Managing globalisation 1891–1913
Abstract
A changed attitude to globalisation emerged out of the aura of crisis: now there was a growing trend to manage it. The Australasian colonies resolved to seize opportunities to develop new commodities for export and to manage the social outcomes by building an edifice of progressive liberal ‘state experiments’. Led by Premiers John Ballance (1891-3), Richard Seddon (1893-1906), and Sir Joseph Ward (1906-12) – two of whom were Irish-born and all of whom were immigrants – a series of Liberal governments from 1891 to 1912 set out to transform New Zealand into a democratic social laboratory. In doing so, they enacted an Australasian model of state development.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Australian History and Society
Globalization and political ideologies
New Zealand Economic and Social Studies
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Cambridge University Press eBooks
- Pages
- 106–134
- Publication date
- 9 February 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Book chapter