Linda M. Weiss is an Australian professor of

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at the

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(USYD), specialising in the international and comparative politics of economic development. Weiss is best known for questioning the converging effect associated with

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by pointing to the mediating role played by domestic nation-state institutions and capabilities and arguing that the effect non-state powers have upon a government can be enabling as well as constraining. Furthermore, within this argument, rather than a movement towards a neoliberal model, Weiss sees the emergence of what she calls "governed interdependence". This theory is forwarded in ''The Myth of the Powerless State'' (1998) and submitted to empirical testing in ''States in the Global Economy'' (2003). Weiss' work is directly influenced by

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whom she worked under during her formative years. Of additional note, ''How to Kill a Country'' (2004), authored with Thurbon and Mathews, was the first sustained critical analysis of the Australia-US Free Trade Agreement signed and ratified by both countries' governments in 2004. The authors regard the Agreement as a sub-optimal deal for Australia and in later work put forward the argument that the Australian government misread their special relationship with the US and proceeded with the Agreement for public relations reasons, particularly with regard to the issue of Australia-US relations during the

2004 Australian federal election The 2004 Australian federal election was held in Australia on 9 October 2004. All 150 seats in the House of Representatives and 40 seats in the 76-member Senate were up for election. The incumbent Liberal Party of Australia led by Prime Minis ...

. Weiss was elected Fellow of the

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in 2004.

Selected publications

*''Global governance, national strategies: how industrialized states make room to move under the WTO'' 2005 *''How to Kill a Country – Australia's devastating trade deal with the United States'' 2004 *''States in the Global Economy: Bringing Domestic Institutions Back In'' 2003 *''The Myth of the Powerless State'' 1998 *''States and Economic Development: A Comparative Historical Analysis'' 1995 *''Creating Capitalism'' 1988

References

External links

Professor Linda Weiss
- USYD School of Government and International Relations webpage
Review of 'States in the Global Economy: Bringing Domestic Institutions Back In'
- from International Studies Review (2004)
The Australian Interest
- The Australian Interest webpage {{DEFAULTSORT:Weiss, Linda 1952 births Living people Australian political scientists Women political scientists Fellows of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia