@inbook{10.2307/j.ctt13wwvxv.23, ISBN = {9781921934179}, URL = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt13wwvxv.23}, abstract = {Rspas, as I once had to explain to an overseas colleague, is not an acronym for Research School of Politics and Sociology. In fact, until 1978 Rspas, surprisingly, undertook no systematic, ongoing research into the contemporary politics of the region. The Department of International Relations occasionally produced work on domestic politics of regional countries, but its focus was global. Some historians wrote about contemporary history, but without a specifically political viewpoint. But there was no part of the School working comparatively on domestic politics. In 1973, it was decided that the time had come to rectify this, and in a}, author = {R.J. May}, booktitle = {The Coombs: A House of Memories}, pages = {159--168}, publisher = {ANU Press}, title = {Political and Social Change: Not the Research School of Politics and Sociology}, year = {2014} }