How Australia Compares

by Tiffen, Rodney

• ISBN13: 9780521712453
• ISBN10: 0521712459
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-11-16
• Publisher: Textstream

Summary

How Australia Compares is a handy reference that compares Australia with 17 other developed countries across a wide range of social, economic and political dimensions. Whenever possible, it gives not only snapshot comparisons from the present, but charts trends over recent decades or even longer. Encyclopaedic in scope, it provides statistics for a huge range of human activity, from taxation to traffic accidents, homicide rates to health expenditure, interest rates to internet usage. This new edition is fully revised and updated, and features two new chapters: The Howard Impact and The Search for Scoreboards. New sections include obesity, advertising, broadband internet access, childcare and corruption. Information is highly accessible with double-page spreads for each topic. Tables and graphs are presented on one page, and clear explanation and analysis on the facing page. In each discussion the focus is to put the Australian experience into international perspective, drawing out the implications for the nation's performance, policies and prospects.

Table of Contents

People

Government and politics

Economy

Work and the labour force

Government taxes and spending

Health

Education

Inequality and social welfare

International relations

Environment

Science and technology

Telecommunications and computing

Media

Family

Lifestyles and consumption

Crime and social problems

The search for scoreboards

The Howard impact

Table of Contents provided by Publisher. All Rights Reserved.