| Description |
xiv, 583 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction: An Approach to Understanding Multiculturalism -- 1. Assimilationism, Integrationism and Anti-assimilationism: 1945-1965 -- 2. International and Domestic Influences: 1960s and early 1970s -- 3. Proto-multiculturalism: 1966-1970 -- 4. The Emergence of the Ethnic Rights Movement: 1969-1972 -- 5. From Proto-multiculturalism to Multiculturalism: 1971-1972 -- 6. The New Political Environment: The Whitlam Government: December 1972-June 1973 -- 7. The Beginning of the Multicultural Era: July 1973-May 1974 -- 8. The Multiculturalist Presence: December 1972-May 1974 -- 9. The Dismemberment of the Department of Immigration and its Consequences: May-December 1974 -- 10. The Culmination of the Early Formative Phase of Multiculturalism: 1975 -- Conclusion: A Typology and History of Multicultural Ideology |
| Summary |
This is a study of the historical origins of multiculturalism in Australian politics. It presents new, ideologically neutral and historically-based definitions of multiculturalism in the form of a fourfold typology. The book answers such questions as: what is multiculturalism?; and how did it originate? |
| Analysis |
Assimilation |
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Australia - Politics and government - 1945- |
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Federal issue |
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History, 1946-1969 |
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History, 1970-1979 |
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Immigration |
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Multiculturalism |
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Multiculturalism - Political aspects - Australia |
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Political ideologies |
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Social change |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography |
| Subject |
Multiculturalism -- Political aspects -- Australia.
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Multiculturalism -- Australia.
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| SUBJECT |
Australia -- Ethnic relations.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007005690
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Australia -- Politics and government -- 1945- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009600
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Australia -- Race relations.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100476
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| Author |
Lopez, Mark, 1962-
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| LC no. |
2001430155 |
| ISBN |
0522848958 |
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