious occurrence' of paternity uncertainty. According to evolutionary psychologists, paternity uncertainty arises from the fact that men are 'hard wired' to seek…
Economy and society
Australian sociologists have barely engaged with the resurgence of economic sociology in the USA and Europe. It might be argued that this lack of engagement arises from a robust local agenda, immune from metropolitan fashions. This article argues that this is not the case. Rather, it arises from the enduring residualism of Australian sociology vis-a-vis economics. In turn, this residualism is grounded in sociology's late beginnings in Australia, …
DNA Paternity Tests
There are five times as many DNA paternity tests per capita in the US than Australia. This is not a consequence of ‘technological lag’, but a combination of political, cultural and economic factors. First, government agencies in the US enforce relatively more tests, at least partly because of legislative differences in the presumption of paternity. Second, government agencies in the US enforce relatively more tests partly on account of difference…
The new economic sociology and its relevance to Australia
This article reviews three recent books - one Australian, one European and one American - in order to reflect on the current state of play in economic sociology. Economic sociology is a fast-growing field of research in the US, and to a lesser extent in Europe, but it has barely registered in Australia. This is partly a reflection of the fact that economic sociology draws some of its inspiration from 'new economy' industries that are weak in Aust…
Families and fortunes
Since the managerial thesis (notably Berle and Means' classic study), the role of the family in capitalist enterprise and organization has often been viewed as an anachronism, the remnant of an earlier era. This article uses qualitative interviews with wealthy Australians to argue that family relationships are an enduring influence in relation to accumulation, succession and inheritance. There are two reasons. First, the decline of family control…
I’ve Never Clicked this Much with Anyone in My Life’
Earlier research on online communication has observed how its distinctive characteristics (such as limited cues and potential asynchronicity) facilitate online communication, notably ‘hyperpersonal communication’. Yet these distinctive characteristics do not explain the development of trust in online communication. This article uses qualitative interviews with 17 internet users to explore the foundations of trust in online friendships, drawing on…
Entrepreneurs, elites and the ruling class
In the 1970s and 1980s there was a surge of research concerning power and wealth in Australian society. One line of inquiry was framed in terms of 'elites', the other in terms of the 'ruling class'. This article builds upon both lines of inquiry, exploring the new wave of entrepreneurs and their articulation with the structure of power and wealth. It does so through qualitative interviews with 43 individuals drawn from the Business Review Weekly …
Superwealth in Australia
This paper examines the annual rich lists compiled by the magazine Business Review Weekly. Methodological considerations mean that the lists are tilted against old wealth spread around kinship networks, and towards new wealth assembled by individuals on the cusp of a speculative wave. Even so, the lists provide the best available profile of large private fortunes ('superwealth') in Australia. More than this, the lists highlight the private wealth…
The Disenchantment of the Home. Modernizing the Australian Family 1880-1940
The Massacre of the mystery
Reflexivity over and above convention
There is a new orthodoxy in the field that was once understood as the sociology of the family, and is increasingly understood as the sociology of 'personal life', 'intimacy', 'relationships' and 'families'. The orthodoxy highlights the open-endedness of intimate relations at the expense of the family as an institution; that is, reflexivity over and above convention. This article argues that the new orthodoxy not only overstates reflexivity at the…
Families and fortunes
Since the managerial thesis (notably Berle and Means' classic study), the role of the family in capitalist enterprise and organization has often been viewed as an anachronism, the remnant of an earlier era. This article uses qualitative interviews with wealthy Australians to argue that family relationships are an enduring influence in relation to accumulation, succession and inheritance. There are two reasons. First, the decline of family control…
I’ve Never Clicked this Much with Anyone in My Life’
Earlier research on online communication has observed how its distinctive characteristics (such as limited cues and potential asynchronicity) facilitate online communication, notably ‘hyperpersonal communication’. Yet these distinctive characteristics do not explain the development of trust in online communication. This article uses qualitative interviews with 17 internet users to explore the foundations of trust in online friendships, drawing on…
Motives of the Rich and Powerful in Doing Interviews with Social Scientists
A growing body of sociological research on elites is done at close quarters, using interviews and ethnography. This article draws on interviews with the 'super rich' in Australia to examine the motives of elites in granting access to their lives and stories. The respondents of this study were largely indifferent to social science. In agreeing to be interviewed and engaging with the interview process, they drew upon two familiar points of referenc…
Inheritance in Australia
This article provides unique empirical evidence of post mortem giving in Australia, through a random sample of probate records in Victoria in 2006. The records show that decedents overwhelmingly leave their estates to their immediate family; first spouses, and then children in equal measure. They also show that there is a significant discrepancy between common practice in the transmission of estates and intestacy laws; that about one in five dece…
Superwealth in Australia
This paper examines the annual rich lists compiled by the magazine Business Review Weekly. Methodological considerations mean that the lists are tilted against old wealth spread around kinship networks, and towards new wealth assembled by individuals on the cusp of a speculative wave. Even so, the lists provide the best available profile of large private fortunes ('superwealth') in Australia. More than this, the lists highlight the private wealth…
Entrepreneurs, elites and the ruling class
In the 1970s and 1980s there was a surge of research concerning power and wealth in Australian society. One line of inquiry was framed in terms of 'elites', the other in terms of the 'ruling class'. This article builds upon both lines of inquiry, exploring the new wave of entrepreneurs and their articulation with the structure of power and wealth. It does so through qualitative interviews with 43 individuals drawn from the Business Review Weekly …
The power of hope
This article examines the mobilisation of small and mid-tier companies in the mining industry's campaign against the Resources Super Profits Tax (RSPT), drawing on interviews with 18 industry players. The government anticipated that small exploration and development companies would support the RSPT, on account of its promise to contribute towards the costs of exploration and development. In doing so, it was guided by Treasury advice and the assum…
Business collective action and the Australian mining industry's tax revolt
Keywords: mining industryResources Super Profits Taxbusiness collective action
Inheritance taxes in Australia
The failure of the Henry Tax Review to fuel public debate around inheritance taxes in Australia leads some commentators to suggest that inheritance taxes are taboo in Australia. This article uses Beckert's historical analysis of inheritance law in the United States, Germany and France to assess this claim from a comparative perspective. It argues that the discursive field around inheritance taxes in Australia aligns most closely with that in the …
Economy and society
Australian sociologists have barely engaged with the resurgence of economic sociology in the USA and Europe. It might be argued that this lack of engagement arises from a robust local agenda, immune from metropolitan fashions. This article argues that this is not the case. Rather, it arises from the enduring residualism of Australian sociology vis-a-vis economics. In turn, this residualism is grounded in sociology's late beginnings in Australia, …
DNA Paternity Tests
There are five times as many DNA paternity tests per capita in the US than Australia. This is not a consequence of ‘technological lag’, but a combination of political, cultural and economic factors. First, government agencies in the US enforce relatively more tests, at least partly because of legislative differences in the presumption of paternity. Second, government agencies in the US enforce relatively more tests partly on account of difference…
Market formation, social movements and judgement devices
A substantial literature demonstrates how social movements pioneer new economic spaces, engaging in activities that create the conditions for new markets. This article applies this insight to the creation of the organic food market in Australia. In doing so, it makes three contributions. First, it highlights the importance of judgement devices - notably a certification scheme - in the making of this market, given that organic and non-organic prod…
Paternity Uncertainty and Evolutionary Psychology
Evolutionary psychologists aspire to show how -contrary to 'soft' social sciences such as sociology - 'seemingly capricious' occurrences in the realm of human behaviour follow biologistic 'laws of greater generality' (Pinker, 2005: xii).This article is a case study of the 'seemingly capricious occurrence' of paternity uncertainty. According to evolutionary psychologists, paternity uncertainty arises from the fact that men are 'hard wired' to seek…
The new economic sociology and its relevance to Australia
This article reviews three recent books - one Australian, one European and one American - in order to reflect on the current state of play in economic sociology. Economic sociology is a fast-growing field of research in the US, and to a lesser extent in Europe, but it has barely registered in Australia. This is partly a reflection of the fact that economic sociology draws some of its inspiration from 'new economy' industries that are weak in Aust…
The Massacre of the mystery
The Massacre of the mystery
The Disenchantment of the Home. Modernizing the Australian Family 1880-1940
Superwealth in Australia
This paper examines the annual rich lists compiled by the magazine Business Review Weekly. Methodological considerations mean that the lists are tilted against old wealth spread around kinship networks, and towards new wealth assembled by individuals on the cusp of a speculative wave. Even so, the lists provide the best available profile of large private fortunes ('superwealth') in Australia. More than this, the lists highlight the private wealth…
I’ve Never Clicked this Much with Anyone in My Life’
Earlier research on online communication has observed how its distinctive characteristics (such as limited cues and potential asynchronicity) facilitate online communication, notably ‘hyperpersonal communication’. Yet these distinctive characteristics do not explain the development of trust in online communication. This article uses qualitative interviews with 17 internet users to explore the foundations of trust in online friendships, drawing on…
Entrepreneurs, elites and the ruling class
In the 1970s and 1980s there was a surge of research concerning power and wealth in Australian society. One line of inquiry was framed in terms of 'elites', the other in terms of the 'ruling class'. This article builds upon both lines of inquiry, exploring the new wave of entrepreneurs and their articulation with the structure of power and wealth. It does so through qualitative interviews with 43 individuals drawn from the Business Review Weekly …
The new economic sociology and its relevance to Australia
This article reviews three recent books - one Australian, one European and one American - in order to reflect on the current state of play in economic sociology. Economic sociology is a fast-growing field of research in the US, and to a lesser extent in Europe, but it has barely registered in Australia. This is partly a reflection of the fact that economic sociology draws some of its inspiration from 'new economy' industries that are weak in Aust…
Families and fortunes
Since the managerial thesis (notably Berle and Means' classic study), the role of the family in capitalist enterprise and organization has often been viewed as an anachronism, the remnant of an earlier era. This article uses qualitative interviews with wealthy Australians to argue that family relationships are an enduring influence in relation to accumulation, succession and inheritance. There are two reasons. First, the decline of family control…
DNA Paternity Tests
There are five times as many DNA paternity tests per capita in the US than Australia. This is not a consequence of ‘technological lag’, but a combination of political, cultural and economic factors. First, government agencies in the US enforce relatively more tests, at least partly because of legislative differences in the presumption of paternity. Second, government agencies in the US enforce relatively more tests partly on account of difference…
Economy and society
Australian sociologists have barely engaged with the resurgence of economic sociology in the USA and Europe. It might be argued that this lack of engagement arises from a robust local agenda, immune from metropolitan fashions. This article argues that this is not the case. Rather, it arises from the enduring residualism of Australian sociology vis-a-vis economics. In turn, this residualism is grounded in sociology's late beginnings in Australia, …
Paternity Uncertainty and Evolutionary Psychology
Evolutionary psychologists aspire to show how -contrary to 'soft' social sciences such as sociology - 'seemingly capricious' occurrences in the realm of human behaviour follow biologistic 'laws of greater generality' (Pinker, 2005: xii).This article is a case study of the 'seemingly capricious occurrence' of paternity uncertainty. According to evolutionary psychologists, paternity uncertainty arises from the fact that men are 'hard wired' to seek…
Connecting and Cooperating
Review of the book: 'Connecting and cooperating: social capital and public policy', by Jenny M. Lewis, published by UNSW Press, Sydney, 2009
Reflexivity over and above convention
There is a new orthodoxy in the field that was once understood as the sociology of the family, and is increasingly understood as the sociology of 'personal life', 'intimacy', 'relationships' and 'families'. The orthodoxy highlights the open-endedness of intimate relations at the expense of the family as an institution; that is, reflexivity over and above convention. This article argues that the new orthodoxy not only overstates reflexivity at the…
Motives of the Rich and Powerful in Doing Interviews with Social Scientists
A growing body of sociological research on elites is done at close quarters, using interviews and ethnography. This article draws on interviews with the 'super rich' in Australia to examine the motives of elites in granting access to their lives and stories. The respondents of this study were largely indifferent to social science. In agreeing to be interviewed and engaging with the interview process, they drew upon two familiar points of referenc…
Inheritance in Australia
This article provides unique empirical evidence of post mortem giving in Australia, through a random sample of probate records in Victoria in 2006. The records show that decedents overwhelmingly leave their estates to their immediate family; first spouses, and then children in equal measure. They also show that there is a significant discrepancy between common practice in the transmission of estates and intestacy laws; that about one in five dece…
Business collective action and the Australian mining industry's tax revolt
Keywords: mining industryResources Super Profits Taxbusiness collective action
Confidence at the expense of trust
Australia leads the world in the mass adoption of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines, a new frontier in mass vaccination programmes. This article reports on participatory workshops with the first generation of young Australian women to participate in the HPV mass vaccination programme. In particular, it addresses the themes of trust and confidence. A substantial literature highlights the growing realm of active trust at the expense of habitual c…
Confidence at the expense of trust
Australia leads the world in the mass adoption of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines, a new frontier in mass vaccination programmes. This article reports on participatory workshops with the first generation of young Australian women to participate in the HPV mass vaccination programme. In particular, it addresses the themes of trust and confidence. A substantial literature highlights the growing realm of active trust at the expense of habitual c…
Inheritance taxes in Australia
The failure of the Henry Tax Review to fuel public debate around inheritance taxes in Australia leads some commentators to suggest that inheritance taxes are taboo in Australia. This article uses Beckert's historical analysis of inheritance law in the United States, Germany and France to assess this claim from a comparative perspective. It argues that the discursive field around inheritance taxes in Australia aligns most closely with that in the …
The power of hope
This article examines the mobilisation of small and mid-tier companies in the mining industry's campaign against the Resources Super Profits Tax (RSPT), drawing on interviews with 18 industry players. The government anticipated that small exploration and development companies would support the RSPT, on account of its promise to contribute towards the costs of exploration and development. In doing so, it was guided by Treasury advice and the assum…
The making and breaking of the Australian family
Once everyone knew what the family was. It was something natural and without a history - mum, dad and the kids.Divorce, women in the workforce, de facto relationships and the sexual liberation movements have fractured the old certainties. Nowadays there is more talk about the family than ever, even if no-one is quite sure what it is anymore.The making and breaking of the Australian family looks at the family in history. It traces the shift from t…
Market formation, social movements and judgement devices
A substantial literature demonstrates how social movements pioneer new economic spaces, engaging in activities that create the conditions for new markets. This article applies this insight to the creation of the organic food market in Australia. In doing so, it makes three contributions. First, it highlights the importance of judgement devices - notably a certification scheme - in the making of this market, given that organic and non-organic prod…
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