Australian Politics At A Crossroads

Author : Matteo Bonotti,Narelle Miragliotta
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2024-02-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781003853398

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Australian Politics at a Crossroads by Matteo Bonotti,Narelle Miragliotta Pdf

As the 21st century proceeds apace, Australia faces new and old challenges, both domestically and internationally. These include managing complex governance issues, preventing democratic fracture, balancing an ever- shifting geopolitical strategic order, addressing the recognition and identity demands of marginalised groups, and responding to crises and urgent policy challenges, such as climate change. Bonotti, Miragliotta, and the other contributors to this volume analyse and evaluate the challenges which confront Australia by locating them in their national and comparative context. The various contributions reveal that while these challenges are neither novel nor unique to Australia, the way in which they manifest and Australia’s responses to them are shaped by the country’s distinctive history, culture, geography, location, and size. The chapters offer a cutting- edge analysis of these pressing challenges faced by Australia and offer reflections on how to address them. The book is a valuable resource for scholars and students of Australian politics, and of comparative politics in a global perspective.

Author : Alistair Harkness,Rob White
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2021-05-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781800436442

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Crossroads of Rural Crime by Alistair Harkness,Rob White Pdf

Using the notion of ‘crossroads’ to provide a unique lens through which to examine the realities of rural crime, Crossroads of Rural Crime provides an understanding of the nature of rural life and ways in which transgression manifests itself in the context of a presumed rural-urban divide.

Author : Anna K. Boucher,Justin Gest
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2018-05-03
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781107129597

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Crossroads of Migration by Anna K. Boucher,Justin Gest Pdf

A ground breaking, global analysis of the way thirty countries manage immigration admissions and citizenship in the contemporary era.

Author : Paul Ashton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Australia
ISBN : 1920831819

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History at the Crossroads by Paul Ashton Pdf

With Australia on the brink of Kevin Rudds national history curriculum, this book explores the issues confronting us in 2010. Who owns the past? How do politicians use it? How does it shape who we are? An absorbing insight into the power, privelege and pleasures of the past.

Author : Phillip Blond
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2010-04-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780571253180

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Red Tory by Phillip Blond Pdf

Conventional politics is at a crossroads. Amid recession, depression, poverty, increasing violence and rising inequality, our current politics is exhausted and inadequate. In Red Tory, Phillip Blond argues that only a radical new political settlement can tackle the problems we face. Red Toryism combines economic egalitarianism with social conservatism, calling for an end to the monopolisation of society and the private sphere by the state and the market. Decrying the legacy of both the Labour and Conservative parties, Blond proposes a genuinely progressive Conservatism that will restore social equality and revive British culture. He calls for the strengthening of local communities and economies, ending dispossession, redistribution of the tax burden and restoration the nuclear family. Red Tory offers a different vision for our future and asks us to question our long-held political assumptions. No political thinker has aroused more passionate debate in recent times. Phillip Blond's ideas have already been praised or attacked in every major British newspaper and journal. Challenging, stimulating and exhilarating, this is a book for our times.

Author : Geoffrey Brahm Levey
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780857456298

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Political Theory and Australian Multiculturalism by Geoffrey Brahm Levey Pdf

Multiculturalism has been one of the dominant concerns in political theory over the last decade. To date, this inquiry has been mostly informed by, or applied to, the Canadian, American, and increasingly, the European contexts. This volume explores for the first time how the Australian experience both relates and contributes to political thought on multiculturalism. Focusing on whether a multicultural regime undermines political integration, social solidarity, and national identity, the authors draw on the Australian case to critically examine the challenges, possibilities, and limits of multiculturalism as a governing idea in liberal democracies. These essays by distinguished Australian scholars variously treat the relation between liberalism and diversity, democracy and diversity, culture and rights, and evaluate whether Australia's thirty-year experiment in liberal multiculturalism should be viewed as a successful model.

Author : Guy Rundle
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2021-11
Category : Australia
ISBN : 0522877729

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Between the Last Oasis and the Next Mirage by Guy Rundle Pdf

With sharp wit and a discerning eye, political commentator Guy Rundle enlightens and entertains, drawing back the curtain on the iconic moments in Australian politics of the 2010sFrom the coal blockade frontline of the Liverpool Plains to Hobart's Cat and Fiddle arcade, from being on the road with last chance Malcolm Turnbull to the fossil fuel fantasies of Adaniland in the north, Guy Rundle gives a first-hand history of Australia in the 2010s, after the brief and hopeful haha insurgency of the Rudd-Gillard-Rudd era and the descent of another decade of reaction. Through multiple elections, rubbing shoulders with the major players and upstart independents, Rundle describes a country changing and fracturing as the global wave of populism swept across conventional politics, and the culture wars solidified. He goes into battle, both against a corrupt, cynical and nihilistic right, and an increasingly elitist and fantastical progressivism. And he steps back into the past, looking at how we got to here, in memoirs and analyses of the shifting personal, cultural and political faultlines of the past half century.

Author : Jenny M. Lewis,Anne Tiernan
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2021-10-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780192527882

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The Oxford Handbook of Australian Politics by Jenny M. Lewis,Anne Tiernan Pdf

The Oxford Handbook of Australian Politics is a comprehensive collection that considers Australia's distinctive politics— both ancient and modern— at all levels and across many themes. It examines the factors that make Australian politics unique and interesting, while firmly placing these in the context of the nation's Indigenous and imported heritage and global engagement. The book presents an account of Australian politics that recognizes and celebrates its inherent diversity by taking a thematic approach in six parts. The first theme addresses Australia's unique inheritances, examining the development of its political culture in relation to the arrival of British colonists and their conflicts with First Nations peoples, as well as the resulting geopolitics. The second theme, improvization, focuses on Australia's political institutions and how they have evolved. Place-making is then considered to assess how geography, distance, Indigenous presence, and migration shape Australian politics. Recurrent dilemmas centres on a range of complex, political problems and their influence on contemporary political practice. Politics, policy, and public administration covers how Australia has been a world leader in some respects, and a laggard in others, when dealing with important policy challenges. The final theme, studying Australian politics, introduces some key areas in the study of Australian politics and identifies the strengths and shortcomings of the discipline. The Oxford Handbook of Australian Politics is an opportunity for others to consider the nation's unique politics from the perspective of leading and emerging scholars, and to gain a strong sense of its imperfections, its enduring challenges, and its strengths.

Author : Mark Donaldson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 533 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Afghan War, 2001-
ISBN : 1459676378

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The Crossroad by Mark Donaldson Pdf

On 2 September 2008, in a valley in eastern Afghanistan, Trooper Mark Donaldson made a split - second decision that would change his life. His display of extraordinary courage that day saw him awarded the Victoria Cross for Australia, making him the first Australian to receive our highest award for bravery in wartime since Keith Payne in 1969. Yet Mark's journey to those crucial moments in Afghanistan was almost as exceptional as the acts that led to his VC. He was a rebellious child and teenager, even before the death of his father - a Vietnam veteran - when Mark and his brother were in their mid - teens. A few years later, their mother disappeared, presumed murdered. Her body has never been found. Mark's decisions could have easily led him down another path, to a life of self - destructiveness and petty crime. But he chose a different road: the army. It proved to be his salvation and he found himself a natural soldier, progressing unerringly to the SAS, the peak of the Australian military. From his turbulent early years to the stark realities of combat in the mountains and valleys of Afghanistan, Mark's book is the frank and compelling story of a man who turned his life around by sheer determination and strength of mind.

Author : Sharon Beder
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2012-06-25
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781136565250

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Free Market Missionaries by Sharon Beder Pdf

In her recent book Suiting Themselves, bestselling author Sharon Beder exposed how the global corporate elite have brazenly rewritten the rules of the global economy to line their pockets. In this new book she trains her sights on the insidious underbelly of this global trend to show how they have also orchestrated a mass propaganda campaign to manipulate community values and convince us that their interest - co-opting and controlling all of us in the name of the free market - is in our interest. During the 20th century, business associations coordinated mass propaganda campaigns combining 20th century American PR methods with revitalized free market ideology from 18th century Europe. The aim was to persuade people to eschew their own power as workers and citizens, and forego their democratic power to restrain and regulate business activity. Sophisticated corporate-funded think tanks augmented these campaigns in the 1970s and 1980s, promoting free enterprise and business-friendly policies. Thesefree market missionaries now seek to change individual and institutional values through bolder strategies such as expanding share ownership and manipulating wider public concerns. In each case the goal is the same: the triumph of business values over community values. Beder‘s is an intellectual call to arms: challenge the ideology of the free market missionaries or be converted to it.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 690 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Political science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105131558673

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Political Crossroads by Anonim Pdf

Author : Judith Brett,James A. Gillespie,Murray Goot
Publisher : Macmillan Education AU
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : History
ISBN : 0732920094

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Developments in Australian Politics by Judith Brett,James A. Gillespie,Murray Goot Pdf

Written for university students and the general reader. An examination of Australian politics in the last 15 years, and the changes in ideology, executive and political institutions, and policies in all areas, including economic, ethnic, immigration, unions, social welfare, foreign affairs, media, the environment, censorship and sexual politics. The editors are lecturers in politics at La Trobe and Macquarie Universities, and the 17 contributors include John Ravenhill, Uldis Ozolin and Tim Rowse. With subject and author indexes and 38 page bibliography.

Author : Joseph Zajda,Holger Daun
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2009-08-11
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789048125104

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Global Values Education by Joseph Zajda,Holger Daun Pdf

Global Values Education: Teaching Democracy and Peace , which is the seventh volume in the 12-volume book series Globalisation, Comparative Education and Policy Research, presents scholarly research on major discourses in v alues edu- tion globally. It provides an easily accessible, practical yet scholarly source of information about the international concern in the field of globalisation and c- parative education. Above all, the book offers the latest findings to the critical issues concerning major discourses in comparative education in values education in the global culture. It is a sourcebook of ideas for researchers, practitioners and policy makers in values education, multiculturalism and moral education. It offers a timely overview of current issues affecting values education, comparative edu- tion and education policy research in the global culture. It provides directions in values education, and policy research, relevant to transformational educational reforms in the twenty-first century (see also Zajda & Rust, 2009). This book critically examines the overall interplay between values education, globalisation, dominant ideologies and implications for policy research (see also Apple, 2004). It draws upon recent studies in the areas of globalisation, equity, social justice and the role of the State (Zajda, Biraimah, & Gaudelli, 2008). It explores conceptual frameworks and methodological approaches applicable in the research covering values education, globalisation, equity and multicultural education. Various book chapters critique the dominant discourses and debates pertaining to values education, multiculturalism and relevant comparative education discourses.

Author : Institute of Medicine,Committee on the Future of Dental Education
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1995-01-12
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780309176392

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Dental Education at the Crossroads by Institute of Medicine,Committee on the Future of Dental Education Pdf

Six dental schools have closed in the last decade and others are in jeopardy. Facing this uncertainty about the status of dental education and the continued tension between educators and practitioners, leaders in the profession have recognized the need for purpose and direction. This comprehensive volumeâ€"the first to cover the education, research, and patient care missions of dental schoolsâ€"offers specific recommendations on oral health assessment, access to dental care, dental school curricula, financing for education, research priorities, examinations and licensing, workforce planning, and other key areas. Well organized and accessible, the book: Recaps the evolution of dental practice and education. Reviews key indicators of oral health status, outlines oral health goals, and discusses implications for education. Addresses major curriculum concerns. Examines health services that dental schools provide to patients and communities. Looks at faculty and student involvement in research. Explores the relationship of dental education to the university, the dental profession, and society at large. Accreditation, the dental workforce, and other critical policy issues are highlighted as well. Of greatest interest to deans, faculty, administrators, and students at dental schools, as well as to academic health centers and universities, this book also will be informative for health policymakers, dental professionals, and dental researchers.

Author : Brian Galligan,Ian McAllister,John Ravenhill
Publisher : Macmillan Education AU
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0732943043

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New Developments in Australian Politics by Brian Galligan,Ian McAllister,John Ravenhill Pdf

An overview of contemporary issues in Australian politics. Part I examines the operation of the political system and political culture. Part II looks at issues such as republicanism and citizenship. Part III examines Australia's recent attempts to reshape defence and foreign policy in response to the post-Cold War international environment and Australia's response to the impact of globalisation on the economy. Includes references and index. Also available in paperback. The 14 contributors include Clive Bean, Graeme Cheeseman and Glyn Davis.