Dr. K.J. Walker
Scholarly Research in Environmental Policy,
Technology Transfer and History of Technology
Modelling Indian and British Railways in 4mm Scale

PUBLICATIONS:
ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS & POLICY

BOOKS

K.J. Walker & K. Crowley (Eds), Australian Environmental Policy 2. Kensington, NSW: NSW University Press, 1999. Pp. 323, index, bibliog.

Successor to Australian Environmental Policy. Twelve chapters deal with important theoretical and practical issues.

The Political Economy of Environmental Policy: An Australian Introduction. Kensington, NSW: NSW University Press, 1994. Pp. 349, ill., bibliog.

The first Australian textbook in the field.

(Editor) Australian Environmental Policy. Kensington, NSW: NSW University Press, 1992. Pp. 306; biblography; index.

Ten case-studies, introduction and conclusion.

CHAPTERS

"The Environmental Crisis: A Critique of Neo-Hobbesian Responses" in Goodin, R.E., Ed., The Politics of the Environment, (Aldershot (Hants): Edward Elgar, 1994) pp. 285-299.
"Business, Government and the Environment: Unresolved Dilemmas," Ch. 23 in Bell, S.R., & Wanna, J., Government and Business in Australia. (Sydney: Harcourt Brace Jovanovitch, 1992) pp. 243-254.

IMPORTANT PAPERS

"Ecological Limits and Marxian Thought," Politics, Vol. XIV, No. 1, May, 1979, pp. 29-46.
"Technology Transfer to India: the Case of the Integral Coach Factory," Development and Change, Vol. 18, No. 1, January, 1987, pp. 99-127.
"The State in Environmental Management: the Ecological Dimension," Political Studies, Vol. XXXVII, March 1989, pp. 25-39.

RAILWAYS & MODELS

"The Real World of Indian Narrow Gauge," Continental Modeller, Vol. 12, No. 2, March/April 1990, pp. 85-7.
"Indian Narrow Gauge in 4mm Scale: The Barfi Light Railway,"Continental Modeller, Vol. 13, No. 5, May 1991, pp. 186-189.
"34' 6" NG Coaching Stock," Indian Railway Study Group Newsletter, No. 9, April 1993, pp. 2-17.
"An Indian Narrow Gauge Coach," Continental Modeller, Vol. 18, No. 1, January 1996, pp. 16-17. Drawing, 2 colour photos (1 model)
"Narrow Gauge Coaching Stock for the Western Railway of India 2' 6" gauge lines," Continental Modeller, Vol. 22, No. 1, January 2000, pp. 26-29. Four drawings, 6 prototype photos (1 in colour)
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Research is under way on the Rolling Stock history of Indian Railways; standardisation; and central control.

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