From White Australia to Woomera: The Story of Australian Immigration - Softcover

Jupp, James

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521697891 ISBN 13: 9780521697897

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2007

Synopsis

There has never been a greater need for a sober, historically informed yet critical account of immigration policy in Australia. In this revised and updated edition, James Jupp, Australia's leading specialist on migration, surveys the changes in policy over the last thirty years since the seismic shift away from the White Australia Policy. Along the way he outlines the history of Australian immigration, compares the achievements of the Fraser, Hawke and Keating governments, and considers the establishment of the 'institutions' of multiculturalism and ethnicity. Jupp looks critically at the ways economic rationalism, the rise of Pauline Hanson and One Nation, and the environmental debate have impacted upon migration choices. The vexed issue of refugees and asylum seekers is also covered in great depth.

About this title

Book Description:

Immigration specialist James Jupp surveys changes in policy over the last thirty years since the shift away from the White Australia Policy. Jupp considers the establishment of the 'institutions' of multiculturalism and the waves of attacks on multiculturalism. The issue of refugees and asylum seekers is covered in great depth.

About the Author:

James Jupp is Director of the Centre for Immigration and Multicultural Studies at the Australian National University. His many publications include, as general editor, The Australian People: An Encyclopedia of the Nation, its People and Their Origins, 2nd edition (Cambridge University Press, 2001).

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0521697891
• ISBN 13: 9780521697897
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 256