Australia's Immigration Revolution

by Markus, Andrew; Jupp, James; McDonald, Peter

• ISBN13: 9781741757088
• ISBN10: 1741757088
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-02-01
• Publisher: Allen & Unwin

Summary

In 2006 Australia's population was 20.7 million. It is projected to reach 23 million in 2014. What has driven this rapid population growth, and how has the Rudd government dealt with immigration during the first phase of the global financial crisis?

Author Biography

Andrew Markus is the author of several books on race and immigration. James Jupp is director of the Center for Immigration and Multicultural Studies at the Australian National University. Peter McDonald is a professor of demography and director of the Australian Demographic and Social Research Institute, also at the Australian National University.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Tables and figures	p. ix
Introduction: Immigration and the recession	p. xi
Defining Australian immigration	p. 1
Australia's immigration revolution	p. 3
The Western context	p. 19
Population issues	p. 21
Immigration and the nation state	p. 37
Australia	p. 51
Immigration policy	p. 53
Residential concentration and dispersion	p. 68
The politics of immigration, settlement and multiculturalism	p. 88
Public opinion and social cohesion	p. 106
Conclusion	p. 151
Further reading and references	p. 159
Index	p. 166
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