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Drawing together concerns of gender, class, race and ethnicity, this book explores the social construction of "difference" and the boundaries along these lines in Australia - with particular reference to both Aboriginal women and those f...

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Compared to other Australians, Aborigines are poorer, worse-housed, unemployed at higher rates, ill-educated and - most starkly - much more likely to die in custody. This book links the health of Aborigines directly to their position in the politi...

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Examines the psychology of advertising and how advertising is received by consumers. The author has tracked, week by week, the effects of hundreds of advertising campaigns over a period of nearly ten years. The results resolve some of the apparent...

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This edition draws on recent experiences on Australia and on analyses of public policy there and overseas. It interweaves theories of government with the analysis of Australian institutions and actions, and provides a realistic account of the gove...

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Compares the political economy of business-state interactions in the rapidly industrializing countries of East and Southeast Asia. The book presents new theoretical and empirical material on the political economy of industrial development in the A...

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A study of the history and theory of visual cultures in the 20th century. Addressing European Dada and surrealism, US conceptual art, photographies and Australian performance art, the book focuses on the sites and histories that received theory of...

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A study of the economic zones of Asia and their future in the region's growth. The contributors examine the changing global and regional economic environment, then look at each economic zone, and review the prospects of the Asian economies in the ...

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Offers an incisive, sometimes controversial, analysis of Australian Foreign Minister Gareth Evans' vision for peace and security in the post-Cold War era. The text considers basic themes of security, arms control, sovereignty, peacekeeping, sancti...

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This volume looks at the relationship between economics and security and its application to the Asia-Pacific region. Issues analyzed include relationships between economic interdependence, democracy and security, regional trade and communications ...

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This work analyzes the balance between power and law in China's approach to settling disputes with neighbouring countries for ocean resources. It considers China's ocean frontier as a whole from the legal strategic and economic perspectives.

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Bringing together academics and politicians to analyze the state of the Australian party system, this work argues that the party system has survived recent threats including the rise of green parties and independent candidates.

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Drawing on recent research, this text argues that official anti-racism is often only superficial and masks the continuing reality of racism in the labour market, education, the media, policing and even in multicultural policies themselves.

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This collection of papers assesses the impact of the economic, political, cultural and social changes in Asia on the Australian-American relationship. How are Australia's developing relations with the nations to the north effecting long-standing r...

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Surveying the Indonesia-Australian relationship, this volume examines defence and security issues, the development of the Indonesian political system, the growth and future direction of the Indonesia economy, and the role of the press in Indonesia...

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An examination of both the visions of Asia and the strategies of engagement underlying Australia's recent dramatic shifts in consciousness and policy direction. This volume assesses the role of Australia in the region.

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Canvasses the current requirements of achieving and consolidating peace in the Asia-Pacific region from the perspectives of two "outsiders" in the region, Australia and Japan, who both have a large stake in the success of the process.

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How do men understand what proper masculine behaviours and attitudes might be? how do they recognise themselves as conforming to or deviating from these? The author examines TV commercials, popular film and novels, Shakespeare and pornography to d...

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