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Stephenson, Peta. "Beyond black and white : Aborigines, Asian-Australians and the national imaginary /." Connect to thesis, 2003. http://repository.unimelb.edu.au/10187/1708.

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This thesis examines how Aboriginality, ‘Asianness’ and whiteness have been imagined from Federation in 1901 to the present. It recovers a rich but hitherto largely neglected history of twentieth century cross-cultural partnerships and alliances between Indigenous and Asian-Australians. Commercial and personal intercourse between these communities has existed in various forms on this continent since the pre-invasion era. These cross-cultural exchanges have often been based on close and long-term shared interests that have stemmed from a common sense of marginalisation from dominant Anglo-Australian society. At other times these cross-cultural relationships have ranged from indifference to hostility, reflecting the fact that migrants of Asian descent remain the beneficiaries of the dispossession of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. (For complete abstract open document)
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Hiroe, Miki. "The 'Asianisation' of Australia : reality and rhetoric." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 1994.

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This thesis reviews the post-war Australia-Asia relationship, while investigating how and why Australia has come to try to identify itself as an Asian country. In this context, it examines how the media represent Australia's role in the Asia-Pacific region and the process of the 'Asianisation' of Australia, particularly focusing on the role of newspaper coverage. The Australia-Asia relationship has been problematic because of a particular history - in particular Australia's strong attachment to Europe. In the midst of a movement of self-definition, Australia seems to have been caught up with an identity crisis since realising it geographically belongs to Asia but mentally belongs to Europe. In this context, I examine the role of the media in promoting awareness of Australia's place in Asia. I investigate the coverage of the 1993 APEC forum in The Asahi Shimbun (Japan), The New Straits Times (Malaysia), and The Australian (Australia) as case studies for discursive analysis. I also conduct content analyses of these newspapers. This analysis reveals that the media exercise their hegemonic role in society through omission of alternative views and/or reproduction of preferred versions of Australia's role in Asia, particularly through the process of Asianisation. It also shows that the cultural perceptions of Australia held by Japan and Malaysia, as revealed in the focus newspapers, differ considerably from those which predominate in Australia.
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Kennedy, Ellen Jane. "No Asians allowed : the 'white Australia' and 'white Canada' immigration policies /." ON-CAMPUS Access For University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Click on "Connect to Digital Dissertations", 2000. http://www.lib.umn.edu/articles/proquest.phtml.

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Broinowski, Alison Elizabeth, and alison broinowski@anu edu au. "About face : Asian representations of Australia." The Australian National University. Faculty of Asian Studies, 2002. http://thesis.anu.edu.au./public/adt-ANU20030404.135751.

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This thesis considers the ways in which Australia has been publicly represented in ten Asian societies in the twentieth century. It shows how these representations are at odds with Australian opinion leaders’ assertions about being a multicultural society, with their claims about engagement with Asia, and with their understanding of what is ‘typically’ Australian. It reviews the emergence and development of Asian regionalism in the twentieth century, and considers how Occidentalist strategies have come to be used to exclude and marginalise Australia. A historical survey outlines the origins of representations of Australia in each of the ten Asian countries, detecting the enduring influence both of past perceptions and of the interests of each country’s opinion leaders. Three test cases evaluate these findings in the light of events in the late twentieth century: the first considers the response in the region to the One Nation party, the second compares that with opinion leaders’ reaction to the crisis in East Timor; and the third presents a synthesis of recent Asian Australian fiction and what it reveals about Asian representations of Australia from inside Australian society. The thesis concludes that Australian policies and practices enable opinion leaders in the ten countries to construct representations of Australia in accordance with their own priorities and concerns, and in response to their agendas of Occidentalism, racism, and regionalism.
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Voigt-Graf, Carmen 1970. "The construction of transnational spaces : travelling between India, Fiji and Australia / Carmen Voigt-Graf." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2002. https://hdl.handle.net/2123/27931.

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This thesis examines the comparatively recent concept of transnationalism by undertaking an empirical study in a context that has so far not been systematically studied in this way. The transnationalism concept was pioneered in the early 19905 by scholars in the United States. The argument is that migrants and their kin construct transnational spaces which permeate various spheres of their daily life. Studies that fail to take these transnational spaces into consideration, risk overlooking important aspects of the migrant adaptation process and the lives of migrants and their kin. This study underlines the importance of applying a transnational perspective to migration and migrant adaptation. While being credited with adding valuable new perspectives and insights, transnationalism scholars have overlooked continuities with earlier migration concepts.
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Frost, Stephen. "Australia re-oriented: Negotiating Australia's Asian future from 1983-1996." Thesis, Frost, Stephen (2000) Australia re-oriented: Negotiating Australia's Asian future from 1983-1996. PhD thesis, Murdoch University, 2000. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/51022/.

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This thesis is an examination of the discourse on Asia in Australia from 1983 to 1996. It starts from a position that Asia is a linguistic convention, an interpretation, and as such exists as an interpretive space in which certain representations of Asia are negotiated and contested. I argue that the reality of Asia during the period under review existed due to a complex network of language, terms, ideas and interests. It is the contention of this thesis that an examination of Asia as a linguistic convention allows us to witness the fluidity, heterogeneity and fragility of an imagined Asia. My methodology owes much to a body of literature which has been concerned to describe the process by which texts represent and translate something we might call reality. Like the theorists I discuss in Chapter 1,1 am interested in the ways in which a complex actor world is reduced to a relatively simple formulation. This thesis charts the simplification of Asia from a complex world consisting of a web of intersecting relations to a number of less complicated representations such as 'economic powerhouse', 'region to which Australia should belong', location of superior work and cultural practices', or 'threat'. In describing this simplification I have chosen a method that we could call a sociology of translation. Described in Chapter 1, this method enables the observer to chart the process of translation through four stages during which the identity of actors, the possibility of interaction and the margins of manoeuvre are negotiated and delimited. These stages are: problematisation, in which problems are defined and solutions conceived; interessement, when actors are locked into place; enrolment, at which point actors accept that the solutions conceived are correct; and mobilisation, when a range of actors can be relied upon to properly represent the actor world (in this case Asia, Australia, and their relations) and not betray the interests of others. I argue in this thesis that the most effective site in which these four moments of translation take place is in the media. Using an analytical method that investigates the media's role in the cultural rationalisation of society through publicity campaigns, the thesis suggests that Australia's future in Asia during the period under review can be understood by a careful analysis of the contest for Asia in that sphere. If Australian society is administered in this way, then concentrating on Asia as it appears in the media seems a fruitful approach. The argument presented here is that the process of translation was based on two connected practices which give us cause to consider more broadly an ethics of representation. The first entailed condemning aspects of contemporary Asia-Australian relations as problematic, and thus jeopardising closer links with the region. This involved on the one hand the supplanting of 'false' images of Asia with 'true'; on the other hand it was characterised by the formulation of an Australian ideal type - the Ugly Australian ignorant, insensitive and possibly racist towards Asia. The second practice interpreted specific forms of behaviour as objects of ethical concern and attention. The question that requires consideration is how Asia, and in particular Asia-Australia relations, became the object of Australian moral solicitude? In each of the chapters that follows, I chart Australia's discourse on Asia during the eighties and nineties. It is my contention that the reorientation of Australia towards Asia during this period was not something natural, nor were the reasons for the shift self evident. By examining the terrain in general terms (Part I) and four specific case studies (Part II), the thesis describes the process by which Australia reoriented and negotiated its Asian future.
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Woodpower, Zeb Joseph. "The Australian National History Curriculum: Politics at Play." Thesis, Department of History, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/10246.

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In 2006, Prime Minister John Howard’s call for the root and renewal of Australian history initiated an ideologically driven process of developing an Australian national history curriculum which was completed by the Labor Government in 2012. Rather than being focussed on pedagogy, the process was characterised by the use of the curriculum as an ideological tool. This thesis provides accounts of the some of the key events during this period and engages with the conceptual debates that underlie the history curriculum being invested with such potent cultural authority.
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Broinowski, Alison. "About face : Asian representations of Australia /." View thesis entry in Australian Digital Theses Program, 2001. http://thesis.anu.edu.au/public/adt-ANU20030404.135751/index.html.

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Martin, Casey. "The creation of a pacifist narrative in Saotome Katsumoto's Senso to Seishun." Thesis, University of Colorado at Boulder, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1539361.

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This thesis examines Japanese writer Saotome Katsumoto and his efforts to create a pacifist message in his 1991 film Senso to Seishun (War and Youth). The story presents multigenerational viewpoints on the Pacific War, and is significant for being the first film to depict the Great Tokyo Air Raid of March 9–10, 1945. I discuss how Saotome's use of fiction, metaphor, and autobiographical techniques assist the film in creating a pacifist narrative. The film's pacifist message continues to hold relevance today, as nationalist and conservative groups push strongly for revisions to Article 9 of the Japanese Peace Constitution in order to remilitarize the nation.

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Dovale, Madeline J. "Postwar japan's hybrid modernity of in-betweenness| Historical, literary, and social perspectives." Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1527481.

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This thesis explores Japanese society through the lens of cultural hybridity and liminality to understand the shift towards nonconformity and hyper-individualism among post-postwar Japanese. This shift reflects an important point in Japan's transculturation process whereby post-postwar Japanese have developed a cultural hybridity of inbetweenness (liminality) juxtaposing their native Japaneseness (wakon) against their adopted Westernness (y okon). This wakon-yokon hybrid construct is posing a challenge to Japan's longstanding hybrid modernity philosophy of wakon-y osai (Japanese spirit- Western things), which perpetuated the pre-modern core values and collectivist ethics of Japaneseness for nearly 150 years below its façade of Western modernity. The dilemma inherent in Japan's wakon-y okon in-betweenness is foreshadowed in the pioneering works of Abe Kob o and Murakami Haruki, who both illuminated the conflicting juxtaposition of the core values and ethics of Japaneseness (wakon) and seken-Other (the jury-surrounding- the-Self) against the pursuit of the individualist ethics of Westernness (y okon) and Selfhood ( shutaisei) within their imaginaries.

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Brightwell, Erin Leigh. ""The Mirror of China"| Language selection, images of China, and narrating Japan in the Kamakura period (1185-1333)." Thesis, Princeton University, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3626441.

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"Kara kagami" (The Mirror of China) is something of an enigma—only six of an original ten scrolls survive, and there is no critical edition with comprehensive annotation or previous translation. A work composed for Imperial Prince-cum-Shogun Munetaka by the scion of a distinguished line of Confucian scholars, Fujiwara no Shigenori, on a topic of pressing interest in the thirteenth century—the fate of Continental China—it embodies many of the characteristic concerns of Kamakura Japan. Tensions between privatization and circulation of learning, imperial and warrior authority, Japan's envisioning of China and her relations thereto, as well as a larger cosmological narrative all run through the work. Yet they do so ways that challenge now long-held ideas of language, stance towards the Continent and its traditions, and narratives of generic development and resistance.

This dissertation explores the ways in which "The Mirror of China" defies familiar-yet-passé conceptions of medieval Japan. It examines afresh how three issues in medieval discourse—language selection, portrayals of China, and narrating Japan—are refracted in "The Mirror of China" in order to better understand text-based claims of political, cultural, and philosophical authority. "The Mirror of China"'s linguistically diverse manuscripts invite question of the worldviews or allegiances of identity a multilingual text can intimate. Its depiction of China and the implied narratives such a vision creates likewise differ markedly from those of contemporary works. And lastly, the linguistic and thematic innovation it brings to the Heian genre of "Mirror" writing marks a previously obscured turning point in medieval historiographic writing, one that allows an appreciation of the genre as a medieval experiment in crafting histories as legitimating narratives. Drawing on multiple understudied works in addition to better-known writings, this dissertation provides a new understanding of how medieval thinkers exploited languages, images, and traditions in order to create their own visions of authority.

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Majchrowicz, Daniel Joseph. "Travel, Travel Writing and the "Means to Victory" in Modern South Asia." Thesis, Harvard University, 2015. http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:17467221.

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This dissertation is a history of the idea of travel in South Asia as it found expression in Urdu travel writing of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Though travel has always been integral to social life in South Asia, it was only during this period that it became an end in itself. The imagined virtues of travel hinged on two emergent beliefs: that travel was a requisite for inner growth, and that travel experience was transferable. Consequently, Urdu travel writers endorsed travel not to reach a particular destination but to engender personal development, social advancement and communal well-being. Authors conveyed the transformative power of travel to their readers through accounts that traced out their inner journeys through narratives of physical travel, an ideal echoed in an old proverb that re-emerged at this time: “travel is the means to victory.” This study, which draws on extensive archival research from four countries, represents the most comprehensive examination of travel writing in any South Asian language. Through a diachronic analysis of a wealth of new primary sources, it indexes shifting valuations of travel as they relate to conceptualizations of the self, the political and the social. It demonstrates that though the idea of beneficial travel found its first expression in accounts commissioned by a colonial government interested in inculcating modern cosmopolitan aesthetics, it quickly developed a life of its own in the public sphere of print. This dynamic literary space was forged by writers from across the social spectrum who produced a profusion of accounts that drew inspiration from Indic, Islamic and European traditions. In the twentieth century, too, travel writing continued to evolve and expand as it adapted to the shifting dimensions of local nationalisms and successive international conflicts. In independent India and Pakistan, it broke new ground both aesthetically and thematically as it came to terms with the post-colonial geography of South Asia. Yet, throughout this history,Urdu travel writing continued to cultivate the idea that the journey was valuable for its own sake.
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de, Somer Gregory John Humanities &amp Social Sciences Australian Defence Force Academy UNSW. "The Redefinition of Asia : Australian Foreign Policy and Contemporary Asian Regionalism." Awarded by:University of New South Wales - Australian Defence Force Academy. School of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2003. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/38666.

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This thesis set out to ascertain the position of recent Australian Governments on the latest instalments of Asian regionalism in the context of an assessment of whether there has been a redefinition of Asia and thus a redefinition of Australia???s engagement with Asia. It will concentrate on the broad themes of politico-strategic and economic engagement. Whilst there has been extensive research and documentation on the Asian economic crisis there has been less work on the issue of a new Asian regionalism and the implications for Australia???s complex and variable engagement with the region. This is the basis for the claim to originality of this thesis, a claim supported by its focus on the practical and policy implications of Australia???s engagement, or lack of it, with regional institutions. The process of regional integration has been extremely slow, thus supporting the conclusion that there is no evidence of a major redefinition of Asia. Efforts at Asian regionalism are meeting obstacles that pose immense challenges. Asian regionalism remains nascent and poorly defined. This reflects the diversity and enormous disparities in cultures, political systems and the levels of economic development and differences over economic philosophies within East Asia. What is discernible is that the regionalism is proceeding more rapidly on financial issues than on trade, and in the security area it is conspicuously absent. This research highlights the fact that the question of Asian engagement remains a sensitive issue in Australia and continues to grow more complex. Australia???s engagement with Asia since 1996 has been variable because of the Howard Government???s broader balance of priorities between global and regional issues, and because of the changing nature of the Asian region. The perception gleaned from sources is that, for the Australian Government, regionalism initiatives are characterised by much discussion but lack substance. Consequently, this appears to have led the Government to the position that exclusion from some manifestations of regionalism is not so important. Australia is excluded from some of the regional architectures being constructed. In its efforts to seek inclusion in ASEAN + 3 and ASEM, Australia is facing the same barriers that have stood in the way of an AFTA-CER agreement. Exclusion would be important if the performance of regional groupings was not so indifferent. Exclusion from ASEAN + 3 and ASEM, however, does not equate to Australia???s exclusion from the region.
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Kao, Chia-li. "Imperialist ambiguity and ambivalence in Japanese and Taiwanese literature, 1895-1945." [Bloomington, Ind.] : Indiana University, 2008. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3345077.

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, Dept. of Comparative Literature, 2008.
Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on Oct. 5, 2009). Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 70-02, Section: A, page: 0570.
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Wong, Christopher Kway-Man. "The adjustment-adaptation of Asian immigrants during intercultural transition in Brisbane /." St. Lucia, Qld, 2002. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe16431.pdf.

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Daly, Philippa. "Lone White Faces: Australian Foreign Policy & the Nixon Doctrine." Thesis, Department of History, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/8816.

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On 25 July 1969, President Richard Nixon would announce a new direction in American foreign policy towards Asia that would have far reaching implications for its ANZUS partner in Australia. This study aims to map out the affects the Nixon Doctrine would have on Australian policy reforms in an attempt to critically examine the forces within international politics that saw Australia comprehensively engage with its Asia neighbours. This Asian region, which had previously been looked at with fear, was gradually viewed in the light of Nixon’s new policies as the only path to Australia’s long-standing future in the region.
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Meshkini, Majid. "A comparison of overall health between Asians and Australians from European backgrounds: A West Australian study of chronic disease, diet & metabolic syndrome risk factors." Thesis, Curtin University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1462.

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The current research study with a cross-sectional design evaluated cardiovascular risk factors amongst three ethnic groups including Europeans, Indians and Iranians living in Western Australia. The results indicated that different components of metabolic syndrome including general and central obesity, insulin resistance, dyslipidaemia and hypertension as well as serum biomarkers of hs-CRP, E-selectin and adiponectin are affected by ethnicity. These findings support the hypothesis that ethnicity plays a significant role in developing metabolic syndrome in populations.
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López, López Alejandro. "Molecular phylogeny and evolution of australian and asian tiger beetles (Coleoptera: cicindelidae) = Filogenia molecular y evolución de escarabajos tigre de Australia y Asia (Coleoptera: cicindelidae)." Doctoral thesis, TDR (Tesis Doctorales en Red), 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/361397.

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Objetivos Los cicindélidos o escarabajos tigre son una familia de coleópteros depredadores frecuentemente estudiados. Esta tesis se centra en dos géneros de cicindélidos: el género australiano Pseudotetracha, perteneciente a la tribu Megacephalini, y el género surasiático Cosmodela, de la tribu Cicindelini. En el primer capítulo se pone a prueba, mediante métodos moleculares, la clasificación presentada en trabajos previos, basados en la morfología, sobre el complejo de especies blackburni/murchisona en el género Pseudotetracha. En el segundo capítulo se analizan las meiosis de las mismas muestras con el fin de estudiar el papel de las reorganizaciones cromosómicas en la especiación y especialización de la tribu Megacephalini, así como confirmar la separación de dos clados hallados en el capítulo anterior. En el tercer capítulo se añaden más muestras de un área mayor de distribución, con el objetivo de revelar la diversidad críptica presente en Pseudotetracha inferida en los dos primeros capítulos y estudiar los procesos que han generado su diversidad. El cuarto capítulo trata del género asiático Cosmodela, en particular la especie C. aurulenta, en la cual se pone a prueba la identidad de las dos 21subespecies descritas como especies independientes, así como el papel que las glaciaciones han tenido en su historia evolutiva. Metodología Para cumplir estos objetivos se utilizaron diversos métodos. Tomando como base la secuenciación de diversos fragmentos de ADN mitocondrial y nuclear (cox1, cox3, 16S, 18S y wingless), se realizaron análisis filogenéticos usando los métodos de Máxima Parsimonia e Inferencia Bayesiana. En los capítulos 2 a 4 se empleó además un reloj molecular para situar en una escala temporal las divergencias observadas. Adicionalmente se realizaron análisis filogeográficos para clarificar las relaciones entre las diferentes poblaciones a un nivel infraespecífico. Los métodos de delimitación de especies GMYC y bPTP, basados en datos moleculares, se usaron en el capítulo 3. En el caso de Cosmodela también se analizaron las distancias genéticas entre los principales clados. En los capítulos 1 y 2 se observaron células en meiosis de los diferentes taxones de Pseudotetracha. Resultados Los resultados obtenidos en el capítulo 1 confirmaron, mediante métodos moleculares, la validez del complejo de especies blackburni/murchisona tal como había sido propuesta previamente en base a la morfología. Estos resultados se mostraron en desacuerdo con un trabajo previo que separaba a la especie P. blackburni de este grupo. La especie P. australis quedaría incluida dentro de este clado. La observación de células en metafase II proporcionó indicios de que los dos clados observados en P. blackburni tendrían un cariotipo diferente y podrían constituir dos especies crípticas. En el capítulo 2 se confirmó este último resultado, revelando que blackburni-2 tiene una fórmula cariotípica n=11+XY y blackburni-1 ha sufrido una reorganización cromosómica resultando en un sistema de cromosomas sexuales múltiples (n=10+X1X2Y) de tipo quiasmático y con un origen reciente como consecuencia de la fusión del cromosoma Y ancestral con un autosoma. Este sistema difiere del conocido en la tribu Cicindelini, antiguo y aquiasmático. Se observó una tendencia a la reducción del número cromosómico en la tribu Megacephalini, posiblemente por repetidos ciclos de incorporación de autosomas al par de heterosomas, proceso que favorecería la especiación y explicaría la alta especialización en este grupo. La filogenia realizada en el tercer capítulo detectó nueve especies previamente conocidas y otras nueve no descritas, en algunos casos crípticas. Además se infirió el papel que tuvo la aridificación de Australia en la separación de los diferentes linajes, así como la historia de cada uno de ellos. Los resultados mostraron que es necesaria una revisión taxonómica del género Pseudotetracha para aclarar las discordancias encontradas con trabajos previos y la identidad de varios taxones crípticos o de identificación confusa. Los resultados del capítulo 4 apoyaron la separación de las dos subespecies C. aurulenta aurulenta y C. a. juxtata como especies distintas, estrechamente emparentadas con C. batesi, que divergieron durante el Pleistoceno. Se reveló que C. aurulenta se habría originado en la península Malaya, desde donde colonizó Indonesia durante los máximos glaciares, mientras que C. juxtata habría colonizado secundariamente la península Malaya, donde coexiste con C. aurulenta. Aims Tiger beetles are a commonly studied family of predatory coleopterans.
This thesis focuses on two cicindelid genera: Australian genus Pseudotetracha, in the tribe Megacephalini, and southern Asian genus Cosmodela, in the tribe Cicindelini. In the first chapter, the classification made in previous works, based on morphology, about the blackburni/murchisona species complex in the genus Pseudotetracha is tested. In the second chapter, meiosis from the same samples are analyzed in order to study the role of chromosomic rearrangements in speciation and the specialization of the tribe Megacephalini, and to confirm the separation of two clades found in the previous chapter. In the third chapter, more samples from a wider area are included in order to unveil the cryptic diversity in Pseudotetracha inferred in the two first chapters, and to study the processes that generated their diversity. The fourth chapter deals with the Asian genus Cosmodela, concretely the species C. aurulenta, in which the identity of its two described subspecies as independent species, and the role of the glaciations in their evolutionary history, are tested. Methods Several methods were used in order to achieve these goals. Phylogenetic analyses using the methods of Maximum Parsimony and Bayesian Inference were carried out, based on the sequencing of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA fragments (cox1, cox3, 16S, 18S and wingless). In chapters 2 to 4 a molecular clock was used in order to trace in a chronological scale the observed divergences. Additionally, phylogeographic analyses were carried out in order to clarify the intraspecific relationships among populations. The species delimitation methods GMYC and bPTP, based on molecular data, were used in chapter 3. The genetic distances between the Cosmodela main clades were analyzed. In chapters 1 and 2, meiotic cells from the Pseudotetracha taxa were observed. Results The results obtained in chapter 1 confirmed, by means of molecular methods, the validity of the blackburni/murchisona species complex as it was previously proposed according to morphology. These results were in disagreement with a preceding work that separated P. blackburni from this group. P. australis would be included in this clade. The observation of metaphase II cells provide evidence that the two observed clades in P. blackburni could actually represent two cryptic species. Chapter 2 confirmed this result, showing that blackburni-2 has a n=11+XY karyotypic formula while blackburni-1 underwent a chromosomal rearrangement that produced a recent and chiasmatic multiple sex chromosome system (n=10+X1X2Y) as a consequence of a fusion between the ancestral Y chromosome with an autosome. This chromosome system differs from the ancient and achiasmatic multiple sex chromosome system known in tribe Cicindelini. A tendency towards the reduction in the chromosome number was observed in the tribe Megacephalini, probably by repeated cycles of incorporation of autosomes to the heterosomal pair. This process would favor speciation and would explain the high specialization found in this group. The phylogeny that was carried out in the third chapter detected nine previously known species and nine undescribed taxa. Moreover, the role of the aridification of Australia in the divergence of the lineages and the history of each clade were inferred. The results showed that a taxonomic revision of the genus Pseudotetracha is needed in order to clarify the discrepancies found in relation to previous works and the identity of several cryptic of difficult to identify taxa. The results of chapter 4 support the separation of the subspecies C. aurulenta aurulenta and C. a. juxtata as different species, closely related with C. batesi, that diverged during the Pleistocene. C. aurulenta was revealed to originate in the Malay peninsula, from which it colonized Indonesia during the glacial maxima, whereas C. juxtata would have secondarily colonized the Malay peninsula where it coexists with C. aurulenta.
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Woo, Lai W. "Australia as other in Singapore's media." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 1997. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/888.

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Since the late eighteenth century, the Western observation of the East has been based on shared ontological and epistemological assumptions made by the West of the East as different and as the "Other''. Said's concept of Orientalism revolutionized Western understanding of non-Western cultures by showing how Western projected images shaped the Occidental view of the Orient. Although much has been written about the West's perception of the East as "Other'' (Eg. Said and Schirato), to date, little has been written dealing with the West from, the "Eastern" viewpoint. This thesis will examine the concepts of Orientalism (the perception of the Orient as Other) and Occidentalism, which Yao views as Orientalism in reverse, and apply it to the study of Australian I Singapore relations. It will specifically look at the way in which Australia is reported in Singapore's main English newspaper, The Straits Times. Australian events are perceived to be of importance not only to the Singaporean reader but to Australian/Singapore relations. Although the notion of the "Other" can mean different things to different people., I have chosen, for the purpose of this thesis to use Said's definition, which has to do with Western perception of the East as Other. The principle question that arises from the situation of Othering is, quite simply, why does The Straits Times, and by implication the Singapore government, choose to "Other" Australia in a remarkably consistent manner?
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Minami, Masaki. "The role and policy of the South Australian Government in the development of economic ties with Asian nations /." Title page, table of contents and abstract only, 1997. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09ARM/09armm663.pdf.

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Law, Benjamin Yuk Nung. "The new lows : representing Asian-Australians on television." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2009. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/29272/2/Benjamin_Law_Thesis.pdf.

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This project utilises creative practice as research, and involves writing and discussing four sample episodes of a proposed six-part dramatic, black-comedy1 television mini-series titled The New Lows. Combined, the creative project and accompanying exegesis seeks to illuminate and interrogate some of the inherent concerns, pitfalls and politics encountered in writing original Asian-Australian characters for television. Moreover, this thesis seeks to develop and deliberate on characters that would expand, shift and extend concepts of stereotyping and authenticity as they are used in creative writing for television. The protagonists of The New Lows are the contemporary and dysfunctional Asian-Australian Lo family: the Hong Kong immigrants John and Dorothy, and their Australian-born children Wendy, Simon and Tommy. Collectively, they struggle to manage the family business: a decaying suburban Chinese restaurant called Sunny Days, which is stumbling towards imminent commercial death. At the same time, each of the characters must negotiate their own personal catastrophes, which they hide from fellow family members out of shame and fear. Although there is a narrative arc to the series, I have also endeavoured to write each episode as a selfcontained story. Written alongside the creative works is an exegetical component. Through the paradigm of Asian-Australian studies, the exegesis examines the writing process and narrative content of The New Lows, alongside previous representations of Asians on Australian and international television and screen. Concepts discussed include stereotype, ethnicity, otherness, hybridity and authenticity. However, the exegesis also seeks to question the dominant cultural paradigms through which these issues are predominantly discussed. These investigations are particularly relevant, since The New Lows draws upon a suite of characters commonly considered to be stereotypical in Asian-Australian representations.
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Law, Benjamin Yuk Nung. "The new lows : representing Asian-Australians on television." Queensland University of Technology, 2009. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/29272/.

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This project utilises creative practice as research, and involves writing and discussing four sample episodes of a proposed six-part dramatic, black-comedy1 television mini-series titled The New Lows. Combined, the creative project and accompanying exegesis seeks to illuminate and interrogate some of the inherent concerns, pitfalls and politics encountered in writing original Asian-Australian characters for television. Moreover, this thesis seeks to develop and deliberate on characters that would expand, shift and extend concepts of stereotyping and authenticity as they are used in creative writing for television. The protagonists of The New Lows are the contemporary and dysfunctional Asian-Australian Lo family: the Hong Kong immigrants John and Dorothy, and their Australian-born children Wendy, Simon and Tommy. Collectively, they struggle to manage the family business: a decaying suburban Chinese restaurant called Sunny Days, which is stumbling towards imminent commercial death. At the same time, each of the characters must negotiate their own personal catastrophes, which they hide from fellow family members out of shame and fear. Although there is a narrative arc to the series, I have also endeavoured to write each episode as a selfcontained story. Written alongside the creative works is an exegetical component. Through the paradigm of Asian-Australian studies, the exegesis examines the writing process and narrative content of The New Lows, alongside previous representations of Asians on Australian and international television and screen. Concepts discussed include stereotype, ethnicity, otherness, hybridity and authenticity. However, the exegesis also seeks to question the dominant cultural paradigms through which these issues are predominantly discussed. These investigations are particularly relevant, since The New Lows draws upon a suite of characters commonly considered to be stereotypical in Asian-Australian representations.
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Totten, Christopher Lee. "To be FRANK : Austral-Asian Performance Ensemble /." [St. Lucia, Qld.], 2003. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe17845.pdf.

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Highland, Jacqueline M. "Asian migrant writers in Australia and the negotiation of the third space." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2011. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/156.

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This thesis is a comparative study of three selected texts by Australian novelistsYasmine Gooneratne, A Change of Skies,(1991) Adib Khan, SeasonalAdjustments (1994) and Brian Castro, Birds of Passage ((1983). All three writersexplore the experiences and perceptions of their protagonists in relating to thelandscape, people and cultural traditions within the Australian context into whichthey have migrated from different Asian countries. Brian Castro’s centralcharacters, Lo Yun Shan and Seamus O’Young, are drawn from two contexts, theformer from the 19th century China while the latter is a contemporary Australianborn Chinese. Gooneratne’s and Khan’s protagonists hail from South-East Asiancontexts, which are again interestingly different, Gooneratne’s character beingfrom Sri Lanka and Khan’s from Bangladesh. From the multiplicity of culturesfrom which these texts emerge with their inevitable movements of theprotagonists between the originary and adoptive homes, there seems to be areaching towards a necessary ‘inter’ space, what Homi Bhabha calls the ‘ThirdSpace.’ In terms of perception of identity and belonging this borderline positionwould appear to be crucial to the diasporic condition. (1994, p. 53) While thisstudy explores the problematics, accommodations, resolutions and synergiesinvolved in the experience of negotiating this liminal space and living whatRushdie calls a ‘translated’ existence, (1991, p. 17) the focus is on particularprocesses crucial to that translation. My study will suggest that the arrival at the ‘Third Space’ is represented neitheras a benign experience of adaptation to a different sense of home nor a sense ofbeing relegated to a state of permanent loss and alienation. Rather it will beapparent that the migrant experience is more mosaic than formulaic resisting neatdefinitions of movement from an initial sense of estrangement from the hostnation to accommodation and assimilation within the new society. It seems thateach individual character is poised on different and differing configurations ofcultural allegiances and identities within the’ Third Space’. The representationand perception of the’ Third Space’ ‘in relation to the performance of identity as iteration and the recreation of self…[particularly in terms of] the desire forrecognition’ (Bhabha, 2004, p.12) appears more diverse than originally envisagedby Bhabha. There appears to be a plurality of articulations within thisformulation, suggesting it is not a single, homogenous in-between space but aconstellation of ‘Third Spaces’, fluid and changing, overriding the possibility of a‘happy hybridity’ which, in any case. most theorists in the field find an untenableconcept. The tracing of this highly complex . inter-related and entangled plethoraof experiences which constitute the fate of the migrant will be explored in depthand detail in this thesis. Finally, no arrival at certain certainties is promised at itsconclusion; only, possibly, a heightening of awareness, an expansion ofunderstanding.. This provides an opportunity to revisit, indeed to rethink thecomplexities of migrant experience as not only transcending dichotomies ofinsider/outsider, belonging/alterity which are encoded in the narrative of a nation,while simultaneously affirming the processes of hybridity as crucial to theformation of a ‘double selved’ identity.
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Le, Vy Kim Thi. "Understanding the operational structure of Southeast Asian drug trafficking groups in Australia." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2013. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/60670/3/60670.pdf.

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This thesis examined the operational structure of Southeast Asian drug trafficking groups operating on the eastern seaboard of Australia by testing the validity and application of organised crime and drug trafficking typologies using data obtained from 159 drug trafficking cases in three Australian states: New South Wales; Queensland; and Victoria. Key findings indicated that the usefulness of typologies is limited when classifying and analysing organised crime groups. In particular, Southeast Asian drug trafficking groups operated largely in small, informal, family-based hierarchies or groups that were better conceptualised using theoretical perspectives from network and cultural studies. The study recommended that replicating previous empirical research in the field is an effective approach that will contribute towards building a cumulative body of knowledge on organised crime structures.
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Klaussner, Miriam. "An examination of communication across cultures in news media and at informal/personal levels : with concentration on relations among two South East Asian countries and Australia and those two countries and Germany." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2002.

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In the age of globalisation dominated by mass communication, the flow of information contributes to a big extent to the worldviews of its "global citizens". From this point of view the mass media can be seen as one of the most salient sources of cross-cultural communication. This study investigates mass communication across cultures, focusing on South East Asia (Malaysia and Singapore), Australia and Germany. The centre of attention is the Western media coverage of South East Asia and vice versa. In this context a content analysis of newspapers of the three regions has been conducted. In addition, working practices and conditions of Western foreign correspondents in South East Asia have been examined. Apart from the investigation of inter-cultural media coverage, another focus of attention will be the examination of two levels of communication: The business level, concentrating on issues like e.g. the Asian business etiquette; and the private level, looking into the transition to a different culture from the perspective of Australian and German expatriates. Apart from investigating mass communication across cultures and to provide a written analysis of the findings, a series of radio documentaries in English and in German has been produced. They cover the following issues: Foreign correspondents in South East Asia, the expatriate-lifestyle of Australians and Germans in South East Asia, business etiquette in Asia, student exchange Germany-Asia, image and prejudices East-West and Tourism.
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Pal, Deep. "India-China Relationship Since 1988 -- Ensuring Economics trumps Politics." Thesis, The George Washington University, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1586663.

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The Sino-Indian relationship marked by mutual mistrust for the last six decades has seen definitive changes since the late 1980s. Though considerable issues remain unresolved, the two have begun establishing mechanisms to establish a certain level of trust that began with the visit of Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi to Beijing in 1988. The paper analyzes recent literature on this relationship and finds them predicting two outcomes primarily - either one where India admits Chinese supremacy and kowtows to it, or one that foresees increased clashes between the two. Neither outcome takes into account the complex association that the two nations are building guided by a series of frameworks, mechanisms and agreements. This paper posits that in the evolutionary arc of interstate relations, Sino-Indian relations have not reached a point where only one of the two options - cooperation and competition, will be chosen. This paper argues that economic interests of the two rising powers is behind the present behavior where the two are courting each other but at the same time, preparing for the other's rise. Both countries consider their economic identity to be primary and do not want to be distracted from the key national goal of economic development. They are particularly careful that their disagreements with each other do not come in the way of this goal. The paper analyzes the various frameworks and suggests that they are created with this end in consideration. Both India and China aim to continue collaboration in economic matters bilaterally or in international issues of mutual interest even when they don't see eye to eye on disputes left over from history. It is likely that competition will at times get the better of cooperation, driven by factors like strategic influence in the neighborhood, finding newer providers of energy as well as markets for their goods and services. But periodic flare-ups notwithstanding, in the absence of serious provocations, the two countries will avoid clashes that can escalate. The paper also analyzes certain black-swan events that might disturb the balancing act. Incidents like the death of the Dalai Lama creating a vacuum within the Tibetan leadership is one such scenario; a terrorist attack on India planned and executed form Pakistan like the one in Mumbai in 2008 is another. However, the presence of multiple bilateral platforms will continue to automatically insulate alternate channels of communication even in these situations. In conclusion, the paper suggests that as they grow, India and China will continue to engage each other at several levels, competing and cooperation, deterring and reassuring each other at once.

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Gyves, Clifford Michael 1969. "An English translation of General Qi Jiguang's "Quanjing Jieyao Pian" (Chapter on the Fist Canon and the Essentials of Nimbleness) from the "Jixiao Xinshu" (New Treatise on Disciplined Service)." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/278273.

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Qi Jiguang is recognized as one of the most successful generals of the Ming dynasty. Noted for his severe discipline and intense training, Qi led an army comprised of uniformed regulars and civilian auxiliaries against Japanese pirates in Zejiang province. His unprecedented victories earned Qi a reputation as a training expert. He composed his first military treatise, the Jixiao Xinshu (New Treatise on Disciplined Service) in 1560 while serving in Zejiang. The text discusses command and control, tactics, and training. Chapter 14, the "Quanjing Jieyao Pian" (Chapter on the Fist Canon and the Essentials of Nimbleness), endorses unarmed combat exercises as physical training for troops. No literary precedent for such a work has been discovered. Historical evidence suggests, however, that pre-Ming armies have used some forms of martial arts in training or demonstrations. Also, similarities between the "Quanjing" and modern taijiquan raise questions about a possible common martial arts heritage.
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Rey, Marie-Bénédicte. "La destinée asiatique de l'Australie." Thesis, Paris 3, 2012. http://www.theses.fr/2012PA030061.

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Avant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, l’Australie était fermée à l’Asie, motivée par la peur du "péril jaune" et un sentiment de supériorité raciale ; la majeure partie de sa population venait d’Europe et le pays se plaçait sous la protection britannique pour éviter l’"invasion asiatique". La Seconde Guerre mondiale et le processus de décolonisation bouleversèrent la géopolitique de l’Australie qui prit conscience de l’importance de son voisinage pour sa sécurité et pour sa prospérité. En tant que pays occidental situé au bord de l’Asie, l’Australie devait trouver sa place dans le nouveau contexte et se repenser pour adapter son histoire à sa géographie. C’est ainsi que le gouvernement développa les relations économiques et politiques avec les pays voisins et ouvrit le pays aux Asiatiques. Ce processus d’engagement régional, qui s’intensifia entre 1942 et 2002, allait changer la perception identitaire du pays et de son peuple
Before the Second World War, Australia’s borders were closed to Asia’s peoples and relations with the Asian countries were limited ; this was justified by the nation’s fear of the "yellow peril" and a sense of racial superiority. At that time, the vast majority of Australia’s population originated from Europe and the protection offered by Great Britain in part assisted in the avoidance of an "Asian invasion". World War Two and the process of decolonisation brought about a drastic change in the geopolitics of Australia, and the importance of the Asian region with respect to the nation’s security and prosperity began to be recognised. As a Western country on the fringe of Asia, Australia had to find its place in this new context and to reinvent itself to reconcile its history with its geography. In this respect, the Australian government soon developed economic and political relations with the neighbouring countries and opened immigration channels to people of the Asian region. This process of regional engagement, which intensified between 1942 and 2002, would change the perceived identity perception of the country and of its people
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McWhinnie, Louise J. I. Art History &amp Art Education College of Fine Arts UNSW. "An inquiry into the study of visual communication by international asian students within the context of an Australian university." Awarded by:University of New South Wales. Art History & Art Education, 2008. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/43574.

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Extant bodies of research identify the dilemmas encountered by, and adaptive strategies of international Asian students (IAS) undertaking second language undergraduate study. However no substantive research has explored the existence of subject specific dilemmas that such students encounter in the study of design within a western setting. Doctoral work exploring design education is rare. This study addresses the gap in the research record by investigating the specifics of the study of visual communication by IAS attending an Australian university. Through the voices of the IAS and academics, the specific nature of the manifestation, understanding and misunderstanding of such dilemmas is explored. Together with the investigation of visual communication, the author discloses the nature of perception and misconception between a group of design academics and a cohort of IAS. The study uses complementary methodologies, synthesising quantitative and qualitative data. The study's statistical data was generated from 460 first and second year student surveys. This was undertaken over a three-year period, with resultant data sub-categorised to enable a representation of the IAS to emerge through identification of their particular motivations, expectations and actualisation of dilemmas within the context of the wider undergraduate cohort. The author develops and utilises an explanatory framework after Pierre Bourdieu, to analyse data emanating from interviews with multiple participants of an established population of academics and IAS. She explores the perceptions of their realities and the construction of their representations, as located through both their convergence and divergence. The study's paradigm is constructed by the field of design, as an objective world and site of the inquiry. Viewing the study's data through this conceptual framework, the author constructs a representation of the field and educational site using socio-cultural structures and the populations' multiple realities. The study reports on the layers and contradictions of communication, miscommunication, myth and fiction, constructed through the educational field. This is further interrogated to reveal the arbitrary structure of the field, its pedagogy and creation of its internal logic by which the field is perpetuated and student performances reproduced. The outcomes of the investigation include a detailed identification of lA design students' disclosures of the dilemmas of expectation versus experience, and the systematic misperception of paradoxes within the pedagogy of visual communication, presented as convergent and divergent expectations of the IAS and academics.
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Elson, R. E. "Australian dissertations on Asia, 1999-2000." Griffith University, 2000. http://www.gu.edu.au:80/school/iba/asaa/austdistertations.html.

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Dissertations on Asia and Australia's relations with Asia, either completed in 1999 or 2000 or in progress in 2000 in Australian universities. The list was compiled by Robert Elson from information supplied to the Asian Studies Association of Australia. Arranged by regions of Asia: general or comparative; Australia and Asia; East Asia; South Asia; Southeast Asia; West Asia.
Description based on contents viewed June 4, 2002; title from home page.
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Zhao, Ke. "Australian water security and Asian food security: complexity and macroeconomics of sustainability." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/12771.

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The thesis focuses on the macroeconomics of sustainable development and the extension to energy, water and food security, using a system dynamics approach, i.e. the methods of differential equations systems with initial values. The work is divided into three related parts that build a narrative concerning the interaction between economics, policy, natural resources and society. First, after reviewing the concepts of complexity in environmental security, a simple system comprising three coupled differential equations is used to explain the effects of macroeconomic business cycles on the exploitation of ecological resources, and from this is inferred an implied importance of averting business cycles. The concept of entropy production is used to represent the exploitation of ecological resources. The second part establishes a system methodology inspired by Post Keynesian economics to develop the Murray-Darling Basin Economy Simulation Model that links food production/water users and food consumers at the micro scale, to the macroeconomic system dynamics. The goal of this study is to integrate and analyze the ecological-economic system in the Murray-Darling basin. The concepts of entropy production, useful work and income distribution are used as a bridge between the micro and macro subsystems. The system parameters are estimated using an ecological-economic data set for the Murray-Darling basin and for Australia (where data of the Basin are unavailable) from 1978-2005, and the model is validated using data from 2006-2012. The results reveal important structural linkages between the two subsystems and are used to predict the consequences of business cycles and government intervention for the coordination of growth and sustainability. The third, and final, part presents the development of an ``Asian Food Security Risk Engine'' that predicts the threat of civil unrest from food insecurity in Asian developing countries. A basal characteristics index for each developing country in Asia is defined and evaluated. Based on these measures, and introducing the concept of flow of anger, we use a differential equation system to integrate the threat of food security, the trigger for food riots, and food policy. The system parameters are estimated using a data set tracking indexes for threat, trigger and policy for Asian developing countries from 2006-2008, and the model is validated using data from 2009-2012. The results show the possible alternative approaches to simulating threat severity from food insecurity and are used to predict the threat of social unrest due to food security for a given country one month ahead.
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Nilsson, Lauren Camilla. "Indo chic: Cultural Appropriation, Online Activism and Diasporic South Asian Cultural Identity in Australia." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2022. https://hdl.handle.net/2123/29597.

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My research tracks and interrogates the many manifestations of the aesthetic tradition ‘Indo chic’, analysing how South Asian diasporic (desi) communities in the West interact with the trend, and in particular, how the trend has led desi women to engage in political activism online. The term ‘Indo chic’ refers to the Western production and consumption of 'South Asian/Indian inspired' commodities and images that connote a specific, yet generic, 'exotic cool' such as yoga or Bindis. Using a mixed methodology of critical visual analysis and ethnographic interviews, I examine how the aesthetics of contemporary Indo chic affect the cultural identity of desi women living in the West, with a particular focus on the experiences of desi women living in Australia. Broadening the category of diasporic South Asian identity, I also engage with mixed-race diasporic South Asian relationships to Indo chic which illuminate the messiness and constructedness of culture as embodied experience. As such, this project situates itself within wider arguments concerning the diasporic experience, whiteness and racial privilege, online activisms, and cultural authenticity.
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Steains, Timothy Kazuo. "Becoming Mixed: Intercultural Engagement with Japan in Contemporary Australian Literature, Cinema, and Theatre." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/16552.

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This thesis examines intercultural engagement between Australians and Japanese in a total of nine examples of contemporary Australian literature, cinema, and theatre. Given the recent political rhetoric surrounding Australia’s role in the ‘Asian century’ and its need to ‘engage’ Asia, this study considers how intercultural exchanges might lead to productive forms of cultural mixture in Australia. I use mixed racial and cultural experiences – such as my own – as a framework to think about the benefits of mixed cultural identification. I argue that cross-cultural engagement can lead individuals and societies to possessing multiple forms of cultural, national, and even racial identification. Individual moments of ‘becoming mixed’ offer ways of thinking about transnational formations of Australian cultural life and identity. This exploration takes up Ghassan Hage’s call to consider the potential of intercultural relations, given the failures of Australian multiculturalism. In addition, by taking own mixed race position into account, this project examines the limitations of the restrictive ‘identity politics’ of many postcolonial or critical race approaches to ethnic and racial identity. I employ Kuan-Hsing Chen’s notion of ‘becoming others’ and place it in conversation with Deleuzian becoming and a version of the subject that draws on Freudian melancholia. Becoming others, or becoming mixed, allows us to consider the new possibilities of cross-cultural identifications that are not bound by rigid ethnic, racial, or national identities. The first section of this thesis examines three road movies centring on interracial desire – Sue Brooks’s Japanese Story (2003), Rachel Lucas’s Bondi Tsunami (2004), and Clara Law’s The Goddess of 1967 (2000). The second section analyses three theatre-themed texts (one novel and two plays) that explore ghostly possession and the embodiment of difference – Paddy O’Reilly’s The Factory (2005), Allan Marett’s Oppenheimer Noh (2015), and Mayu Kanamori’s Yasukichi Murakami: Through a Different Lens (2014). The final section examines three novels that centre on wartime reconciliation – Gail Jones’s Dreams of Speaking (2006) Richard Flanagan’s The Narrow Road to the Deep North (2013), and Christine Piper’s After Darkness (2014).
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Zhang, Qing. "Management of construction international joint ventures between Australia and Asia." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2000. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/36103/1/36103_Zhang_2000.pdf.

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In recent years, many of South East Asian countries have experienced high levels of economic growth. Coupled with their sheer population, this has led to a huge demand for the improvement of infrastructure. The construction market is growing rapidly in these countries, with governments encouraging multinational companies to set up joint ventures with the local companies to bring in advanced construction technology. International Joint Venture (IJV) as a unique formation of project structure has become one of the most widely used methods for multinational construction companies to enter into the Asian market. Australia is building closer relationships with Asian countries and is playing an active role in the economy development of Asia Pacific region. Australian contractors are also trying to gain a foothold in the international construction market. They have the geographical advantage over their US or European competitors to target the Asian market. Despite all this, the Australian construction industry has been slow in accessing the Asian market, and has experienced many difficulties. As a result of the increasing interest in joint ventures in the business environment and the high failure rate of the IJV, the study of IJV is gaining increasing popularity among researchers. Most of the research has focused on the motivations to joint venture. For example, past studies have investigated joint ventures as means of coping with resource limitations and uncertainty, reduction of risk and/or uncertainty, and expediting entry into a new geographic or technological market. Another focus of joint venture research has been on joint venture performance and control. However, little literature is available on how to manage the IJV between Australia and Asian countries. As more and more Australian companies are forming joint ventures in Asian developing countries, it is important to investigate the performance of these joint ventures. This research project aims at the Australian IJV in Asia. After the analysis of existing joint venture problems, four areas of joint venture management - joint venture formation, joint venture partnership and negotiation, joint venture organisational management and joint venture project management have been identified as the research concentration. Industry interviews and a questionnaire survey has been used to collect data. Research findings are further developed into a theoretical model for Australian IJV management.
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Bui, Thanh Huong. "Revisiting the Rite of Passage Theory in an Australian Backpacking Context." Thesis, Griffith University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/365995.

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Backpacking as a form of independent travel has grown to become a world phenomenon. Backpacker tourism is a global trend with increasing numbers not just from traditional generating countries in Europe, but also from emerging economies in Asia, such as Korea and Japan. The increasing popularity of backpacking among young Asians calls for more attention as the research to date has mainly focused on Western backpackers. This study seeks to advance the current understanding of Asian backpacking as a social phenomenon in its relatively early stage of development. Backpacking is considered as a rite of passage among Western and Israeli youth. This meaningful travel experience broadens their horizon, helps them to better understand their home societies and generates personal development via interactions with ‘others’ in foreign environments. These sought-after values make the meaning of the backpacking experience greater than just a mere escape from modern life. This interpretation is yet to be confirmed for Asian backpackers as relatively little research has been done on Asian backpackers. The paucity of literature in this research area justifies the use of the rite of passage theory in this research to explore the meanings of travel to young Asians. This research evaluated and extended the rite of passage theory in an Asian backpacking context. Firstly, it introduced an Asian approach to the study of the rite of passage. Accordingly, the theory was interpreted in regards to the context of contemporary Asian culture and society. Secondly, the study developed measures and tested a structural model that assisted in understanding the stages of the rite of passage and their interrelations.
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Gentry, James Duncan. "Substance and Sense| Objects of Power in the Life, Writings, and Legacy of the Tibetan Ritual Master Sog bzlog pa Blo gros rgyal mtshan." Thesis, Harvard University, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3626633.

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This thesis is a reflection upon objects of power and their roles in the lives of people through the lens of a single case example: power objects as they appear throughout the narrative, philosophical, and ritual writings of the Tibetan Buddhist ritual specialist Sog bzlog pa Blo gros rgyal mtshan (1552-1624) and his milieu. This study explores their discourse on power objects specifically for what it reveals about how human interactions with certain kinds of objects encourage the flow of power and charisma between them, and what the implications of these person-object transitions were for issues of identity, agency, and authority on the personal, institutional, and state registers in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Tibet.

My investigation of Sog bzlog pa's discourse on power objects shows how the genres of narrative, philosophy, and liturgy are related around such objects, each presenting them from a slightly different perspective. I illustrate how narratives depict power objects as central to the identity of Sog bzlog pa and his circle, mediating relations that are in turn social, political, religious, aesthetic, and economic in tone, and contributing to the authority of the persons involved. This flow of power between persons and objects, I demonstrate further, is connected to tensions over the sources of transformational power as rooted in either objects, or in the people instrumental in their ritual treatment or use. I show how this tension between objective and subjective power plays out in Sog bzlog pa's philosophical speculations about power objects and in his rituals featuring them. I also trace the persistence of this discourse after Sog bzlog pa's death in the seventeenth-century state-building activities of Tibet and Sikkim, and in the present day identity of Sikkim's Buddhist population. Power objects emerge as hybrid subject-object mediators, which variously embody, channel, and direct the flow of power and authority between persons, objects, communities, institutions, and the state, as they flow across boundaries and bind these in their tracks. Finally, I illustrate how this discourse of power objects both complicates and extends contemporary theoretical reflections on the relationships between objects, actions, persons, and meanings.

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Gan, Tian. "Bioactive peptides from the defensive skin secretions of selected Australian and Asian frogs." Thesis, Queen's University Belfast, 2017. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.726349.

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Frog skin secretions are recognised as an extraordinarily rich source of antimicrobial and pharmacological peptides, which are adapted to serve as the first-line defences against microorganisms and predators. To date, a wide variety of antimicrobial peptides and pharmacological peptides have been identified in frog skin secretions and some are significant as therapeutic leads. In this thesis, several bioactive peptides have been studied in the secretions of the Australian frog, Litoria infrafrenata and the Asian frog, Odorrana livida, by using genomic and proteomic techniques. The cDNAs encoding novel peptide biosynthetic precursors were each cloned from respective cDNA libraries of the frog skin secretions using a “shotgun” cloning strategy employing a degenerate primer designed to the highly-conserved domain of 5’-untranslated regions of previously known peptide precursor cDNAs from Rana and Litoria. Mature peptides were identified in respective species skin secretion reverse phase HPLC fractions using MALDI-TOF MS and their sequences were confirmed using tandem MS/MS fragmentation sequencing. Replicates of the novel peptides and their analogues were synthesised and analysed by RP-HPLC and MALDI-TOF MS to establish their degree of purity and authenticity of structure. The synthetic peptides were used in several biological assays, such as antimicrobial assays, a haemolysis assay and smooth muscle assays. The peptides described in this study could be divided into antimicrobial peptides and bradykinin-related peptides. All the antimicrobial peptides possessed broad-spectrum antimicrobial activity and a relatively low cytotoxicity. The bradykinin-related peptides exhibited significant and selective activities on different mammalian smooth muscle preparations. These discoveries enrich the diversity of the bioactive peptides in these frogs. These data indicate that the skin secretions of amphibians can continue to provide novel peptide templates for the rational design of analogues with possible therapeutic utility.
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Choi, Amy Sae Hee. "Unveiling race in organisations: Examining the career experience of Asian Australian legal professionals." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2021. https://hdl.handle.net/2123/25091.

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This thesis explores the career experience of Asian Australian legal professionals in advancing to leadership positions. This study contributes to critical race theory and the sub-field of Asian critical race theory by theorising race at the organisational (meso) level. This research suggests that the notion of organisations being race-neutral is a misconception, and racial hierarchy underlies power structures within organisations. This qualitative study involving 65 in-depth interviews uses a grounded theory approach informed by a constructivist paradigm. This thesis argues that White privilege pervades through everyday organisational processes and practices, shaping the career experiences of Asian Australian legal professionals. In analysing the narratives of the participants, what emerges is that the racial hierarchy that advantages the ethnic (White) dominant group manifests in two ways. First, White privilege operates through the five career advancement mechanisms that consist of: 1) Assimilationist culture; 2) Demonstrating dedication; 3) Assignment of opportunities; 4) Business development requirement; and 5) Opaque promotion process. Second, organisational structures that are normalised with White privilege empower or limit the agency and career strategies of Asian Australian legal professionals. The strategies involve: 1) Cooperating with the structure; 2) Combatting the structure; and 3) Succumbing to the structure. The examination of the career advancement mechanisms and navigating responses, which informs the career experience of Asian Australian legal professionals, emphasises how White privilege is replicated and sustained within organisational structures. What seems necessary to dismantle power structures, which engender racial inequality in meritocracy, is to introduce interventions that better support Asian Australian legal professionals in advancing to leadership positions.
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Law, Geoffrey Ka Hoo. "Teacher empowerment : an interpretive study of the experience of Asian migrant teachers in Western Australia." Thesis, Curtin University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2350.

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This research was prompted by arguments about the importance of empowerment in professional praxis of school practitioners and related legislations, namely, the Better Schools’ reform in 1987 and the WA Charter of Multiculturalism in 2004, and by persistent feelings of disempowerment and inefficacy I had experienced as an Asian migrant school practitioner in WA Government schools. Attributing cause to others is always easier than looking to ourselves for the root of our problems. Guided by the innovative concept of a research multi-paradigmatic design space, I adapted methods from the interpretivist-constructivist and critical paradigms, and embarked on a process of critical self-reflection aimed at gaining an understanding of my feelings of disempowerment and inefficacy.Complementing this autoethnographic study, selfreflections of three other Asian migrant school practitioners were included to gauge the degree of consonance of feelings amongst us as I shared my lived experience with them. The sharing of our experiences over a four-year period revealed that lack of respect and support from key stakeholders of the school system had been one of the root causes of our negative feelings, and that this perception was related to cultural dissonance between our collectivist Asian culture and the more individualistic culture of WA school communities.A natural response to the findings was a search for ways of minimizing the cultural dissonance. This research is as much a self-initiated change as a ‘political outreach’ aimed at instigating further discussion and debate as a catalyst for system-wide policy initiative to address the issue of cultural dissonance which is considered to be a key to reducing of feelings of disempowerment and inefficacy amongst Asian migrant teachers in WA Government schools. This research has been an emancipating and enlightening personal experience but it was not without limitations and problems.
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Burke, Rachel Jean. "Casualties, contributors, competitors or commodities? : images of the Asian international student population in Australia : reflecting notions of 'national identity' /." [St. Lucia, Qld.], 2004. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe18916.pdf.

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Asif, Nafisa Quadri. "Acculturation and Sexuality: Sexual Knowledge, Attitude and Help-seeking Behaviour of South Asian Women in Australia." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/18339.

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The purpose of this exploratory study is to examine the influence of acculturation on sexual knowledge, sexual attitudes and sexual help-seeking behaviour of South Asian women in Australia. A cross-sectional convenient sample of 194 women from India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Pakistan completed self-administered online or pen-paper survey. Socio-demographic variables, sexual knowledge, sexual attitudes (BSAS), help-seeking behaviour, breast and cervical cancer screening behaviour were measured. Acculturation (SMAS) was assessed using two domains: dominant society immersion (DSI) and ethnic society immersion (ESI). Non-parametric tests were used for descriptive, correlational and multivariate analyses. Overall, the participants demonstrated a fairly poor knowledge of sexual health. Dominant society immersed participants were more likely to have a higher level of sexual response cycle knowledge, whereas ethnic society immersed participants were more likely to have a lower level of knowledge related to sexually transmitted infections and diseases (STI/STDs). The participants showed moderately conservative attitudes towards sexual permissiveness, moderately liberal attitudes towards communion and instrumentality, and strongly endorsed positive attitudes towards birth control. Results indicated that acculturation had differential influence on different aspects of sexual attitudes. More than half of the participants reported having had a mammogram and a clinical breast examination (CBE). Results showed that DSI significantly predicted participants’ ever having had a Pap test or CBE. The findings of this study provided valuable insights that can inform the development of culturally and linguistically appropriate sexual health education and promotion initiatives to improve sexual health knowledge, encourage healthy sexual behaviour and increase participation in breast and cervical cancer screening among South Asian women in Australia.
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Ransom, Miriam Anna 1972. "Representing sexualised otherness : Asian woman as sign in the discourse of the Australian press." Monash University, School of Literary, Visual and Performance Studies, 2001. http://arrow.monash.edu.au/hdl/1959.1/9260.

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Chu, Eileen. "Asian-Australian hyphenated identification: Self and other perceptions and their implications for intergroup relations." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/15987.

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Some minorities identify as bicultural seeing both their ethnic and national cultural identities as important to their self-concept. Importantly, recent research and theory is suggesting that a bicultural identity is not always captured by these existing identity categories. Alternatively, some minorities identify with an additional hyphenated identity (e.g., Chinese-Australian). This identity, however, may not always be acknowledged by majority individuals. This thesis explores ways in which such misrecognitions can be addressed within Australian society by i) exploring the relevance of hyphenated identification amongst Asian-Australians; ii) evaluating the extent to which other's acknowledgement of Asian-Australians’ hyphenated identity has a positive impact on the self and on outgroup attitudes towards majority Anglo-Australians; and iii) how attitudes regarding the representation of Australian national identity can be changed to become more inclusive of minorities’ identities through adopting dual-identity representations of Australian national identity. Five studies were designed to address these aims. In conclusion, the thesis found evidence to support the relevance of hyphenated identities for minority Asian-Australians’ sense of self as well as preliminary evidence to suggest that others' recognition of Asian-Australians' hyphenated identities, may be important for perceived acceptance from others. Social-cultural factors within Australian society, however, may act as barriers against the recognition of hyphenated identities. This thesis contributes to research in acculturation, biculturalism, and intergroup relations by underscoring the importance of more holistic intervention approaches, which include minorities' perceptions of self and perspectives during intergroup interactions. Thus, these findings will have practical implications for improving the quality of group relations in an ever increasing multicultural Australian society.
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Cai, Tian M. "Astride two worlds: The Chinese response to changing citizenship in Western Australia (1901-1973)." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 1999. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/1199.

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Citizenship is central to understanding the nature of Chinese migrants and their relationships within the social and political environment in Australia. Utilising the concept of citizenship can be a new way to interpret the human experience of the Chinese survival in Australia and to show that a historical balance can be found between the Australian social environment on the one side and the Chinese experience in Australia on the other. How the Chinese community reacted to the changing issues in citizenship and attitudes towards Asian immigration become the focus of the thesis. This research is designed to ask how Chinese responded to changing issues in citizenship during the politically transitional periods of 1901-1973. The research deliberately focuses on the period commencing with the implementation of the ‘White Australia Policy’ to the official removal of this legislation , a period embracing two world wars and two Chinese revolutions, to enable the response of potentially different generations of Chinese to be analysed within these changing political and social contexts.
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Seddelmeyer, Laura M. "All the Way with LBJ?: Australian Grand Strategy and the Vietnam War." Ohio : Ohio University, 2009. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?ohiou1236630726.

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Thesis (M.A.)--Ohio University, March, 2009.
Title from PDF t.p. Release of full electronic text on OhioLINK has been delayed until April 1, 2014. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 104-108)
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Gow, John F. "The Construction of Hegemony: a World-Historical Study of Australian Politics and External Relations 1932-1988." Thesis, Griffith University, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/367664.

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Despite a wide recognition that external relationships are a significant force in shaping the pattern of Australian economic and political history, available theories for analysing the interplay of external and internal processes -- political sociology, dependency and world systems theory -- do not provide a reliable basis for coming to tenns with this aspect of Australia's historical experience in a contemporary setting. The world-historical perspective, as developed in an Australian context by McMichael, does addresses this problem usefully, but it is of limited contemporary utility since it largely focuses on the colonial period of the first half of the nineteenth century when Australia's economic structure and political institutions were relatively undeveloped. Two major areas of theoretical debate are addresed in chapters two and three. Chapter Two critically re-evaluates the utility of political sociology for a world-historical approach by analysing debates about nation-state territoriality. In Chapter Three the discussion considers dependency and world system perspectives, as well as couurent debates within international relations through a critical a~sessment of their approach to the historical development of the nation-state system. The thesis then proposes a re-evaluation of the applicability of the notion of hegemony to the study of relationships between nation-states, and a conception of a regime-governed international order as an alternative to the current approaches. Within this conceptual framework, the thesis focuses on a case study of the establishment, consolidation and decline of United States hegemony, and the concomitant decline of British power, in the Asia-Pacific region, and Australia's active engagement with this historical process. The ways in which this external program of United States regime-building impinged upon Australian domestic politics and established an external source of state legitimacy for both Labor and conservative governments is analysed in chapters Five and Six. These chapters also discuss the effects on the economic and political transformation of Australia from the l930s to the 1950s and continuing problems which follow the aftermath of the defeat of the 'Western alliance' in Vietnam and the onset of the global recession. The concluding chapter consolidates the linkage between the empirical and theoretical content of the thesis in order to propose a conceptual approach to the study the relationships between nation-states and the international order and to apply this approach to a consideration of the future prospects for Australia.
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Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Division of Humanities
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Chen, Albert Yi Fu 1967. "Art and social dislocation : a Chinese diasporic condition." Monash University, Dept. of Fine Arts, 2004. http://arrow.monash.edu.au/hdl/1959.1/5203.

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Davis, Michael John. "Australian Engagement with China (1972-2018): A Cluster Concept Assessment." Thesis, Griffith University, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/381510.

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This study is in response to the persistent ambivalence characterising the Australian narrative on engagement with China. This ambivalence, between fear and friendship, can be framed as a tension between expected China opportunity and anticipated loss. Ambivalence is evident at the level of public policy development and implementation (the behavioural); at the level of popular policy endorsement (the attitudinal); and at the institutional level. This narrative of ambivalence includes the hopeful expectations of the Gillard Government’s 2012 White Paper, that ‘in this Asian century we [Australia] must enter a new phase of deeper and broader engagement’ with China. However, Australia and China have recently been assessed as moving in different directions. The significance of China for Australia, and globally, demands greater clarity and understanding — it demands assessment of the engagement process. This work seeks to redress this demand. In Part I of the study, engagement is identified as a cluster concept and a framework for its qualitative assessment is developed. This framework aims to redress the absence of a suitable assessment tool for engagement. The framework is employed in the Australian case studies which form the basis of Part II of this thesis. Each case study covers a discrete period of Australian Government stewardship of the China relationship. The Cluster Concept Framework makes it possible to assess the degree of consolidation, or ‘deepening’, of Australian engagement with China at the behavioural, attitudinal and institutional levels — a complex and continuing process. This thesis finds that, despite varying degrees of activity and fluctuating enthusiasm, Australia and China are beginning to move in different directions largely due to failure on the Australian side. Engagement is broadening but not commensurately deepening. The Whitlam ALP Government’s (1972–1975) diplomatic recognition of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in 1972 created a ‘watershed’ in Australian engagement with China. The Whitlam Government did not allow the warming of relations with China to obscure important areas of disagreement, such as nuclear testing, and this gave its engagement policy credibility, with China, and also attitudinally with the Australian people. The Fraser Government (1975–1983) continued and extended the bipartisan approach to China policy. Deepening engagement was indicated by the positions that Canberra shared with China on major international issues and the initiation of significant new relationship-building measures. Under the Hawke and Keating ALP governments (1983–1996), engagement with China, defined as comprehensive engagement, was predicated on economic interests. The relationship was not without its fragilities. By 1996, substantial sections of the Australian population felt alienated from the Keating Government’s foreign policy, particularly its perceived efforts to relocate Australia to Asia and resolve Australian identity. The Howard Government (1996–2007) experienced a bumpy start to its engagement with China. Consolidation at all three levels initially deteriorated; was restored and intensified between 1997 and 2002; then becoming more ambiguous, during which amity was mixed with unease. The benefits of trade were as visible to Howard as to his predecessors — differences centred on what needed to be done to realise and maintain China opportunity while managing varying levels of perceived China threat. This is at the heart of ambivalence in Australian engagement with China. Consolidation of Australian engagement with China during the Rudd-Gillard period (2007–2013) failed to live up to expectations. Engagement remained bipartisan but was caught in a paradox, potentially at more than one level. Fluctuating patterns of consolidation of engagement continued under the Abbott and Turnbull governments (2013–present), with evidence of a growing rhetorical war against China. The thesis identifies several critical areas where divergence is apparent. There is a complacency on Australia’s part towards China based on assumptions that China needs Australia to feed its growth, thereby immunising Australia from the impacts of failure at the behavioural level of engagement. This is a limiting perspective. This thesis concludes that a new phase of deeper and broader engagement with China requires greater understanding of China; greater Australian self-awareness of its own identity; plus the ability to see how China and other Asian nations see Australia. This requires greatly improved China literacy in Australia. The Cluster Concept Framework offers a means of understanding and assessing engagement between Australia and China in the context of the Asian Century.
Thesis (PhD Doctorate)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
School of Govt & Int Relations
Griffith Business School
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Sewell, Bon. ""Australia full : Asians out! White supremacists in!" : a study of the dynamics of the Australian National Action Movement in Australia." Thesis, 1995. https://vuir.vu.edu.au/32990/.

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My rationale for tackling this particular issue for my thesis work stems from the immense fascination in the rhetoric, appearance and rationale of extremist right-wing and ultra-nationalist pohtical organizations I have personally experienced. I desired to determine whether an Australian national racist organization, namely Australian National Action (NA), could in the future be a force to be reckoned with, or whether they will forever remain as an insignificant and languishing fringe group. To explore this possibiUty, I had hoped to delve into the dynamics of this organization via the utilisation and answering of several probing and pivotal questions.
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