| ID | 110245 |
| Title Proper | Rockefeller, Carnegie, and the limits of American hegemony in the emergence of Australian international studies |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Cotton, James |
| Publication | 2012. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This essay contributes to the emerging debate on the origins of international studies, focusing on evidence regarding Australia. While neither Carnegie nor Rockefeller had a primary interest in international studies, the largest US foundations had a major impact on the emergence of the subject in Australia ca. 1920-60. This impact was direct, through the provision of funding to individuals (via fellowships) as well as to organizations; it was also indirect by virtue of the support given to the Institute of Pacific Relations (a proportion of which was actually for specific Australian purposes). How this impact is to be characterized turns in part on methodological questions; it cannot however be seen as a clear case of the imposition of Gramscian-style hegemony in the realm of ideas. The most apparent influence of the foundations was to direct the attention of a selected body of Australian intellectuals, of sometimes diverse views, beyond Empire to transnational concerns. |
| `In' analytical Note | International Relations of the Asia-Pacific Vol. 12, No.1; 2012: p.161-192 |
| Journal Source | International Relations of the Asia-Pacific Vol. 12, No.1; 2012: p.161-192 |
| Key Words | American Hegemony ; Australian International Studies ; Australia ; International Studies ; United States |