Social Cohesion in Australia

Cover......Page 1
Half-title......Page 3
Title......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
Contents......Page 7
Foreword......Page 9
Contributors......Page 10
Tables......Page 12
Acknowledgments......Page 13
Introduction......Page 15
PART I
DEFINING, MEASURING AND SEEKING
SOCIAL COHESION......Page 21
1 The quest for harmony......Page 23
Social order......Page 25
Social harmony......Page 26
Social justice......Page 27
An anxious society......Page 28
The multicultural threat to social cohesion......Page 30
What is the problem?......Page 31
Other threats and divisions......Page 32
Definitions of social cohesion......Page 35
Differences in definitions......Page 39
The economic sphere......Page 40
The political sphere......Page 41
The socio-cultural sphere......Page 42
Does social cohesion demand eradication of discrimination?......Page 43
The undermining of social cohesion......Page 44
Conclusion......Page 45
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Measuring social cohesion in a
diverse society......Page 47
Social cohesion: approaches and definitions......Page 48
Measuring cohesion: some common ground......Page 51
Political participation......Page 53
One indicator or several?......Page 54
Values and identity......Page 55
Social cohesion: the Australian perspective......Page 56
Conclusion......Page 58
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Australian government initiatives for
social cohesion......Page 59
Citizenship......Page 61
Settlement services......Page 62
Case study 1: Integrated Humanitarian Settlement
Strategy support......Page 63
Case study 2: Youth Kit (Settlement Grants
Program project)......Page 64
The role of government agencies......Page 65
Community grants and partnerships......Page 66
Case study 4: It’s not all black and white – an
African story......Page 67
Case study 7: On the same wave......Page 68
Case study 8: Better Connections workshops (National Action
Plan inter-agency collaboration)......Page 69
Case study 10: Youth Fusion project (National Action Plan
community project)......Page 70
Connecting communities and government......Page 71
Conclusion......Page 72
PART II
THE DYNAMICS OF SOCIAL COHESION......Page 73
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The landmark of Cronulla......Page 75
Theoretical aspects......Page 76
International views......Page 77
Australian perspectives......Page 78
The Cronulla riots......Page 80
Cronulla and multiculturalism......Page 82
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Policing the other: Lebanese young
people in a climate of conflict......Page 84
Gangs and policing......Page 85
Police practices and racial profiling......Page 87
Towards community policing......Page 89
Conclusion......Page 93
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Religious resurgence and diversity
and social cohesion in Australia......Page 94
The diversification of religion......Page 95
Religious resurgence......Page 97
Increased religious competition and conflict......Page 98
Religious diversity, conflict and social cohesion......Page 100
Social cohesion in post-industrial societies......Page 101
Conclusion......Page 103
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Family and nation: the Indigenous/
non-Indigenous relationship......Page 104
Saying no to assimilation......Page 105
Representing the Indigenous interest......Page 108
The two problems of social cohesion......Page 110
The underside of Indigenous jurisdiction......Page 111
Conclusion......Page 115
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Social cohesion and cultural fragility:
a paradox of Indigenous rapports
with Eurasian Australia......Page 117
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Educational attainments,
inter-ethnic marriage and
social cohesion......Page 128
Educational attainment of immigrants and their children......Page 129
Educational attainment and social cohesion......Page 135
Inter-ethnic marriage and social cohesion......Page 136
Conclusion......Page 140
PART III
INFLUENCES AND RESPONSES IN
SEARCHING FOR SOCIAL COHESION......Page 143
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Unions, the workplace and
social cohesion......Page 145
Two decades of change and restructuring......Page 146
A growing multicultural workforce – where we’ve
come from......Page 147
Workplace change at the end of the 20th century......Page 150
Threats and opportunities relative to
social cohesion......Page 153
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Education and social cohesion......Page 156
Education and social cohesion......Page 157
Challenges and complications......Page 159
Australian education systems and social cohesion......Page 161
Multicultural education......Page 164
Faith-based schools......Page 166
Analysis and discussion......Page 169
Conclusion......Page 171
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The media and social cohesion......Page 172
Reading the media......Page 173
Media practices and social cohesion......Page 174
Cronulla case study......Page 177
Media strategies for building social cohesion......Page 180
Conclusion......Page 182
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The problem of sport and
social cohesion......Page 184
The problem of sport......Page 186
The challenge......Page 189
Living with conflict and difference......Page 195
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Counter-terrorism and the politics
of social cohesion......Page 196
Discretion......Page 198
Executive detention......Page 199
Executive proscription......Page 200
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Social cohesion and human rights:
would a bill of rights enhance social
cohesion in Australia?......Page 205
Human rights protection in Australia......Page 206
An Australian bill of rights......Page 208
A bill of rights as a source of common values......Page 209
Negotiating conflict......Page 212
Creating better laws......Page 213
Canada......Page 214
New Zealand......Page 215
Conclusion......Page 216
References......Page 218
Index......Page 235