Geoff Dow Geoff Dow i(A79474 works by)
Gender: Male
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1 Political Economy : What Can (still) Be Done? Geoff Dow , 2018 single work essay
— Appears in: Social Alternatives , vol. 32 no. 2 2018; (p. 14-17)

'Dow commemorates the 40th anniversary of Social Alternatives by discussing his hopes and disappointments of the past forty years in terms of the politics of economic policy in Australia. He has written in the first issue of Social Alternatives, together with Jon Stanford, the economic crisis then emerging (unemployment and inflation, signaling the end of the long postwar boom) was driven more by policy mistakes, institutional belligerence and political error than by global forces over which Australia had insufficient domestic or deliberative control. Over the ensuing four decades, he haven't altered his diagnosis much; although it does need to be augmented now to reflect his realization that ideas and analyses are insufficient for policy critique.'  (Introduction)
1 Small Tragedies Geoff Dow , 2016 single work prose
— Appears in: Social Alternatives , vol. 35 no. 3 2016; (p. 66-67) ' He slumped there, one hand upturned and the suggestion of a shrug in the operational shoulder, perhaps accompanied by a raising of the eyebrow and additional forehead creases on that side. The sentiment behind the constrained movement seemed as real as if we had really been communicating. It was an offer to communicate, an invitation to me to confirm with him that this was what it had all come to. Even then I refused, for some reason unable to reciprocate his honesty. I proffered a smile - genuine enough, in its way, but far from fully acknowledging what he knew and desperately wanted me to accept. Not just his impending death but the belittling of his previous gestures. They had been made over the past few years before his final stroke. On each occasion, he'd broached topics, reminiscences, I'd been non-committal, impossible to reach. I've since come to understand how disappointing that must have been for him.' (Publication abstract)
1 The Houseparty Geoff Dow , Don Fletcher , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Social Alternatives , August vol. 20 no. 3 2001; (p. 59-60)
— Review of The Houseparty : A Politically Correct Love Story Winsome Hawthorn , 2000 single work novel
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