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Johnson, Carol. "Social harmony and Australian labor : the ideology of the Curtin, Chifley and Whitlam Labor governments /." Title page, contents and abstract only, 1986. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09PH/09phj659.pdf.
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Orchard, Lionel. "Whitlam and the cities : urban and regional policy and social democratic reform." Title page, table of contents and abstract only, 1987. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09PH/09pho641.pdf.
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Lapham, Angela. "From Papua to Western Australia : Middleton's implementation of Social Assimilation Policy, 1948-1962." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2007. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/270.
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In 1948, after twenty years in the Papuan administration, Stanley Middleton became the Western Australian Commissioner of Native Affairs. State and Federal governments at that time had a policy of social assimilation towards Aboriginal people, who were expected to live in the same manner as other Australians, accepting the same responsibilties, observing the same customs and influenced by the same beliefs, hopes and loyalties. European civilization was seen as the pinnacle of development. Thus both giving Aboriginal people the opportunity to reach this pinnacle and believing they were equally capable of reaching this pinnacle was viewed as a progessive and humanitarian act. Aboriginal cultural beliefs and loyalties were not considered important, if they were recognized at all, because they were seen as primitive or as having being abandoned in favour of a Western lifestyle.
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McCarthy, Dayton. "The once and future army an organizational, political, and social history of the Citizen Military Forces, 1947-1974/." Connect to this title online, 1997. http://www.library.unsw.edu.au/~thesis/adt-ADFA/public/adt-ADFA20020722.120746/.
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Petersen, Alan R. "Alcohol, social policy and the state in Australia." Thesis, Petersen, Alan R. (1987) Alcohol, social policy and the state in Australia. PhD thesis, Murdoch University, 1987. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/51301/.
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This thesis examines policy and policy-making in the area of alcohol abuse and drink-driving in Australia. It aims to challenge dominant ideologies about alcohol abuse and to show how these ideologies inform and constrain social action. The thesis develops a specific theoretical analysis to account for approaches to policy-making by the state and to show, in particular, how these have become manifest in the development of a policy on drinking and driving in the state of Victoria. The most general and distinguishing feature of policy development in the alcohol area, it is contended, is the influence of medical ideology which sees social problems as arising from within the individual and also, most recently, in a philosophy which defines problems as the outcome of faulty life-styles. The major part of the thesis is concerned with showing how the focus on alcohol abuse is bound-up with 'individualization', and especially 'medicalization', of the problem of road traffic accidents and how this process has served to divert attention from an examination of the structural changes needed to overcome this problem. In conclusion, the thesis maps an alternative plan of action on alcohol-related problems. This plan will assist policy-makers. social workers and others working with the victims of alcohol abuse to exploit the 'contradictions' emerging within the late capitalist state.
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Vicary, Adrian Robert. "Social work and social policy in Australia from welfare state to contract state /." [Bedford Park] : Flinders University of South Australia, 1998. http://books.google.com/books?id=RkVHAAAAMAAJ.
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Phillips, William J. "A comparison of perceived social responsibility standards with perceived social responsibility performance in the Australian banking industry : A stakeholder analysis." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2002. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/711.
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The purpose of this study is to investigate extent to which Australian banking corporations embrace social responsibility. It endeavours to establish the meaning of social responsibility generally and corporate social responsibility (CSR) in particular. In view of the multiple definitions of the concept of ‘social responsibility’ offered by various authors Such.1 Boatright (1993), Freeman (1994), Walters (1977), and Wheeler (1998), the views of power dependent Australian bank stakeholders were solicited to form an operational definition for the study. This created a collective conception of social responsibility as it is applied to Australian banks, allowing corporate social responsibility standards to be established against which perceived social responsibility performance of Australian banks could be compared.
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Smith, Claire E. "Situating style: an ethnoarchaeological study of social and material context in an Australian aboriginal artistic system." Phd thesis, University of New England, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/266544.
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This is an ethnoarchaeological study of style in the visual arts of Aboriginal people living in the Barunga region of the Northern Territory, Australia. My main concern is the development of a practical framework for the analysis of style in indigenous visual arts. This framework integrates the notions of style, semiotics and social strategy in an attempt to deal with the dynamics of image creation and perception. The principal result is that the morphological characteristics of style are influenced systematically by the historically situated positions of both producer and interpreter and by the differing strengths, possibilities and constraints of different raw materials. Moreover, each raw material has inherent qualities that make it particularly suitable for specific social uses. Since different media within an artistic system are likely to exhibit a unique combination of stylistic characteristics, including differing degrees of diversity, it is incorrect to assume that a single art form will be indicative of an artistic system as a whole. My conclusions are that research needs to be focused clearly on the contexts in which archaeological art occurs and comparative studies need to compare like with like. Single explanations are unlikely to be sufficient since it is most likely that they tell only part of the story. In addition, seemingly anomalous evidence should not be discounted, but should be used as a basis for inquiry into the likelihood of alternative scenarios that coexist with the main explanation.
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Rimmer, Matthew Rhys. "The pirate bazaar the social life of copyright law." View electronic text, 2001. http://eprints.anu.edu.au/documents/disk0/00/00/08/14/index.html.
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Available via the Australian National University Library Electronic Pre and Post Print Repository. Title from title screen (viewed Mar. 28, 2003) Includes bibliographical references. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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Woodhouse, Andrew James. "Social capital and the economic development of regional Australia /." St. Lucia, Qld, 2004. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe18020.pdf.
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Martin, Allan. "Older adulthood, education and social change (Australia, New Zealand)." Thesis, University of Auckland, 2006. http://wwwlib.umi.com/dissertations/fullcit/3205817.
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The outcome of demographics which point to a rapid increase in the number of older adults in the population has been widely debated in the literature. However, it has been examined primarily from the perspective of an unrealistically optimistic or unduly pessimistic view of the future, with few attempts to provide other alternatives. This thesis is structured in three sections. The first backgrounds the context of the research question, the relevant literature, the prospect of gender bias in that literature and the historical development of government policy towards ageing. The second section presents a theoretical perspective for social change, examines the development of social movements and puts a case for a new social movement arising out of the increasing number of older adults and supporting educative processes. The third section reports on empirical research based on interviews in Australia and New Zealand with leaders of organisations involved with older adults and focuses on drawing conclusions from the research in relation to the research question. The theory proposed in this thesis is based on the premise that an opportune time in history exists for older adults to contribute to social and political change. However, for senior members of society to undertake this role will require education in some form, to act as an agency or catalyst to initiate an organised social movement. Findings of this research support the view that the majority of older adults remain fit and healthy and do not conform to the medicalisation approach to ageing on which government policy and, to a large extent, public attitudes, have been formed. While there would be problems of organisation in the formation of a new social movement there are no insurmountable obstacles to overcome. The greatest difficulty would seem to lie in overcoming inertia, sectional interests, generating the leadership and developing innovative and imaginative educative processes.Subscription resource available via Digital Dissertations only.
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Paris, Chris. "Social theory and housing policy." Phd thesis, Canberra, ACT : The Australian National University, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/130120.
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Reif, Alison. "Waves of change : economic development and social wellbeing in Cardwell, North Queensland, Australia." University of Western Australia. School of Social and Cultural Studies, 2008. http://theses.library.uwa.edu.au/adt-WU2009.0184.
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This thesis is an anthropological study of local understandings of economic development in a small regional town in far North Queensland, Australia. How do preferences regarding lifestyle and social wellbeing impact on those living in the community? The study takes a particular interest in the aspirations, values and choices of the residents and their desires for the future and the future of their town. Throughout this thesis I argue that social wellbeing and lifestyle are important factors in Cardwell residents' choices and feature predominantly in their approaches to economic development. I contextualise this study through a comparative analysis of the effects of economic development on the wellbeing and lifestyle of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people in the Cardwell region of north Australia. This comparison arises firstly from an anthropological interest in the circumstances of Australian Aboriginal people as a significant minority in regional towns. Explicit attention is directed toward the Aboriginal people of the Cardwell region as they constitute a socially and culturally distinct sector of the local population. Secondly, my study explores ways in which comparative work of this kind may be instructive on cultural issues relevant to economic development. This is a study of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people, who live in similar circumstances, and who, I propose, regard factors other than economic development as important. It is argued that while the Cardwell region does not provide ample nor a variety of economic opportunities, outward migration remains undesirable to many residents.
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Robertson, Christie Social Science & Policy UNSW. "Social capital, women's agency and the VIEW clubs of Australia." Awarded by:University of New South Wales. Social Science and Policy, 2007. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/31919.
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Contemporary debates about collective action in civil society have given prominent place to the connections between voluntary associations and social capital. Social capital research, however, commonly over-emphasises the role of associations in generating societal-level outcomes, to the neglect of the specific contexts in which associations reside and the different opportunities individuals and groups have to access resources for and through collective action. Also largely ignored are considerations of gender. This thesis addresses these issues, presenting evidence from a case study of a large women???s service organisation ??? the VIEW Clubs of Australia ??? to examine how social capital and women???s agency intersect. The thesis adopts a social-structural approach to social capital, highlighting its role as a resource brokered through networks that both enable and constrain action. This approach attends to the inter-relations of particular types of social capital, such as bonding and bridging; specific elements of social capital, such as reciprocity, trust, and shared values, identities and purposes; and addresses the broader socio-historical context in which social capital networks are located. The thesis employs a model of agency that encompasses three core fields of agency ??? individual, social and political. These fields of agency encapsulate the capacity for women to ???act??? and exercise choice and change in their own lives, in the community, and in the polity, and to do this through collective action. The thesis applies these ideas using an embedded case study model combining documentary analysis, participant observation and in-depth interviews. The findings reveal agency and social capital to be in tension. Activities that feed the agential capacity of the organisation and its members are more successfully realised in areas closest to women???s past experiences than in those addressing the public sphere. The research nevertheless shows that a voluntary association such as VIEW can foster women???s agency. Indeed, building women???s capacities in society as a whole may well rely on organisational contexts where women are empowered to self-develop and connect their activities to broader society. This is impacted by the nature, purpose, and social location of the social capital networks of women and others, and has implications for how we understand the ongoing role of voluntary associations in civil society. By revealing how different dimensions of social capital operate and intersect with women???s agency, the thesis shows the dynamic role of voluntary associations in civil society.
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Howe, Margaret L. "The bio-sociological relationship between Western Australian Aboriginals and their dogs." Murdoch University, 1993. http://wwwlib.murdoch.edu.au/adt/browse/view/adt-MU20060815.151043.
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The hypothesis central to this study is that distinctly Aboriginal patterns of relationship between humans and dogs are still evident in contemporary Aboriginal groups. The relationship's sociological characteristics in traditional and contemporary settings and its implications for canine and human health are also investigated.
Field research employing survey, quantitative observation and specimen analysis techniques was conducted in 9 Western Australian Aboriginal groups of various
backgrounds and settings. Results were compared to historic-traditional accounts and dog ownership studies in non-Aboriginal groups.
Traditionally dogs served Aboriginals most importantly for supernatural protection and to assist the collection of small game by women. In non-isolated groups, traditional
utilitarian motives were superseded by the Western concept of dogs as companions.
Demographically, the Aboriginal dog populations surveyed were relatively large, and most dogs were classified as medium sized non-descript cross-breds.
Dogs were more commonly owned by adult and aged individuals, rather than by family units as is the Western cultural norm. Most dogs remained with their original owner
and retained their original name for life.
Traditional values of respect towards dogs were compromised to the discriminatory care of higher status animals only, effecting selection pressure against undesirable dogs, particularly females. Similarly, while many aged people were opposed to culling, most respondents regarded community pup production as excessive and accepted culling as necessary. Nevertheless prevention was the preferred option, with strong support for the previously unfamiliar concept of ovariohysterectomy.
Pups were raised in some respects like children in the traditional manner, indulgence giving way in adulthood to expectations of self-reliance rather than obedience.
Most dogs were in good physical and psychological condition, though more likely to be afflicted by sarcoptic mange than other Australian dogs. Other parasites occurred
at or below expected frequencies.
Close physical contact with dogs coupled with favourable microclimates allowed ample opportunity for transmission of canine zoonoses, but the actual risk to human health
remains poorly documented.
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Scott, Guy. "Resisting liberalism : social democracy and the Australian constitution /." [St. Lucia, Qld.], 2005. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe19282.pdf.
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Featherstone, Lisa. "Breeding and feeding: a social history of mothers and medicine in Australia, 1880-1925." Australia : Macquarie University, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/38533.
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Thesis (PhD)--Macquarie University, Division of Humanities, Department of Modern History, 2003.Bibliography: p. 417-478.
Introduction: breeding and feeding -- The medical man: sex, science and society -- Confined: women and obstetrics 1880-1899 -- The kindest cut? The caesarean section as turning point -- Reproduction in decline -- Resisting reproduction: women, doctors and abortion -- From obstetrics to paediatrics: the rise of the child -- The breast was best: medicine and maternal breastfeeding -- The deadly bottle and the dangers of the wet nurse: the "artificial" feeding of infants -- Surveillance and the mother -- Mothers and medicine: paradigms of continuity and change.
The late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries saw profound changes in Australian attitudes towards maternity. Imbibed with discourses of pronatalism and eugenics, the production of infants became increasingly important to society and the state. Discourses proliferated on "breeding", and while it appeared maternity was exulted, the child, not the mother, was of ultimate interest. -- This thesis will examine the ways wider discourses of population impacted on childbearing, and very specifically the ways discussions of the nation impacted on medicine. Despite its apparent objectivity, medical science both absorbed and created pronatalism. Within medical ideology, where once the mother had been the point of interest, the primary focus of medical care, increasingly medical science focussed on the life of the infant, who was now all the more precious in the role of new life for the nation. -- While all childbirth and child-rearing advice was formed and mediated by such rhetoric, this thesis will examine certain key issues, including the rise of the caesarean section, the development of paediatrics and the turn to antenatal care. These turning points can be read as signifiers of attitudes towards women and the maternal body, and provide critical material for a reading of the complexities of representations of mothers in medical discourse.
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Neylan, Julian School of History & Philosophy of Science UNSW. "The sociology of numbers: statistics and social policy in Australia." Awarded by:University of New South Wales. School of History and Philosophy of Science, 2005. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/31963.
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This dissertation presents an historical-sociological study of how governments of the modern western state use the language and techniques of quantification in the domain of social policy. The case material has an Australian focus. The thesis argues that by relying on techniques of quantification, governments risk introducing a false legitimacy to their social policy decisions. The thesis takes observed historical phenomena, language and techniques of quantification for signifying the social, and seeks meaningful interpretations in light of the culturally embedded actions of individuals and collective members of Australian bureaucracies. These interpretations are framed by the arguments of a range of scholars on the sociology of mathematics and quantitative technologies. The interpretative framework is in turn grounded in the history and sociology of modernity since the Enlightenment period, with a particular focus on three aspects: the nature and purpose of the administrative bureaucracy, the role of positivism in shaping scientific inquiry and the emergence of a risk consciousness in the late twentieth century. The thesis claim is examined across three case studies, each representative of Australian government action in formulating social policy or providing human services. Key social entities examined include the national census of population, housing needs indicators, welfare program performance and social capital. The analysis of these social statistics reveals a set of recurring characteristics that are shown to reduce their certainty. The analysis provides evidence for a common set of institutional attitudes toward social numbers, essentially that quantification is an objective technical device capable of reducing unstable social entities to stable, reliable significations (numbers). While this appears to strengthen the apparatus of governmentality for developing and implementing state policy, ignoring the many unarticulated and arbitrary judgments that are embedded in social numbers introduces a false legitimacy to these government actions.
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Christiansen, Sigrid Aurora. "Visionary or reactionary? : social purity in South Australia, 1881-1885 /." Title page, table of contents and introduction only, 2004. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09AR/09arc5554.pdf.
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Wood, Chris. "Social capital, ideology and policy in the UK and Australia." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2011. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.546478.
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Broderick, Gemma L. "Boundaries of governance: Social responsibility in mining in Western Australia." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2015. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/1589.
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This research investigated the boundaries of governance of social responsibility in three multinational mining organisations based in Perth, Western Australia. The mining industry has economic, environmental and social impacts, both positive and negative. While most of the attention of the media and supporters in government seems to focus on the positive impacts, a growing concern regarding the social implications of mining is clearly evident in public discourse and the academic literature. In response to public concern, the mining industry has adopted terms such as ‘sustainability’, ‘sustainable development’, ‘social licence to operate’ and ‘social responsibility’. Such phrases are widely used in annual reports and public statements. It seems reasonable then to expect that organisations in the industry would be managing the social impacts of mining with the same diligence that is applied to economic and environmental impacts. However the governance of social impacts and the social responsibilities of mining organisations have historically been managed reactively, rather than proactively, or have not been addressed at all. This study used phenomenological research methods to examine the perceptions of the people who are at the forefront of decision making for social responsibility in the mining industry: the managers in mining companies. The findings detail different conceptions of social responsibility, and how these affected governance and boundaries. The term ‘boundaries’ is used here to express what participants perceived as the limits of their organisation’s social responsibility. The thesis explores whether boundary setting was formal or informal, how boundaries were defined and under what conditions they changed. The research confirmed that terms such as ‘sustainable development’ were used widely; however the meanings attributed to these often obscured the narrow conception of the terms. This interpretation aligned with an organisationally strategic approach to social responsibility that primarily aimed to benefit the organisation, while the provision of benefits to other parties was a secondary consideration. The research found that the perceived level of risk to the organisation was most influential in defining boundaries, and risk itself was in a constant state of flux based on changing economic and social circumstances and changing perceptions. The findings showed that the organisations governed social responsibility to reduce risk to the organisation, and construed their social responsibilities through narrow interpretations of sustainability and sustainable development that foregrounded the organisation, rather than as a way to effectively and systematically reduce the negative impacts of mining on society or to contribute to sustainability in a broader sense.
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Ling, Sharine S. "Social enterprises and regional development : opportunities and constraints in Australia." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2013. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/63829/1/Sharine_Ling_Thesis.pdf.
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This thesis examines the role of social enterprises in regional development and is based on comparative case studies of two regions in NSW. With a specific focus on 10 social enterprises, including both Indigenous and non-Indigenous organisations, 63 interviews were conducted with a wide range of community stakeholders. Utilising a decolonising methodological approach, the study examined the social and financial needs of these organisations, as well as their contributions as regional development actors.
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Hayes, Ali. "Multiculturalism in Australia: Enhancing social harmony and equality of opportunity." Thesis, Hayes, Ali (2013) Multiculturalism in Australia: Enhancing social harmony and equality of opportunity. Masters by Coursework thesis, Murdoch University, 2013. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/16694/.
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This dissertation assesses the efficacy of multicultural policy and argues in favour of such policies in the Australian context by an exploration of relevant literature and data. In 1972, multiculturalism ended the previous policies of assimilation and integration, and required that all members of society have equal rights to realise their potential while being able to maintain their culture. The Galbally Report (1978) identified the underlying principles of Australian multiculturalism and focussed on the equality of all members of Australian society to have equal access to programs and services.
There has been debate surrounding the effectiveness of multiculturalism and whether multiculturalism in Australia is an ideological policy vision or merely a description of society. This ‘post-multicultural’ period is a legacy of the previous Howard Government, which endures in the form of the present government’s ‘watered down’ multicultural policy. Most post-multiculturalism literature describes multiculturalism as mainly a feel-good celebration of diversity which tends to ignore socioeconomic inequalities and can trivialise cultural differences. It has also been argued that multiculturalism can polarise society into ethnic and native groups.
Multiculturalism can be described as a state-based socio-political policy approach which responds to the ethnic diversification of a society and any potentially negative socio-political and economic consequences arising from increased ethnic diversity. Australia cannot return to being a uni-cultural society and therefore government policy and programs must continue to cater to the needs of an ethnically and culturally diverse society. In Australia’s experience, having a multicultural policy, by working with ethnic diversity rather than enforcing social and cultural uniformity, has been more effective at fostering the wellbeing of individuals and social harmony. This dissertation adds a positive perspective to the discussion of multiculturalism in Australia. This dissertation also proposes a modification to the conceptual basis of multicultural policy development at the Commonwealth government level which will address concerns over any shortcomings of multiculturalism.
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Temmen, Justin. "Smart grid infrastructure deployment: Social justice mechanisms for Western Australia." Thesis, Temmen, Justin (2013) Smart grid infrastructure deployment: Social justice mechanisms for Western Australia. Other thesis, Murdoch University, 2013. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/16951/.
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Evolution of today’s electricity supply system into intelligent, automated, selfrepairing and diversely supplied networks is necessary for the future requirements of growing populations concerned with economies, climate change and social equity.
This report discusses the current state of the art with respect to smart grids, investigating the enabling systems that feature within the interface between supply and demand. Informed by contemporary smart grid trials and pilot studies, the report outlines barriers and challenges that have arisen in the deployment of smart grid systems. Investigation of backlash and concerns for disadvantaged demographics leads to the proposal of distributed energy generation and storage systems integrated with advanced metering infrastructure and direct load control devices to alleviate the economic hardship, and fulfil a reasonable expectation of quality power supply faced by these demographics.
A case study on remote indigenous communities and another on low income community housing, using data from stakeholders within these domains, informs examples of applicable distributed systems. Feasibility of photovoltaic renewable energy systems and energy storage systems within indigenous communities is investigated where a 50c /kWh feed-in exists. Results are translated to similar residential density coded properties within the metro. Recommendations for flexibility in the consideration of systems for medium to high density community housing accommodation, with respect to roof space and the foot-print requirements of energy storage systems, follow an example for a 50 apartment medium density complex.
Payback periods of 5 to 10 years are shown to be feasible, using a business case which proposes the negotiation of feed-in, peak feed-in and ancillary service tariffs and concessions from the contestable energy market.
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Stanley, Roy. "A social history of cricket in Western Australia 1829-1885." Thesis, Stanley, Roy (2001) A social history of cricket in Western Australia 1829-1885. Honours thesis, Murdoch University, 2001. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/52837/.
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The dissertation will investigate how cricket integrated a frontier society whose initial class structures caused divisions within the colony. The colony was founded on the precept that wealth would create further wealth. As a result, class barriers were constructed during the formative years by those who had wealth and influence that dictated the colony’s future fortunes.
These fortunes were based on agriculture and horse breeding that created a horseracing society, and became a major factor towards erecting social barriers between the classes. Horseracing was a popular sport, enjoyed by many colonials, but it led to social and economic fissures that kept colonists segregated on the daily and sporting calendar. Consequently, in order for the colony to fuse together and create lasting homogeneity, cohesion and mores it had to participate in a sport that would infiltrate and integrate society and become successful in bonding all classes within the colony.
Cricket was the only sport that could achieve this because it was the first organised team sport to be played in the colony. The game was an imperialistic institution that became a common denominator across the broad scope of colonial society, not only in Australia, but also in South Africa and India, eventually reaching the shores of several other countries. Consequently, cricket played a major part in uniting a frontier society that created social harmony and cohesion by blending people from various backgrounds together.
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Nayak, Raveendra, and raveendranayak@yahoo com au. "Developing sustainable corporations in Australia." Swinburne University of Technology. Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship, 2006. http://adt.lib.swin.edu.au./public/adt-VSWT20060320.110540.
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In the wake of the environmental degradation, social inequality and injustice, and the
incidents of corporate frauds and mismanagement reported in Australia, domestic
business organisations have been asked increasingly by Australian governments and
people to pursue sustainable business practices. As prime movers of creating wealth
and employment, business organisations have an important and legitimate role to play
in sustainable development, which is defined as a notion that meets the needs of
present without compromising the ability of future generations.
Corporate sustainability, which is a subset of the concept of sustainable development,
involves integrating financial, social, and environmental values into business policy,
planning, and decision-making requiring changes in organisational values,
perspectives, culture, structure, and performance measures. Many Australian
businesses are wary of meeting financial, social, and environmental objectives
simultaneously claiming the agenda as contradictory and almost unattainable, but the
demand for achieving corporate sustainability seems inescapable. Since Australian
businesses are facing a fierce competition in domestic market as a result of reducing
trade barriers, globalisation, and market deregulation, demanding them to contribute
more to sustainable development may appear to be unreasonable. Furthermore,
business managers are often wary of any organisational changes, as several of them
have failed in creating organisational value. As a consequence, business managers are
cautious of engaging in sustainable business practices.
In an attempt to unravel the above dilemma, this study mainly examined how to
enhance organisational value by sustainable business practices. It examined the two
dominant strategic management theories, i.e. Barriers to Entry theory and the
Resource-Based View (RBV) theory. It collected the data from 102 Australian
business organisations using a survey method. Based on its findings, this study makes a number of contributions to the theory and practice of strategic management.
Notable among them are, first, it shows that socially crafted business practices such
as knowledge management, customer relationship management, and stakeholder
management can have substantial leverage to building business competitiveness.
Second, it demonstrates that environment-oriented business practices can provide a
number of effective opportunities for increasing the height of entry barriers to new
competition. Third, this study concludes that social-oriented business activities are
almost ineffective as entry barriers to new competition. Fourth, it substantiates why
environment protection measures such as Environmental Management System (EMS)
are least contributing to business competitiveness. Finally, this study substantiates its
main claim that a business organisation can enhance its competitive advantage by
pursuing corporate sustainability principles. This study upholds the view that
business organisations have enlightened self-interest in following corporate
sustainability.
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Keel, Monique. "Refugee settlement: Acculturation, ethnic identity, ethnicity and social network development." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 1999. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/1269.
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Refugees arriving in Australia undergo a number of settlement processes including adaptation and acculturation, social support and network development, and an exploration of their ethnic identity. This research examines the settlement processes of mixed marriage refugees from what was Yugoslavia who arrived in Perth, Western Australia in the early to mid 1990's. A mixed marriage is one where the couple are from different ethnic backgrounds. This research has two main aims. The first aim is to examine the processes of acculturation and adaptation, the development of social support networks, and ethnic identity, within the refugees. These processes provide a framework from which to understand the settlement process. The second aim is to investigate the initial settlement programs and supports provided by Australia's government and community groups, and to provide recommendations for future service provision. Throughout the research, the experiences of the refugees are located within the sociopolitical context of the conflict in what was Yugoslavia and their migration. The impact of the refugees' ethnicity and ethnic identity is also considered. The research was comprised of a study in two stages. The first stage involved scoping interviews with critical participants and refugees to identify key conceptual domains for the purpose of guiding subsequent interviews. The second stage consisted of multiple-case, conversational interviews with 12 mixed marriage refugees from what was Yugoslavia. Data was analysed thematically and the results indicated that the participants were moving towards an acculturation outcome of bi-culturalism. The majority have taken out Australian citizenship, were proud of and grateful for it and saw it as a security for the future. The results also indicated that ethnicity impacts on the development of social networks. The participants generally socialised with other mixed marriage refugees as they felt comfortable and emotionally supported by them. Mainstream Australians provided more instrumental support. The participants referred to a feeling of belonging to Australia increasing with participation in the community and have made substantial efforts to understand the Australian way of life. Feeling part of the Australian community was a process that was taking time. The participants described their ethnic identity as either Yugoslav or Bosnian, regardless of their ethnicity. Whilst maintaining this identity, being Australian was also important and did not conflict with feeling Yugoslav or Bosnian. The links between the various settlement processes are discussed as well as the validity of the research process and recommendations for future research and for settlement programs. The results illustrated the diversity of experiences of the participants as well as a commonality resulting from their being in a mixed marriage. With respect to the second aim, the initial settlement experience is characterised by stress, due in part to the nature of the refugee experience and exacerbated by a lack of English, receiving confusing and untimely information, difficulties in finding work and difficulties in meeting mainstream Australians. The refugees who went through the On-Arrival Accommodation program felt less supported than those who went through the Community Resettlement Support Scheme, which offered a chance to meet Australians and provided better material assistance.
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Gleeson, Damian John School of History UNSW. "The professionalisation of Australian catholic social welfare, 1920-1985." Awarded by:University of New South Wales. School of History, 2006. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/26952.
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This thesis explores the neglected history of Australian Catholic social welfare, focusing on the period, 1920-85. Central to this study is a comparative analysis of diocesan welfare bureaux (Centacare), especially the Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide agencies. Starting with the origins of professional welfare at local levels, this thesis shows the growth in Catholic welfare services across Australia. The significant transition from voluntary to professional Catholic welfare in Australia is a key theme. Lay trained women inspired the transformation in the church???s welfare services. Prepared predominantly by their American training, these women devoted their lives to fostering social work in the Church and within the broader community. The women demonstrated vision and tenacity in introducing new policies and practices across the disparate and unco-ordinated Australian Catholic welfare sector. Their determination challenged the status quo, especially the church???s preference for institutionalisation of children, though they packaged their reforms with compassion and pragmatism. Trained social workers offered specialised guidance though such efforts were often not appreciated before the 1960s. New approaches to welfare and the co-ordination of services attracted varying degrees of resistance and opposition from traditional Catholic charity providers: religious orders and the voluntary-based St Vincent de Paul Society (SVdP). For much of the period under review diocesan bureaux experienced close scrutiny from their ordinaries (bishops), regular financial difficulties, and competition from other church-based charities for status and funding. Following the lead of lay women, clerics such as Bishop Algy Thomas, Monsignor Frank McCosker and Fr Peter Phibbs (Sydney); Bishop Eric Perkins (Melbourne), Frs Terry Holland and Luke Roberts (Adelaide), consolidated Catholic social welfare. For four decades an unprecedented Sydney-Melbourne partnership between McCosker and Perkins had a major impact on Catholic social policy, through peak bodies such as the National Catholic Welfare Committee and its successor the Australian Catholic Social Welfare Commission. The intersection between church and state is examined in terms of welfare policies and state aid for service delivery. Peak bodies secured state aid for the church???s welfare agencies, which, given insufficient church funding proved crucial by the mid 1980s.
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Peppard, Judith. "Young people's health in Australia in the 1980s : a social history." Title page, contents and abstract only, 2002. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09PH/09php424.pdf.
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Bibliography: leaves 212-245. This thesis examines the documentary record of three phases in the development of responses to young people's health in the 1980s and the contributions made by young people, health workers, youth workers, educators and governments. That evidence is compared with the accounts of key informants who worked in youth health and youth affairs during the 1980s. It is also set against the context of changing ideas about political economy and the role of government. The record shows that, while there were some achievements, these achievements were minimal and ideas that had the potential to make a difference were not acted on.
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Jancz, Marek Waclaw. "Social and Psychological Adjustments of First Generation Polish Immigrants to Australia." University of Sydney. Psychology, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/363.
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The primary aim of this research was to find predictors of psycho-social adjustment of Polish immigrants to Sydney, Australia. There were two sets of independent variables considered: i) personal characteristics, including: intelligence, extraversion, neuroticism, style of attribution and self-acceptance and ii) demographic information, consisted of: age, gender, length of residence, marital status, number of children, educational level, yearly income, immigration status (dependent vs. independent immigration) and residential status. The dependent variables were social (adaptation and assimilation) and psychological adjustment. The hypotheses tested in the study were that each of these personal and demographic characteristics would be associated with adaptation and/or assimilation, and psychological well-being. The two samples (both studies) were composed of more than 200 first generation Polish immigrants who arrived in Australia after 1980. No significant gender differences were found. The internal consistency and principal components structure of Adaptation and Assimilation were examined, and the measures were refined. There were employed standard measurements (i.e. GHQ, BDI, BAI, EPI, ASQ, Raven Matrices and WAIS-Vocabulary) and newly developed measures (i.e. the Social Adjustment Scale and the Self-Acceptance Questionnaire). The general results suggested that psycho-social adjustment was best predicted by three pre-arrival characteristics (extraversion, education and self-acceptance), and post-arrival employment status and length of residence. There were, however, some differences in regard to the particular aspects of psycho-social adjustment. Better adaptation was meaningfully related to employment (income) and education in Study 1, and self-acceptance, employment and extraversion in Study 2; better assimilation seemed to be significantly predicted by education, age of arrival and length of residence (Study 1), and self-acceptance, extraversion, education and age of arrival (Study 2). Psychological [mal]adjustment was best indicated by globality and stability in attributing negative events (Study 1), lower self-acceptance and lack of employment status (Study 2).
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Jancz, Marek. "Social and psychological adjustment of first generation Polish immigrants to Australia." Connect to full text, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/363.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Sydney, 2000.Includes questionnaires and tables. Title from title screen (viewed Apr. 23, 2008). Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy to the Dept. of Psychology, Faculty of Science. Includes bibliography. Also available in print form.
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Krawitz, Marilyn. "An examination of social media's impact on the courts in Australia." Thesis, Krawitz, Marilyn (2014) An examination of social media's impact on the courts in Australia. PhD thesis, Murdoch University, 2014. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/23839/.
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In 2011, Joanne Fraill, a juror, was imprisoned for eight months because she chatted on Facebook with a co-accused from the trial that she participated in.1 Fraill’s case prompts questions about how social media affect courts, legal regulators and lawyers, as well as important legal principles. Those important legal principles are: (1) public confidence in the judiciary and the courts; (2) public confidence in the legal profession; (3) open justice; and (4) the right of an accused to a fair trial.
This thesis offers an analysis and conclusions on those issues. It examines case law, legislation, academic articles and internet materials on social media.
It is found that some Australian courts and legal regulators would benefit from doing more to adapt their procedures and rules to social media. The extent to which Australian courts and legal regulators adapt their procedures and rules to social media can have significant repercussions on the important legal principles considered.
This thesis provides Australian courts, the judiciary, legal regulators and lawyers with information and recommendations about their social media use that may assist them. The author believes that this is the first scholarly work to consider the impact that social media has had upon all of these stakeholders, and the first scholarly work in this area to recommend appropriate actions to maintain or possibly increase confidence in the judiciary, the courts and the legal profession, improve open justice and ensure that accused receive fair trials, despite the possibility that jurors may use social media inappropriately.
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Higgins, Jennifer R. 1952. "Vanguards of postmodernity : rethinking midlife women." Monash University, School of Political and Social Inquiry, 2001. http://arrow.monash.edu.au/hdl/1959.1/8896.
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Neo, Yu Wei. "Social inclusion and children in Australia." Phd thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/150290.
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Social inclusion is a broad concept that has multiple meanings. Studies on how social inclusion is being understood by policy stakeholders often focus on the perspectives of a single group of policy stakeholders such as policymakers or service users. However, it is through the relations that these different policy stakeholders have with each other that construct and co-construct the discourse of social inclusion. In particular, children deemed to be socially excluded are the focus of the social inclusion agenda in Australia, but what social inclusion means to them is unclear. Therefore, this thesis seeks to compare the different perspectives of social inclusion from policymakers, service providers and children facing multiple disadvantages. By understanding these different or similar interpretations of social inclusion, this thesis examines how these interpretations shape social inclusion policies and services for children. This thesis uses a combination of research methods - discourse analysis on key policy texts published by government agencies and service providers, interviews and focus groups with policymakers, service providers and older children, as well as craft activities for younger children. Findings from this thesis show that policymakers and service providers share a broad understanding of social inclusion but children's accounts of their experiences of social inclusion are missing in the policy discourse of social inclusion. In particular, the policy discourse and practices of social inclusion programmes reveal the different social constructions of children that contradicts children's own experiences and understanding of what social inclusion means. This thesis argues that when children are treated as co-narrators of the social inclusion discourse, they will bring new narratives that suggest ways of translating the values of dignity, respect and fairness into policy practice. In particular, when social policies are based on rights of 'being', the policy shifts from changing individuals' behaviour to removing structural barriers that prevent people from exercising their rights. Similarly, a children's rights perspective on social inclusion will focus less on control or disciplining children into ideal citizens, and more on creating opportunities in policy and service designs that enable children to exercise their right to participate in matters important to them.
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Dimtreas, Yiannis E. "Social mobility of Greeks in Australia." Thesis, 1995. https://vuir.vu.edu.au/15262/.
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Central to this thesis is the impact of immigration from Greece (Hellas) to Australia, particularly in terms of social mobility and political affiliation. The discussion of the theoretical framework includes an analysis of migration and social mobility, defining and placing both within socio-economic and sociohistorical contexts.
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Briggs, Justin. "Australian Citizenship: a genealogy tracing the descent of discourse 1946 - 2007." 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2100/882.
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This thesis is a genealogy which traces changes to the discourse of Australian citizenship. These changes were traced in the Australia Day (i.e., January 26) and January 27 editions of The Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) and The Sun Herald (SH) from 1946 – 2007. The dissertation used Foucault’s (1980; 1991a; 1991d; 1991e; 1998; 2002a; 2006b) genealogy supplemented with his archaeological method to provide an analysis of the discourse of Australian citizenship. The analysis was conducted by creating an archive of newspaper texts that related to Australian citizenship discourse. This archive represents the body of knowledge about citizenship as published in the specified print media and reflects the systems of thought that circulated the discourse at particular points in time. The archived newspaper texts related to Australian citizenship discourse contain traces of the social, political, cultural and economic beliefs and values of Australian citizens. The analysed texts were found in headlines, reports, editorials, opinion pieces, annotated photographs and letters to the editor that made-up the day-to-day history of the Australia Day editions. The texts that were produced in this narration in the SMH have provided data in the form of specific language use that defines the discourse of citizenship over the 62 year period. The language of these texts as reported in the print media represents the understandings of citizenship at particular times and also the discursive responses to contingent factors conditioning citizenship discourse including globalisation, localisation and neo-liberalism. The research links with Foucault’s (1980; 1991a; 1991d; 1991e; 1998; 2002a; 2006b) findings that the analysis of discourse is fundamental for understanding the nature of reality. This reality reported in this dissertation indicates a discourse that has changed and transformed over the analysed period of time. The discourse of citizenship has developed through the flow of rules and regulations that prohibit and permit what can and cannot be said, thought or spoken about citizenship at particular points in time. This form of normative thought, action and speech is culturally constructed and has been traced in the discourse through a mapping of specific language use related to understandings of citizenship. These types of knowledge constructions are artefacts of culture and reinforce existing power relations. This study has attempted to unmask these relations of power to question the rationality of the practices and experiences of Australian citizenship. The genealogical method allows for the distillation of citizenship discourse as a history of social and political truths as seen in the print media from 1946 – 2007. The genealogy of Australian citizenship presented in this dissertation lays bare the characteristic forms of power/knowledge manifested in the discourse over the post-World War Two period of Australian history to show systems of thought pertaining to citizenship. By doing so it shows that current citizenship practices are not the result of historical inevitabilities but rather the result of the interplay of contingencies. By emphasising citizenship in this way the thesis offers insights into how it can be refashioned to offer greater individual freedom through an understanding of the games of truth that are played throughout all levels of society. The manifestation of power/knowledge in the discourse is further evidence that citizens exist in relations of power. These manifestations produced five distinct thematic discursivities. I labelled them as, ‘The silencing of Aboriginal concerns 1946 – 1969, Authorised voices question the acceptance of poverty and racism 1969 – 1980, Relations of power between Aboriginal Australians and whites 1981 – 1988, Relations of power between Asian immigrants and whites 1989 – 1996, The struggle of cultural dominations 1997 – 2007’. In particular, a discontinuity was identified during the period Relations of power between Aboriginal Australians and whites 1981 – 1988. From this time in the discourse Indigenous Australians were permitted to criticise their treatment by whites. Subsequently this permission has become embedded in systems of thought. This thesis gives details of the products of the genealogical method related to the discourse of citizenship. It pinpoints the moments when individuals and social, cultural, economic and political groups played roles in the production, reproduction and transmission of truth from 1946 - 2007. Based on the products of the research it creates recommendations for minimising the potential dominations of social and political truths. It also suggests ways to re-think Australian citizenship to afford greater freedoms for individual thought, speech and action.
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Bolas, Kim. "Youth homelessness : social and symptomatic correlates." Master's thesis, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/123821.
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The present longitudinal study utilizes the Sociological
Causal Model of Neurosis postulated by Broun and Harris (1978)3 and
the Circumplex Model3 by Olsen et al. (1976) in looking at the family
problems of youth homelessness which contribute to mental health.
Fifty subjects from the first and second stages of homelessness
participated in the study, ranging in age from 12-18 years. Data
collection was over a period of six months3 and subjects filled out
the Initial Questionnaire on arrival at a youth refuge. Follow-up
questionnaires were posted out at 6 weeks to where the subjects were
living and two outcome groups were formed: Return home and Failure
to return home. A Parents' Questionnaire was posted to the subject's
nominated parent in order to gain independent information about the
subject and the family. Four self-report scales were utilized in the study and these
were: the Hopkins Symptom Checklist (Derogatis et al. 1974) which
measured the dependent variable3 neurosis; the Adolescent Life Event
Scale by Ferguson (1981)3 the Moos Family Environment Scale (Moos and
Moos, 1976)3 and the Support Questions which were derived from the
support interview questions used by Brown and Harris (1978)3 to
measure the independent variables. The questions on family structure
asked about the subject's parental status and were divided into two
groups: nuclear and non-nuclear3 families.
The results revealed a remarkable homogeneity of sample type:
females (50%) and males (50%)3 high levels of unemployment (48%) or
still at school (48%) and high levels of family conflict (56%) and
loss of family support (28%). The majority came from non-nuclear
family structures (86%)3 compared to nuclear families (14%). Factors contributing to high levels of symptoms reported by
subjects included parental marital statuss high cumulative distress
scores3 rigidity in family rules and roles (adaptability)3 and a
family member with whom one had had recent interpersonal conflict
(made things worse). Factors conducive to psychological well-being
included high family cohesiveness and adequate family support.
Subjects who failed to return home were found to be females who had
a family member who made things worse3 but who had also received
other forms of adequate family support. Both family and personal
variables were found to be important in determining outcome following
a stay at a youth refuge.
The results suggest that the majority of homeless youth in the
first and second stages of homelessness who seek shelter at a youth
refuge due to family disruption are high risk candidates for developing
a psychological illness. The family patterns are indicative of
dysfunctional systems and that major preventative work in the
community is needed for step families and single parent families if
the problems are to be reduced.
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Briscoe, Gordon. "Aborigines and class in Australian history." Thesis, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/145424.
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Sanders, Will. "Access, administration and politics : the Australian social security system and Aborigines." Phd thesis, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/130118.
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This work is about Australian government social security
policy towards Aborigines. It begins by outlining the move from
the legislative exclusion of Aborigines from the social security
system in the early part of this century to their gradual
legislative inclusion between 1941 and 1966. The rest of chapter
1 is devoted to clarifying my conceptual approach to the notion
of policy and to outlining an approach to the study. In it I
argue that policy needs to be understood in terms of patterns of
governmental commitment over time, rather than as something that
can be comprehended in particular documents, such as legislation,
or in the words or actions of particular participants, such as
government ministers. As a consequence, policy needs to be
studied and analysed as it emerges from the strategic
interactions of all those involved in a particular shpere of
governmental activity. This approach to the study of policy
commits me to examining the established patterns of governmental
commitment against which recent relations between Aborigines and
the social security system have emerged. For this reason, the
rest of part I of the work provides background material on the
general dynamics of Australian social security administration and
on general governmental approaches to Aborigines.
Parts II and III of the work provide a detailed empirical
account of recent relations between the social security system
and Aborigines. Building on a distinction between patronal and
legal bureaucratic access structures for the poor, part II
analyses the changing roles and resources of participants
involved in this area of government activity. Chapter 4 identifies the way in which social security payments to
Aborigines were, until the 1960s, largely incorporated into the
existing highly patronal special purpose state-level Aboriginal
welfare systems. Chapter 5 traces the transformation of this
pattern of servicing through a growing DSS awareness of and
commitment to it new Aboriginal clientele, while chapter 6
identifies the effects on Aboriginal access to social security
payments of changes in the non-government Aboriginal welfare
sector.
Part III of the work inquires more closely into the
processes through which this general policy change has occurred.
It examines a number of specific debates in recent years over the
application of particular aspects of the social security system's
rules to Aborigines. Chapter 7 examines instances of the
breakdown of standard DSS procedures when applied to Aborigines.
Chapter 8 recounts debates over the application of the social
security system's family income units to Aborigines. Chapters 9
and 10 are concerned with various aspects of recent debates over
Aboriginal eligibility for unemployment benefit.
Part IV of the work returns to the overall concern with
policy maintenance and transformation. Drawing on the details of
parts II and III, it attempts first to identify the general
nature of the transformation of Aboriginal access to social
security payments and of the DSS's commitment to Aborigines and
second to identify some general characteristics of the processes
through which this policy change has emerged.
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Groube, Margaret. "Stress, social support and adaptation among caregivers." Master's thesis, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/142444.
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Crook, Christopher J. "Cultural practices and socioeconomic attainment in Australia." Phd thesis, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/144425.
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Hutchings, Suzi J. (Susan Jane). "Social contexts, personal shame : an analysis of Aboriginal engagement with juvenile justice in Port Augusta, South Australia / Suzi Hutchings." 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/18549.
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Bibliography: leaves 268-283.viii, 284 leaves : maps ; 30 cm.
Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library.
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Anthropology, 1995
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Nobe, Masao. "Social change and social participation in a planned city : the case of Canberra." Phd thesis, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/127636.
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This thesis investigates social networks and social support in Canberra. More
specifically, the study addresses two main areas of interest. First, particular attention
is given to the pattern of social networks and social support formed in the city and its
variations among four study areas. Second, the study focusses on the effect of
occupational and residential mobility on social networks and social suppon. To gather
empirical evidence on these issues, a sample survey of 394 women in four study areas
of Canberra was conducted in 1986-1987.
The analyses of these data yielded the following chief findings in relation to the
two questions:
1. Residents in Canberra led a more sociable life than had been generally
assumed. They associated with neighbours or friends more frequently than
with relatives.
2. All things considered, residents in Canberra did not have good access to
primary group support. Nevertheless, relatives were the most important
primary group, especially in dealing with long-term problems. Neighbours
were a significant source of support in short-term situations.
3. Disruptive effects of occupational mobility were found in relation to very
limited types of social relationships.
4. In terms of social interaction, a decline of neighbourhood relationships was
offset by the development of kinship and friendship relationships in the course
of time in Canberra. With regard to social support, only the anticipation of
social support from relatives increased with the length of time in Canberra.
The pattern of social networks and social support in Canberra was assessed from
the three perspectives of the "Community Question", into which Wellman (Wellman, 1979; Wellman and Leighton, 1979) integrated and summarised previous arguments
on social networks and social support. These were "Community Lost", "Community
Saved" and "Community Liberated". While the Canberra community fitted in with the
"Community Liberated" perspective with regard to social networks, it was consistent
with the "Community Saved" perspective in connection with social support. The
thesis concludes from findings 3 and 4 above that occupational and residential mobility
did not disrupt or weaken social relationships to a great extent, so that people
accommodated themselves successfully to new social circumstances. Compared with
occupational and residential mobility, the presence of local relatives and the stage of
the life cycle were major forces affecting informal social participation. Particularly, the
presence of local relatives stood out as being the most influential factor; living near
relatives greatly increased the likelihood of developing kinship interaction and social
support from relatives. Implications of these findings were also discussed.
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Taylor, Luke. "'The same but different' : social reproduction and innovation in the art of the Kunwinjku of western Arnhem Land." Phd thesis, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/132451.
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This thesis presents an analysis of the artistic systern of the Kunwinjku of western
Arnhen1 Land, Australia. The analysis focusses on the n1eanings encoded in Kunwinjku
bark paintings and how the operation of the artistic system develops the sernantic
productivity of paintings. The theoretical basis of this analysis is semiological in the
n1anner outlined by Saussure.
The thesis begins with a historical analysis of the development of the market for
K unwinjku paintings. I argue that the production of bark paintings for sale has largely
replaced the traditional contexts of secular painting and also some forms of ceremonial
painting. I show how bark painting now has a very in1portant role in the transmission
of culturally constituted sets of rneanings between generations of Kunwinjku.
After this general introduction, the analysis shifts to the way that bark paintings are
integrated with the Kunwinjku social systen1. I consider the dynamics of the way
Kunwinjku men compete to acquire knowledge of Ancestral subjects, and how paintings
are used as a public display of the knowledgeable status of individual artists. I show
how the acquisition of knowledge is organised in respect of the ceremonial systen1 and
how paintings used in ceren1ony are an important means by which such knowledge is
comn1unicated. The analysis of the rneanings encoded in ceremonial paintings provides
th~ introductory background for a rnore detailed exarnination of the way bark paintings
encode both rnundane and 111ore esoteric ceren1onial references.
The 111ain body of the thesis identifies different types of Kunwinjku bark paintings
and the specific way n1eaning is encoded in each type. It begins with paintings that
Kunwinjka consider to be naturalistic representations. This analysis distinguishes the
variety of ways that Kunwinjku see components of the outline form of their figures
to be iconically motivated. The succeeding chapter investigates the way that paintings
which show more an1biguous figurative forms depict the transformational characteristics
of the Ancestral Beings. The innovative potential of such paintings is discussed. The
next chapter shows how the composition of the figurative forms of some bark paintings
can be n1odified to resernble the composition of ceremonial paintings as a means of
incorporating more esoteric references in the work. The final chapter of this analysis reveals how different types of x-ray infill of figurative motifs associates the figures with
distinct reahns of 1neaning. Different paintings can refer to the reahns of food division,
the nature of death. social grouping or the organisation of landscape. I describe the
way that. senior K unwinjku artists 1nay develop new types of x-ray infill i.o create new
n1ean1ngs.
In the conclusion I consider the way Kunwinjku are progressively socialised to understand
the n1eanings of different types of paintings , and how the artistic systen1 is
organised to create the se111antic productivity of paintings. I show that Kunwinjku
not. only learn t.he 1neanings of different paintings , but also learn to abstract stuctures
that organise their understanding of the relationships between paintings. By showing
how the artistic systen1 works to condense many reahns of Kunwinjku experience of the
world I show how this sytem is involved in the n1aintenance of the continued coherence
and vitality of K unwinjku belief. I relate innovation in K unwinjku art to the sen1antic
productivity developed within the system.
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Ottosson, Ase-Britt Charlotta. "Making Aboriginal men and music in Central Australia." Phd thesis, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/149659.
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Arthurson, Kathy (Kathryn Diane). "Social exclusion as a policy framework for the regeneration of Australian public housing estates." 2001. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09PH/09pha791.pdf.
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Includes bibliographical references (leaves 288-332) Concerned with the utility of the concept of social exclusion in Australian housing and urban policy. The question is explored through comparative analysis of the inclusionary strategies that comprise Australian housing authorities' "whole of government" approaches to estate regeneration, on six case study estates, two each in New South Wales, South Australia and Queensland.
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Trebeck, Katherine. "Democratisation through corporate social responsibility? : the case of miners and indigenous Australians." Phd thesis, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/151703.
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Hawkins, Kathryn Morton. "Attitudes towards eucalypt clearcutting among Australian foresters : a social ecological analysis." Phd thesis, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/143457.
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Minichiello, V. "Beyond the medical admission : social pathways into nursing homes." Phd thesis, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/144103.
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Orchard, Lionel. "Whitlam and the cities : urban and regional policy and social democratic reform / Lionel Orchard." Thesis, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/18575.
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