Dr Neville Buch
Professional Historian and History Consultancy Services Brisbane
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M.I.C.E.
Management Institute for Contributory Economy
Radical enough to shift the agenda, liberal enough to allow everyone a decent place in the social environment, and conservative enough to preserve the legacy of good value for Contributory Economy
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Beyond Ideological Dogmatism: A Critical Response to Bevin Luchel’s The Illusions of the Radical Centre
Abstract This essay provides a rigorous critical response to Bevin Luchel’s (2026) paper, “The Illusions of the Radical Centre: A Socialist Critique of Neville Buch’s MICE Framework and Technocratic Prophecy”[1]. It argues that Luchel’s critique suffers from a profound dogmatic reductionism, collapsing Dr Neville Buch’s Management Institute for Contributory Economy (MICE) framework into an inaccurate…
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Politics, Theory, and Power Today: From Neoliberal Sclerosis to a Comprehensive and Compassionate Democracy
Dr Neville Buch and MICE[1] Abstract This essay examines the shifting relationship between political theory, statecraft, and power in contemporary society compared to historical eras. Historically, national power was defined primarily by tangible assets—conscripted armies, territorial conquest, industrial output, and physical resource control. In the contemporary era, power has shifted toward intangible “knowledge power”—technological innovation,…
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Dismantling Technocratic Apologetics
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The Coopers Plains Railway Crossings Problem: Historical Inertia, Political Ideology, and the Critique of Infrastructure Governance
Dr Neville Buch and Coopers Plains History Group and MICE[1] Abstract This essay examines the multi-generational infrastructure failure known as the Coopers Plains railway crossings problem in southern Brisbane, Queensland. Originating nearly a century ago, the level crossing conflict represents a textbook case of urban planning inertia, institutional neglect, and ideologically driven governance. By synthesizing…
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“Rise up and shine, for your light has come”
2 November 2026 Why keep this conversation, warning, or protest going? Since it is a truism that those who ignore the plea, and ignore history, will spiral, repeating Bernard Stiegler’s pattern of techné, ending with pharmakon as poison. So, we will ‘bang’ on “their” heads until “they” relent, admit their mistakes and ‘repent,’ or until…
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New International Scholarship (post-2007)
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