Australian Society

This 1990 book provides an overview of the structure, nature and trends of Australian society at the time.

Keith Hancock (Author)

9780521369633, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 26 June 1989

274 pages
24.6 x 18.9 x 1.5 cm, 0.5 kg

Commissioned for the Australian Bicentenary by the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia, this 1990 book provides an overview of the structure, nature and trends of Australian society at the time. The 11 essays by leading Australian academics cover issues including families, social security and welfare, education, attitudes and values, population, economy, employment and industrial relations, law, politics, and international relations. Contributors include Brian Crittenden, J. W. Neville, Keith Hancock, James Crawford, and Don Aitkin. Includes notes on contributors, a select bibliography, and an index.

List of illustrations
List of contributors
Preface
1. Living and working in Australia Glenn Withers
2. Australian families: pictures and interpretations Jacqueline Goodnow, Alisa Burns and Graeme Russell
3. Social security and welfare R. G. Brown
4. Education in Australia: conformity and diversity Brian Crittenden
5. Changing attitudes and values in post-war Australia F. L. Jones
6. The population W. D. Borrie
7. An economy in distress? J. W. Neville
8. Industrial relations: stability and turmoil Keith Hancock and Don Rawson
9. Australian law after two centuries James Crawford
10. Democracy untrammelled: the Australian political experience since federation Don Aitkin and Francis G. Castles
11. Australia in the world J. D. B. Miller
Select bibliography
Index.

Subject Areas: Biography: historical, political & military [BGH]