Editor's Preface

Abstract

These articles by Australian scholars explore Gramsci's concept of hegemony from a variety of historical and geographic case studies. The first reviews the development of Gramsci studies in Australia. Others seek to explain how capitalist interests propose a specific world-view among a broad population and how, through a combination of coercion and popular consent, this world-view comes to be perceived as both natural and desirable.

Keywords:

• Hegemony
• Australia
• University of Wollongong