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Record Nr.

UNINA9910141987403321

Autore

Pietsch Juliet

Titolo

Australia : identity, fear and governance in the 21st century / / Juliet Pietsch and Haydn Aarons

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Canberra, Australia : , : Australian National University, , 2012

©2012

ISBN

1-922144-07-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (191 pages) : illustrations; digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

305.50994

Soggetti

Public opinion - Australia

Australia Social conditions Public opinion

Australia Politics and government Public opinion

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Social attitudes towards contemporary challenges facing Australia --Keeping our distance: non-Indigenous/Aboriginal relations in Australian society --Australian engagement with Asia: Towards closer political, economic and cultural ties --Minority religious identity and religious social distance in Australia --Are neighbourhood Incivilities associated with fear of crime? --Terrorism and public opinion in Australia  --Are we keeping the bastards honest? Perceptions of corruption, integrity and influence on politics --A new role for government? Trends in social policy preferences since the mid-1980s --Work choices: an electoral issue and its social, political and attitudinal cleavages --How do Australians search for jobs?