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Australian Religious Thought Six Explorations by Wayne Hudson
Category: Philosophy and Religion | Series: Monash Studies in Australian Society Ser.
This book provides new perspectives on the relationship between religious thought and social reform in Australia. It argues that religious thought can be found in many intellectuals in Australia, both in the religiously inclined and in those who were not conventionally religious. Drawing together existi ...Show more
Class Wars["Money, Schools and Power in Modern Australia"] by Tony Taylor
Category: Education | Series: Monash Studies in Australian Society Ser.
From Roadside to Recovery The Story of the Victorian State Accident Commision by Peter Bragge & Russell Gruen
Category: Australian History | Series: Monash Studies in Australian Society Ser.
In 1969 car crashes killed over 1000 Victorians, making Victoria's roads some of the world's most deadly. By 2016, the fatality rate had been cut by 85% and Victorians are now taking seriously the goal of eliminating death on the roads altogether.This extraordinary achievement is the product of sustaine ...Show more
Sexual Abuse of Children: Recognition Redress by Yorick Smaal
Category: Australian History | Series: Monash Studies in Australian Society
How can we seek justice and redress for the sexual abuse of children and better prevent the occurrence of such abuse? This work brings together the thoughts on this question advanced by leading scholars, from a range of disciplinary backgrounds, from around the world. These thinkers - some also professi ...Show more
Tinkering: Australians Reinvent DIY Culture by Katherine Wilson
Category: Craft | Series: Monash Studies in Australian Society Ser.
At a time when the labour-market is failing as a source of security and identity for many, domestic tinkering is emerging as a legitimate occupation in a way we have not seen since pre-industrial times. In Australia, practices of repair, invention, building, improvising and crafting, that take place in ...Show more
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