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Australia Nation, Belonging, and Globalization

By Anthony Moran Copyright 2005

    In this book Anthony Moran traces the development of contemporary Australian society in the global age, focusing on four major themes: settler/indigenous relations; economics and culture since the 1980s and their impact on national identity; the effects of increasing diversity fostered by globalization; and the transformation of Australian social space wrought by globalization.

    Introduction; Chapter 1 Globalizing Australia; Chapter 2 Globalization, National Belonging, and National Identity; Chapter 3 Multiculturalism — Threat or Opportunity?; Chapter 4 The Dilemmas of Settler/Indigenous Relations; Chapter 5 Asylum Seekers: the Politics of Sympathy and the Experience of Globalization;

    Biography

    Anthony Moran currectly teaches politics at La Trobe University in Australia. He has a prestigious fellowship at the Center for Critical Theory at the University of the West of England.