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Making and Unmaking of East-West Link by James C. Murphy (2022, Uk-Trade Paper)
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Title The Making and Unmaking of East-West Link. Was it a project hand-picked by state premiers who miscalculated its electoral value?. Or was it simply that opponents of the project succeeded by turning it into an election issue?.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherMelbourne University Publishing
ISBN-100522878369
ISBN-139780522878363
eBay Product ID (ePID)12057232498
Product Key Features
Number of Pages240 Pages
Publication NameMaking and Unmaking of East-West Link
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2022
SubjectPublic Affairs & Administration, Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development, General
TypeTextbook
AuthorJames C. Murphy
Subject AreaTransportation, Political Science
FormatUk-Trade Paper
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight13.1 Oz
Item Length9.4 in
Item Width7.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2021-388395
Dewey Edition23
Reviews"In the political showdown over East-West Link, two visions of Melbourne's future collided. In this absorbing study, based on previously untapped archival sources and interviews with the leading players, James Murphy brilliantly relates the rise and dramatic fall of the city's most ambitious highway project. With a forensic eye, he dissects the roles played by political leaders, technocrats and grassroots activists. A story of clashing ideologies, rival ambitions and political brinkmanship, it shows in compelling detail how the politics of infrastructure now shapes the fate of governments and the future of our cities." --GRAEME DAVISON
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal388.1099451
SynopsisMelbourne's aborted East-West Link - the massive, multi-billion-dollar inner-city toll road project that promised to knit Melbourne closer together-was divisive from the start. Intense picketing and protests, multiple court challenges, breathless media coverage and bitter politicking consumed the Victorian parliament for years. The link brought the downfall of the single-term Baillieu-Napthine Liberal government; its cancellation cost the state half a billion dollars, and it lives on in infamy - a byword for brinkmanship, waste and politicisation of infrastructure. But where did this notorious megaproject come from, and what explains its fate? Was it a project hand-picked by state premiers who miscalculated its electoral value? Was it foisted on the government by cunning roads bureaucrats, unprepared for the public backlash? Or was it simply that opponents of the project succeeded by turning it into an election issue? James C Murphy explores the saga from competing vantage points, detailing the layers of politics that saturate infrastructure policymaking in Australia., For some years, Melbourne's aborted East-West Link created intense picketing and protests, multiple court challenges, breathless media coverage, and bitter politicking. The Link brought the downfall of the single-term Baillieu-Napthine Liberal government; its cancellation cost the state half a billion dollars; and it lives on in infamy, a byword in the Australian lexicon for political brinkmanship, waste, and politicisation of infrastructure. In The Making and Unmaking of East-West Link , James C Murphy explores the saga from competing vantage points, detailing the layers of politics and intrigue that saturate infrastructure policymaking in Australia.
LC Classification NumberHE336.T64
