| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 191 pages) : illustrations (some color), charts |
| Contents |
Table of Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; Contributors; 1. Social Attitudes Towards Contemporary Challenges Facing Australia; 2. Keeping Our Distance:Non-Indigenous/Aboriginal relations in Australian society; 3. Australian Engagement with Asia: Towards closer political, economic and cultural ties; 4. Minority Religious Identity and Religious Social Distance in Australia; 5. Are Neighbourhood Incivilities Associated with Fear of Crime?; 6. Terrorism and Public Opinion in Australia; 7. Are We Keeping the Bastards Honest? Perceptions of corruption, integrity and influence on politics |
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8. A New Role for Government? Trends in social policy preferences since the mid-1980s9. WorkChoices: An electoral issue and its social, political and attitudinal cleavages; 10. How Do Australians Search for Jobs? |
| Summary |
The latter years of the first decade of the twenty-first century were characterised by an enormous amount of challenge and change to Australia and Australians. Australia's part in these challenges and changes is borne of our domestic and global ties, our orientation towards ourselves and others, and an ever increasing awareness of the interdependency of our world. Challenges and changes such as terrorism, climate change, human rights, community breakdown, work and livelihood, and crime are not new but they take on new variations and impact on us in different ways in times such as these |
| Analysis |
Australian politics |
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Identity |
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Fear |
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Governance |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| In |
Books at JSTOR: Open Access JSTOR |
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OAPEN (Open Access Publishing in European Networks) OAPEN |
| Subject |
Public opinion -- Australia
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Political science and theory.
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Politics and government.
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Society and social sciences Society and social sciences.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays.
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Politics and government -- Public opinion
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Public opinion
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| SUBJECT |
Australia -- Social conditions -- Public opinion
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Australia -- Politics and government -- Public opinion
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| Subject |
Australia
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Pietsch, Juliet.
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Aarons, Haydn
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| ISBN |
9781922144072 |
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192214407X |
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