An Immigrant Nation Seeks Cohesion by James Jupp
An Immigrant Nation Seeks Cohesion presents Australian traditions, myths and legends in an understanding but often critical light in the belief that such devices have often been used by interested parties and even governments to maintain social solidarity and to mould a very complex people into a coherent and obedient whole. Australia is not and never has been an equal society. It has not always been a peaceful and tolerant society but it is more so than most other states and especially many of those sending immigrants. It is not a perfect democracy. Many have been mistreated and even persecuted but that most of those suffering at present are either indigenous or refugees should not be a cause of indifference. Australians may be suspicious of foreigners and social and political deviants. But they have passed a whole series of reforming laws since the Federation in 1901, not all of which have been as racist as the White Australia policy. An Immigrant Nation Seeks Cohesion attempts to get a little bit closer to the truth of two hundred years of creating a liveable society in what was a remote and unknown part of the world.-
Inside Australian Culture
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Politics, Inequality and the Australian Welfare State After Liberalisation
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Politics, Media and Campaign Language
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Australian Media and the Politics of Belonging
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The Failure of the Voice Referendum and the Future of Australian Democracy
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Australian Newspapers in the Television Age, 1956-2006
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Civic Engagement in Australian Democracy
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Imagined Mobility
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Democracy, Social Justice and the Role of Trade Unions
Australian Mosaic
Journal of Australian Colonial History
“[This book] reminds us to keep migrant experiences central to our identity as Australians, as we are indeed a migrant nation in an ever-increasingly globalised world”
—Vanessa Bible, “Migrant nation: Australian culture, society and identity” [Book Review] [online]. Journal of Australian Colonial History, Vol. 20, Jul 2018: 195–197.
James Jupp is a visiting scholar in the School of Demography, Australian National University. Educated in the UK, Jupp moved to Australia after graduation. His doctoral dissertation has been published as Sri Lanka: Third World Democracy (1978). Jupp is the author of several books and articles, the editor of three encyclopaedias and the co-editor of six books.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781783087662 |
| ISBN 10 | 1783087668 |
| Title | An Immigrant Nation Seeks Cohesion |
| Author | James Jupp |
| Series | Anthem Studies In Australian Politics Economics And Society |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Anthem Press |
| Year published | 2018-04-10 |
| Number of pages | 236 |
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