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Allied and Addicted by Alison Broinowski
Category: Politics and Current Affairs | Series: Scribe short books
In many respects, Australia behaves as if it were still a colonial dependency. Our policies on foreign affairs, trade, human rights, and the environment seem to be uncritically allied to those of the United States. This timely book argues that our development as an independent nation has stalled and whe ...Show more
Fear and Politics by Dr Carmen Lawrence
Category: History | Series: Scribe short books
Arguing that fear has been a crucial factor in shaping Australian public policy, this study charts its consequences on the Australian community. Examining the effects of being constantly warned about the risk of terrorism, this account discusses how xenophobia has shaped policies toward refugees, indige ...Show more
Reluctant Indonesians : The future of West papua by Clinton Fernandes
Category: History | Series: Scribe short books
In 1999 East Timor emerged victorious as an independent nation after a long struggle for liberation from Indonesia. But East Timor's hard-won independence also created a major crisis in Australia's relationship with Indonesia and jeopardised the stability of South-East Asia.Now the movement for independ ...Show more
Terror: A Meditation On The Meaning Of September 11 by Carroll John
Category: unmapped | Series: Scribe Short Books Ser.
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WESTERN HORIZON by BURCHELL DAVID
Category: unmapped | Series: Scribe Short Books Ser.
Depending on how you define it, Western Sydney contains as much as half of the population of Australia's largest city, spread out over a vast plain stretching eighty kilometres from north to south, and thirty or forty kilometres west to the foot of the Blue Mountains. It's one of Australia's youngest an ...Show more
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