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Explores how MCSOs have responded to the challenges of the Australian socio-political context, the perceived impact of these experiences, and how Islam is manifested within the contexts of these experiences. This book offers researchers, policy makers and those engaged in community development a rich understanding of Muslim community building, engagement and agency.

Governments expect both too much and too little of higher education, and its contribution to the common good is being eroded. Yet universities are much much more than factories for graduate earnings. Higher Education and the Common Good argues that this sector has a key role in rebuilding social solidarity and mobility in fractured societies.

Bonegilla was a point of reception and temporary accommodation for approximately 320,000 post-war refugees and assisted migrants to Australia from 1947 to 1971. Histories of Controversy: The Bonegilla Migrant Centre reveals the centre's history to be one of containment, control, deprivation and political discontent.

Investigates the fascinating landscape of media-driven politics through the prisms of "public opinion", political campaigning, and audiences. From Indigenous voting rights and climate change to talkback radio and right-wing populism, Public Opinion, Campaign Politics & Media Audiences showcases new research in political science, history and media studies.

Explores the literary representation of Australian places by those who have walked them. In particular, it examines how Aboriginal and settler narratives of walking have shaped portrayals of Australia's Red Centre and consequently ideas of nation and belonging.

Does Australia need to choose between the United States and China? In Independent Ally, Shannon Tow explores how Australia has repeatedly developed a strong relationship with a rising power while simultaneously preserving its alliance with a dominant global power. Far from being a "dependent ally", Australia has consistently developed and pursued an independent foreign policy.

The Asian Century is challenging many of the assumptions at the heart of Australian defence policy and strategy. Defence scholars have collectively produced a smorgasbord of alternatives for policy-makers. How should we evaluate these options? Adam Lockyer tackles this question and develops a novel conceptual framework for evaluating defence strategies.

The Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has given national consciousness to the problematic treatment of sexual assault in Australia's past. Yet we still have little knowledge of the policing, prosecution and punishment of sexual crimes in the past. Sex Crimes in the Fifties examines this history by investigating Australia in the 1950s.

Examines the struggle for equality of citizenship of Indian Muslims in light of the release of the Sachar Committee report of 2006, which sparked widespread awareness of socioeconomic disparity and exclusion of religious minorities in India, especially Muslims. The contributors are some of the most eminent social scientists in the fields of applied economics, politics, sociology and demography.

Despite the critical importance of the Australian-US Alliance and the evolving nature of the regional and global strategic environment there have been few studies that attempt to provide an in-depth understanding of how the Alliance is developing. This volume provides a nuanced understanding of the Alliance and related choices for Australia.

Joined-up government is a complex, expensive and elusive goal, which has captured the imaginations of public administrators since the 1950s. Grassroots to Government comprehensively explains the state of evidence in joined-up government, illustrated by an in-depth case study of the implementation experiences of a national initiative, the Australian Social Inclusion Agenda.

What do we really know about the Greens in Australia? Is the party really just an extension of the environment movement, or has it matured to a professional party, capable of taking on the "big boys"? This book represents an important effort to come to grips with this question, by talking to the people who make the party tick.

The United States has always exerted a strong, if intermittent, influence on the conduct of Australian politics. Stepping Up to the Plate argues that Australia has experimented with an alternating party system more authentic than the American two-party system and more connected with the people. It mounts a defence of Australian democracy as we have known it.

The events of the Great War intensified the relationship between the British Empire and Australia; the legacy can still be felt today. This volume explores both the immediate and long-term consequences of the war on this complex relationship, looking in particular at identity, history, gender, propaganda, economics and nationalism.

Brings together some of Australia's foremost military historians to outline how the military neophytes that left Australia's shores in 1914 became the battle winning troops of 1918. It traces the evolution of several of the key arms of the Australian Imperial Force, including the infantry, the light horse, the artillery, and the flying corps, and also consider how the various arms worked together.

Chris Hammer travels along the length of the east coast of Australia from the Torres Strait to Tasmania. As the effects of economic imperatives and the shift in our climate is becoming all too apparent, it allows us to revel in the rich heritage and character of the Australian coast and reminds us why it is important to preserve.

Books are mirrors of real worlds, windows into imagined worlds and keepers of powerful ideas. A journey through time and across the globe, this beautifully illustrated volume - drawing upon the rare collections of the State Library of Victoria - features great books and publishing innovations of the past and present.

We've lit big fires and gentle flames over the ages to open our minds, to warn of danger, to brighten our way through the darkness and to allow us to read at night. This work is concerned with the world and the simple beauty of science. It also features cameos from Albert Einstein, Samuel Pepys, Charles Dickens, and Thomas the Tank Engine.

Aims to remove the 'noise and hype' surrounding the field of e-learning and encourages its implementation within corporate and community settings. This work is the result of a 12-month international research project designed to understand both e-learning and the impact of multiple disciplines and processes within an organisational context.

Shannon Bennett, chef and owner of internationally renowned restaurant Vue de Monde, takes you on the journey of a lifetime as he explores the country he adores: France.

Sir Ernest Edward 'Weary' Dunlop was the type of rare individual who inspires others to impossible feats by example. This biography covers Weary's life from his early childhood and medical training, to his experiences as a prisoner of war on the notorious Thai-Burma railway, to his later distinguished career as a surgeon and humanitarian.

Malcolm Fraser is one of the most interesting and possibly most misunderstood of Australia's Prime Ministers. In these memoirs, Fraser, at the age of 79 years, talks about his time in public life. They trace the story of a shy boy who grew to become one of the most persistent, insistent and controversial political voices of our times.

The Dawkins reforms of the late 1980s and the creation of the Unified National System roused passions at many universities across Australia over fears for the academic enterprise and the system of free, public university education. This volume tells the story of the Dawkins reforms at Australia's oldest university, the University of Sydney.