From White Australia to Woomera
From White Australia to Woomera
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GBPThere has never been a greater need for a sober, historically informed yet critical account of immigration policy in Australia. In this revised and updated edition, James Jupp, Australia's leading specialist on migration, surveys the changes in policy over the last thirty years since the seismic shift away from the White Australia Policy. Along the way he outlines the history of Australian immigration, compares the achievements of the Fraser, Hawke and Keating governments, and considers the establishment of the 'institutions' of multiculturalism and ethnicity. Jupp looks critically at the ways economic rationalism, the rise of Pauline Hanson and One Nation, and the environmental debate have impacted upon migration choices. The vexed issue of refugees and asylum seekers is also covered in great depth.
- This is the only book on immigration policy for thirty years to the present; competitors talk only about current crisis
- The author has written about and been active in this area for most of this period
- It is highly topical in the light of recent events
Product details
May 2007Paperback
9780521697897
256 pages
216 × 140 × 14 mm
0.3kg
Available
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Creating an immigrant society, 1788–1972
- 2. From assimilation to a multicultural society, 1972–2006
- 3. The Fraser, Hawke and Keating governments, 1975–1996
- 4. Policy instruments and institutions
- 5. Multicultural policy
- 6. The attack on multiculturalism
- 7. The impact of one nation
- 8. Economic rationalism
- 9. Sustainability and population policy
- 10. Refugees and asylum seekers
- 11. Immigration in a global world.
