Public and Social Policy Series – serie
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18 produkter
Wind Turbine Syndrome
A Communicated Disease
Av Simon Chapman, Fiona Crichton
Häftad, 2017
337 kr
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Featuring a detailed examination of the scientific evidence, an investigation into nocebo effects, profiles of leading windfarm opponents, and an account of the strategies use by anti-windfarm interests, Wind Turbine Syndrome: A Communicated Disease is a critical account of the rise of the …
One Planet, One Health
Häftad, 2019
294 kr
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One Planet, One Health One Planet, One Health argue that maintaining and restoring ecosystem resilience should be a core priority, carried out in partnership with local communities.
Globalisation, the State and Regional Australia
Av Amanda Walsh
Häftad, 2018
305 kr
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Drilling down through layers of theory, policy and politics, Amanda Walsh surveys how globalisation has played out in regional Australia.
Risking Together
How Finance Is Dominating Everyday Life in Australia
Av Dick Bryan, Michael Rafferty
Häftad, 2018
208 kr
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Australia is in the midst of a major social and economic experiment that centres on financial risks being shifted onto ordinary people. We are being asked to manage ourselves as if we are businesses, and these businesses are being squeezed tighter and tighter.Households are taking on more risk and …
Australian Social Attitudes IV
The Age of Insecurity
Av Shaun Wilson, Markus Hadler
Häftad, 2018
318 kr
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Around the world, democracies have seen a decline in social and political trust. Australian Social Attitudes IV: The Age of Insecurity is an in-depth look at the economic and geopolitical uncertainty that pervades Australian public discourse. In the decade following the Howard administration, …
Buying and Selling the Poor
Inside Australia's privatised welfare-to-work market
Av Siobhan O'Sullivan, Michael McGann m. fl.
Häftad, 2021
300 kr
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Buying and Selling the Poor ventures behind the scenes of the multibillion-dollar welfare-to-work system, offering new insights into how Australia responds to unemployment and disadvantage. As the authors tell the story of four local employment offices, they paint a vivid picture of a critically …
Quit Smoking Weapons of Mass Distraction
Häftad, 2022
367 kr
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Who keeps telling smokers they can’t quit without help?For decades there have been far more ex-smokers than smokers, and an estimated 75% of smokers quit without drugs or professional help.But smoking cessation is a global phenomenon serviced by multibillion-dollar industries, including the …
Australian Universities
A conversation about public good
Av Julia Horne, Matthew A.M. Thomas
Häftad, 2022
285 kr
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Australian Universities: A conversation about public good highlights contemporary challenges facing Australian universities and offers new ideas for expanding public good.More than 20 experts take up the debate about our public universities: who they are for; what their mission is (or should be); …
At a Turning Point
Work, care and family policies in Australia
Av Marian Baird, Elizabeth Hill m. fl.
Häftad, 2024
287 kr
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Australia is at a much-needed turning point in work, care and family policy. Australian women, families and communities are struggling to manage the complex demands of work and care.Rapid social and demographic change, alongside new workplace, labour market trends and the aftermath of the COVID-19 …
Engaging China
How Australia can lead the way again
Av Jamie Reilly, Jingdong Yuan
Häftad, 2023
293 kr
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As the strategic rivalry between the United States and China rapidly deepens, growing distrust and fears of China are once again shaping Australian media coverage and public discourse, with potent implications for Australia’s China policy.At this crucial historical moment, Engaging China offers a …
Cultivating Community
How discourse shapes the philosophy, practice and policy of water management in the Murray-Darling Basin
Häftad, 2024
414 kr
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In the face of escalating water scarcity, effective water management has become a central concern globally. The Murray–Darling Basin, spanning over a million square kilometres across four states and one territory, is a lifeline for Australian agriculture and rural communities.Cultivating Community: …
International Student Policy in Australia
The welfare dimension
Av Gaby Ramia
Häftad, 2024
285 kr
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Australia's higher education sector was hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. Student and staff numbers declined, and the government assistance afforded to other sectors was all but missing for universities. In a callous example of abandonment in an hour of need, Australian's international students …
Captured
How neoliberalism transformed the Australian state
Av Phillip Toner, Michael Rafferty
Häftad, 2024
487 kr
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Four decades ago, faced with a series of economic, political and social crises, business and government leaders in Australia and many other nations were convinced by a well organised ideological insurgency of the need for what at first was presented as a series of technical changes in economic …
At a Turning Point: Work, care and family policies in Australia
Av Marian Baird, Elizabeth Hill
Inbunden, 2024
363 kr
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Australian Universities: A conversation about public good
Av Julia Horne, Matthew A. M. Thomas
Inbunden, 2022
421 kr
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Buying and Selling the Poor
Inside Australia’s Privatised Welfare-to-Work Market
Av Siobhan O'Sullivan, Michael McGann m. fl.
Inbunden, 2022
468 kr
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Markets, Rights and Power in Australian Social Policy
Av Susan Goodwin, Gabrielle Meagher
Häftad, 2015
333 kr
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