Description - Australia by Juliet Pietsch
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latter years of the first decade of the twenty-first century were
characterised by an enormous amount of challenge and change to Australia and
Australians. Australia’s part in these challenges and changes is borne of our
domestic and global ties, our orientation towards ourselves and others, and
an ever increasing awareness of the interdependency of our world. Challenges
and changes such as terrorism, climate change, human rights, community
breakdown, work and livelihood, and crime are not new but they take on new
variations and impact on us in different ways in times such as these.
In this volume we consider these recent challenges and changes and how
Australians themselves feel about them under three themes: identity, fear and
governance. These themes suitably capture the concerns of Australians in
times of such change. Identity is our sense of ourselves and how others see
us. How is this affected by the increased presence of religious diversity,
especially Islamic communities, and increased awareness of moral and
political obligations towards Indigenous Australians? How is it affected by
our curious but changing relationship with Asia? Fear is an emotional
reaction to particular changes and challenges and produces particular
responses from individuals, politicians, communities and nations alike; fear
of crime, fear of terrorism and fear of change are all considered in this
volume.
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