Domestic Politics Analysis on Australia Turning Back Boat Policy

Tara Kukuh Wardhani, Baiq Wardhani

2018

Abstract

In general, foreign policy can be analyzed as a ‘two-level game’, namely in the form of analysis at the systemic level or domestic politics. ‘Turning Back the Boats’ policy issued by the Australian government intended to deter and return back refugees to a third country or country of origin, constitute concerns from domestic level towards the foreign policy. Dominant parties in Australia then appeared to give specific statements related to the measures taken by the Australian government. According to Hudson (2007), foreign policy is a continuation of domestic politics by other means. Therefore, ‘Turning Back the Boats’ policy should be regarded as a reflection and representation that resulted from cooperation, compromise, and coalitions among domestic political parties. Neack (2008) also explained that the stance taken by political parties in the making of foreign policy should not intersect with domestic agendas, so that there will be coherency between political actors that is a mutual opposition in domestic level. Hence, in this paper, the authors aim to further analyze the extent of influence exerted by the dynamics of domestic politics on foreign policy issued by the Australian government.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Wardhani T. and Wardhani B. (2018). Domestic Politics Analysis on Australia Turning Back Boat Policy. In Proceedings of Airlangga Conference on International Relations - Volume 1: ACIR, ISBN 978-989-758-493-0, pages 588-594. DOI: 10.5220/0010280700002309

in Bibtex Style

@conference{acir18,
author={Tara Kukuh Wardhani and Baiq Wardhani},
title={Domestic Politics Analysis on Australia Turning Back Boat Policy},
booktitle={Proceedings of Airlangga Conference on International Relations - Volume 1: ACIR,},
year={2018},
pages={588-594},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0010280700002309},
isbn={978-989-758-493-0},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of Airlangga Conference on International Relations - Volume 1: ACIR,
TI - Domestic Politics Analysis on Australia Turning Back Boat Policy
SN - 978-989-758-493-0
AU - Wardhani T.
AU - Wardhani B.
PY - 2018
SP - 588
EP - 594
DO - 10.5220/0010280700002309