How Australia Compares by Rodney Tiffen
How Australia Compares is a handy reference that compares Australia with seventeen other developed countries across a wide range of social, economic and political dimensions. Whenever possible, it gives not only snapshot comparisons from the present, but charts trends over recent decades or even longer. Encyclopaedic in scope, it provides statistics for a huge range of human activity, from taxation to traffic accidents, homicide rates to health expenditure, interest rates to internet usage. This new edition is fully revised and updated, and features two new chapters: The Howard Impact and The Search for Scoreboards. New sections include obesity, advertising, broadband internet access, childcare and corruption. Information is highly accessible with double-page spreads for each topic. Tables and graphs are presented on one page, and clear explanation and analysis on the facing page. In each discussion the focus is to put the Australian experience into international perspective, drawing out the implications for the nation's performance, policies and prospects.
Rod Tiffen is Associate Professor, Government and International Relations, University of Sydney. Ross Gittens is Economics Editor, Sydney Morning Herald.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780521712453 |
| ISBN 10 | 0521712459 |
| Title | How Australia Compares |
| Author | Rodney Tiffen |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 2009-10-20 |
| Number of pages | 294 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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