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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450324103321

Autore

Jupp James

Titolo

From white Australia to Woomera : the story of Australian immigration / / James Jupp [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2002

ISBN

1-107-13725-X

1-139-19503-4

1-280-43664-6

1-139-14901-6

0-511-16994-9

0-511-06220-6

0-511-05587-0

0-511-32389-1

0-511-07066-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 243 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

325.94

Soggetti

Immigrants - Government policy - Australia

Ethnic groups - Government policy - Australia

Cultural pluralism - Australia

Australia Emigration and immigration Government policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acronyms and abbreviations; Introduction; Creating an immigrant society, 1788-1972; 2 From assimilation to a multicultural society, 1972-2002; 3 The Fraser, Hawke and Keating governments, 1975-1996; 4 Policy instruments and institutions; 5 Multicultural policy; 6 The attack on multiculturalism; 7 The impact of One Nation; 8 Economic rationalism; 9 Sustainability and population policy; 10 Refugees and asylum seekers; 11 A past, present and future success?; Appendix I Chronology: 1972-2002

Appendix II Ministers of immigration, departmental secretaries and gross annual settler intake (including New Zealand...References; Index



Sommario/riassunto

There has never been a greater need for a sober, historically informed yet critical account of immigration policy in Australia. In this book, Australia's leading specialist on migration James Jupp surveys the changes in policy over the last thirty years since the seismic shift away from the White Australia Policy. Along the way the author considers the history of the White Australia Policy, compares the achievements of the Fraser, Hawke and Keating governments, considers the establishment of the 'institutions' of multiculturalism and ethnicity, and then the waves of attacks on multiculturalism. It looks critically at the impact of economic rationalism on migration choices, the environmentalist challenges to migration, and the impact of Pauline Hanson and One Nation. Most importantly the vexed issue of refugees and asylum seekers is covered in great depth.