By Professor Elizabeth Catharine Thurbon

Books

Thurbon E; Kim S-Y; Tan H; Mathews JA, 2023, Developmental Environmentalism: State Ambition and Creative Destruction in East Asia's Clean Energy Transition, Oxford University Press, London

Thurbon EC, 2016, Developmental Mindset: The Revival of Financial Activism in South Korea, Cornell University Press, Ithaca

Weiss L; Thurbon EC; Mathews J, 2007, National Insecurity, Original, Allen and Unwin, St Leonards, NSW

Weiss L; Thurbon EC; Mathews J, 2004, How to Kill a Country, 1, Allen and Unwin, St Leonards, NSW

Book Chapters

Thurbon E, 2021, 'Australia and the Rules of International Trade and Finance', in Conley Tyler M; Gyngell A; Wakefield B (ed.), Australia and the Rules-Based International Order

Thurbon E; Weiss L, 2020, 'The state of development in a globalized world: Perspectives on advanced and industrializing countries', in The Routledge Handbook to Global Political Economy: Conversations and Inquiries, pp. 58 - 73

Weiss L; Thurbon E, 2020, 'MNCs and state infrastructural power', in MNCs in Global Politics: Pathways of Influence, pp. 47 - 76, http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/9781789903232.00011

Thurbon E; Weiss L, 2020, 'The State of Development in a Globalized World', in Vivares E (ed.), The Routledge Handbook to Global Political Economy: Conversations and Inquiries, Routledge, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781351064545

Thurbon EC, 2017, 'Lessons from South Korea: A Developmental Mindset Makes a Difference when Governing the Financial Economy', in Bohoslavsky JP; Raffer K (ed.), Sovereign Debt Crises: What Have We Learned?, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 236 - 253, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/9781108227001

Thurbon EC, 2016, 'Trade and Industry Policy: The Growing Partisan Divide', in Beeson M; Hameiri S (ed.), Navigating the New International Disorder: Australia In World Affairs 2011-2015, Oxford University Press

Thurbon EC; Weiss L, 2016, 'The Developmental State in the late 20th Century', in Jhosh J; Kattel R; Reinert E (ed.), Handbook of Alternative Theories of Economic Development, Edward Elgar

Weiss L; Thurbon E, 2014, 'The Business of Buying American: Public Procurement as Trade Strategy', in Ikenberry J; Trubowitz P (ed.), American Foreign Policy: Theoretical Essays, edn. 7, Oxford University Press

Thurbon E, 2014, 'Australia: Public purchasing and innovation: The Australian case', in Public Procurement, Innovation and Policy: International Perspectives, pp. 35 - 63, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-40258-6_3

Thurbon EC, 2013, 'Globalization and Industrial Governance: A View from Australia', in Tazreiter C; Tham SY (ed.), Globalization and Social Transformation in the Asia-Pacific, Palgrave Macmillan, Houndmills, Basingstoke, UK, pp. 78 - 93, http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781137298386

Thurbon EC, 2012, 'From Developmentalism to Neoliberalism and Back Again? Governing the Market in Australia from the 1980s to the Present', in Chang K-S; Fine B; Weiss L (ed.), Developmental Politics in Transition : the neoliberal era and beyond, edn. 1, Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, pp. 274 - 298

Thurbon EC, 2012, 'Ideas and Industrial Governance: Has the Influence of Neoliberalism been Overstated?', in Neoliberalism: Beyond the Free Market, edn. 1, Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, Cheltnam, pp. 180 - 203, http://www.e-elgar.co.uk/bookentry_main.lasso?id=14794&breadcrumlink=&breadcrum=&sub_values=&site_Bus_Man=&site_dev=&site_eco=&site_env_eco=&site_inn_tech=&site_int_pol=&site_law=&site_pub_soc=

Thurbon EC, 2007, 'The Developmental Logic of Financial Liberalisation in Taiwan', in Garside W (ed.), Institutions and Market Economies: The Political Economy of Growth and Development, Palgrave Macmillan, UK, pp. 87 - 106, http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9780230389946

Journal articles

Mathews J; Thurbon E; Kim S-Y; Tan H, 2022, 'Gone with the wind: how state power and industrial policy in the offshore wind power sector are blowing away the obstacles to East Asia’s green energy transition', Review of Evolutionary Political Economy, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s43253-022-00082-7

Weiss L; Thurbon E, 2022, 'Explaining divergent National Responses to Covid-19: An Enhanced State Capacity Framework', New Political Economy, 27, pp. 697 - 712, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13563467.2021.1994545

Thurbon E; Kim SY; Mathews JA; Tan H, 2021, 'More ‘Creative’ Than ‘Destructive’? Synthesizing Schumpeterian and Developmental State Perspectives to Explain Mixed Results in Korea’s Clean Energy Shift', Journal of Environment and Development, 30, pp. 265 - 290, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10704965211013491

Tan H; Thurbon E; Kim SY; Mathews JA, 2021, 'Overcoming incumbent resistance to the clean energy shift: How local governments act as change agents in coal power station closures in China', Energy Policy, 149, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2020.112058

Weiss L; Thurbon E, 2021, 'Developmental State or Economic Statecraft? Where, Why and How the Difference Matters', New Political Economy, 26, pp. 472 - 489, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13563467.2020.1766431

Thurbon E; Weiss L, 2021, 'Economic statecraft at the frontier: Korea’s drive for intelligent robotics', Review of International Political Economy, 28, pp. 103 - 127, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09692290.2019.1655084

Rethel L; Thurbon E, 2020, 'Introduction: Finance, Development and the State in East Asia', New Political Economy, 25, pp. 315 - 319, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13563467.2018.1562435

Thurbon E, 2020, 'The Future of Financial Activism in Taiwan? The Utility of a Mindset-centred Analysis of Developmental States and Their Evolution', New Political Economy, 25, pp. 320 - 336, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13563467.2018.1562436

Weiss L; Thurbon E, 2018, 'Power paradox: how the extension of US infrastructural power abroad diminishes state capacity at home', Review of International Political Economy, 25, pp. 779 - 810, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09692290.2018.1486875

Thurbon EC, 2016, 'Trade Agreements and the Myth of Policy Constraint in Australia', Australian Journal of Political Science, 51, pp. 636 - 651, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10361146.2016.1239569

Thurbon EC, 2015, 'Ten Years Since the Australia-US Free Trade Agreement: Where to for Australia's Trade Policy?', Australian Journal of International Affairs

Thurbon EC, 2015, 'The Abandonment of Procurement-Linked Strategic Activism in Australia: Standing Still with Room to Move', Australian Journal of International Affairs, 69, pp. 577 - 594, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10357718.2015.1048780

Kim SY; Thurbon E, 2015, 'Developmental Environmentalism: Explaining South Korea’s Ambitious Pursuit of Green Growth', Politics and Society, 43, pp. 213 - 240, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0032329215571287

Thurbon EC, 2014, 'The Developmental State: A Conceptual Defence', Critique Internationale, 63, pp. 59 - 75, http://dx.doi.org/10.3917/crii.063.0059

Weiss L; Thurbon EC; Mathews J, 2006, 'Free trade in mad cows: how to kill a beef industry', Australian Journal of International Affairs, 60, pp. 376 - 399, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10357710600865663

Thurbon EC; Weiss L, 2006, 'From Player to Pawn: Howard`s Trade Legacy', Australian Journal of Public Affairs, February, pp. Web - Web

Thurbon EC; Weiss L, 2006, 'Investing in Openness: The Evolution of FDI Strategyin South Korea and Taiwan', New Political Economy, 11, pp. 1 - 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13563460500494784

Weiss L; Thurbon EC, 2006, 'The Business of Buying American: Public Procurement as Trade Strategy in the USA', Review of International Political Economy, 13, pp. 701 - 721, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09692290600950597

Weiss L; Thurbon EC, 2004, 'Where there`s a will there`s a way: Governing the market in times of uncertainty', Issues and Studies, 401, pp. 61 - 72

Thurbon EC, 2003, 'Ideational inconsistency and institutional inertia: Why financial liberalisation in South Korea went horribly wrong', New Political Economy, 8, pp. 341 - 361, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1356346032000138050

Thurbon , 2001, 'Two Paths to Financial Liberalisation: South Korea and Taiwan', Pacific Review, 14, pp. 241 - 268, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09512740110037370

Conference Papers

Thurbon EC, 2011, 'Same But Different: Reviving the Developmental State Model by Revisiting its Ideational Foundations', in APSA Conference 2011 Full Papers (online), Australian Political Studies Association, Canberra, presented at Australian Political Studies Association Conference 2011: Crisis, Uncertainty and Democracy, Canberra, 26 September 2011 - 28 September 2011, http://law.anu.edu.au/COAST/events/APSA/papers/21.pdf

Media

Kim S-Y; Thurbon E; Tan H; Mathews J, 2020, South Korea's Green New Deal Shows the World What A Smart Economic Recovery Looks Like, , https://theconversation.com/south-koreas-green-new-deal-shows-the-world-what-a-smart-economic-recovery-looks-like-145032

Mathews J; Thurbon E; Tan H; Kim S-Y, 2020, The Case for an East Asian Climate Club led by Australia, , https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2020/07/31/the-case-for-an-east-asian-climate-club-led-by-australia/

Thurbon E; Kim S-Y; Mathews J; Tan H, 2020, Australia's Dangerous Dirty Hydrogen Plans, , https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2020/05/14/australias-dangerous-dirty-hydrogen-plans/

Thurbon E; Weiss L, 2020, Why Some Advanced Countries fail to Deal with COVID-19, , https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2020/05/07/why-some-advanced-countries-fail-to-deal-with-covid-19/

Thurbon E; Kim S-Y; Mathews J; Tan H, 2020, Want an Economic Tonic Mr Morrison? Use that stimulus money to turbocharge renewables, , https://theconversation.com/want-an-economic-tonic-mr-morrison-use-that-stimulus-money-to-turbocharge-renewables-137074

Mathews J; Thurbon E; Kim S-Y; Tan H, 2020, It might sound ‘batshit insane’ but Australia could soon export sunshine to Asia via a 3,800km cable,

Thurbon E; Kim S-Y; Mathews J; Tan H, 2019, Grand opportunities for Australia’s hydrogen industry – and for a strategic regional rebalancing, , https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2019/12/18/grand-opportunities-for-australias-hydrogen-industry-and-for-a-strategic-regional-rebalancing/

Kim S-Y; Thurbon E; Tan H; Mathews J, 2019, China succeeds in greening its economy not because, but in spite of, its authoritarian government,

Preprints

Toohey L; Wagner M; Thurbon E; Sheargold E; Mackay L, Weaponised Trade: Mapping the Issues for Australia, , http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4154030

Other

Mathews J; Thurbon E; Kim S-Y; Tan H, 2022, Correction: Gone with the wind: how state power and industrial policy in the offshore wind power sector are blowing away the obstacles to East Asia’s green energy transition, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, , http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s43253-022-00087-2

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