{"title":"Settlement and Migration","authors":"C. Elder","doi":"10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198805465.013.13","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198805465.013.13","url":null,"abstract":"Beginning with the colonization event in 1788 and then moving through the arrival of free settlers in the nineteenth century, this chapter considers how the British and then colonial governments sutured themselves into the space that became Australia. It explores key cultural and political events that created a sense of belonging for non-Indigenous peoples at this time. The chapter then explains how policies and practices that marked out the limits of migrant belonging have worked, focusing on the migration of groups who were understood as marginal to the nation. Again, emphasis is placed on the range of ideas, events, demands, and desires about migration that complicated policies and practices that clearly sought to produce a white Australia. Lastly, the analysis in this chapter locates migration in relation to the spatial, focusing on how migration and settlement practices were shaped in terms of political and everyday understandings of Australia in relation to: first, other countries in the region, especially Asia; second, the ‘mother country’, the United Kingdom; and finally, the Indigenous peoples within the country.","PeriodicalId":229444,"journal":{"name":"The Oxford Handbook of Australian Politics","volume":"85 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132198394","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Politics of Australia’s Economic Development","authors":"S. Bell, M. Keating","doi":"10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198805465.013.17","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198805465.013.17","url":null,"abstract":"This chapter reviews the history of state–economy relations in Australia since the late nineteenth century. Although Australia is typically categorized as a liberal market economy, this chapter argues that the state has been of central importance in shaping and managing the Australian economy over time. The chapter outlines the changing role of the state in the Australian economy, a process typically shaped by alterations to state–economy relations following major economic crises, such as the Depressions of the 1890s and 1930s, as well as the stagflationary crisis of the 1970s, which ushered in more market-based, neoliberal forms of economic policy. The chapter’s key argument for the contemporary era is that supply-side-focused neoliberal policies have run their course, and that a new demand-side policy focus aimed at dealing with weak aggregate demand, inequality, and flat wages is now required in order to spur aggregate demand and economic growth.","PeriodicalId":229444,"journal":{"name":"The Oxford Handbook of Australian Politics","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128450505","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Teaching Australian Politics: Thirty Years of Civics and Citizenship Education in Australia","authors":"Zareh Ghazarian, Jacqueline Laughland-Booÿ","doi":"10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198805465.013.33","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198805465.013.33","url":null,"abstract":"A citizen’s understanding about their nation’s system of politics and government is crucial for how they engage with and participate in the political system. This chapter discusses the political, institutional, and pedagogical changes to teaching young people about Australian politics over the last thirty years, examining how successive Australian national governments have sought to enhance students’ political knowledge and how the constitutional limitations of the federal system have impacted their approaches. It also explores how political factors have impacted government actions on civics and citizenship education as well as the pedagogical debates which have shaped the curriculum. The chapter concludes by assessing the efficacy of these reforms and what steps can be taken to strengthen teaching and learning approaches in the future.","PeriodicalId":229444,"journal":{"name":"The Oxford Handbook of Australian Politics","volume":"38 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122221798","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}