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Adelaide Aborigines: a case study of urban life, 1966-1981 »
Publication date: 1982
This monograph describes the economic position of Aborigines living in an urban setting. Aborigines form a very small minority in Adelaide, a city of some one million inhabitants. The present social and economic situation of Adelaide Aborigines is compared with studies made in 1966 and 1973 and with the non-Aboriginal population. With a deteriorating economic climate in the city, especially as regards employment, Aborigines have bad difficulty in maintaining the advantage they acquired by migrating to the city in earlier decades. In contrast to the situation of the 1960s they do not now appear to be better off economically than their rural counterparts. City people have developed various strategies to prevent them slipping even further down the poverty scale. The special Aboriginal services, especially in areas such as housing, have been important in preventing them from losing ground in economic terms. Their extremely high rates of unemployment are evidence of their social disadvantages as a minority group.
Czech writers and politics 1945-1969 »
Publication date: 1982
"It is easy to oversimplify the social role of writers. At times they make the bullets to be fired by others: at other times they fire bullets made for them: some times they are the target." The book considers the role of Czech writers in the period 1945-69, in particular how far their work was influenced by politics and to what extent they influenced it. A closely documented study of the social, economic, and political scene accompanies the literary study.
State-municipal fiscal relations: a comparative study of Australia and India »
Publication date: 1982
This is a comparative study of State-municipal fiscal relations, with particular reference to New South Wales in Australia and West Bengal in India. After outlining the broad structural features of municipal authorities and the framework of State- municipal transfer arrangements, the study con centrates on the operative aspects of intergovern mental fiscal relations in a sub-national context. The results of the study indicate commonalities as well as differences in the transfer arrangements, including the role of federal institutions in financing municipal government.
Demographic impact on socio-economic development: the Malaysian experience »
Publication date: 1982
Published Press Archives http://press.anu.edu.au/node/3367 1885_114789.jpg ANU Press Demographic impact on socio-economic development: the Malaysian experience Wednesday, 18 August, 1982 Not available Archive Scholarly Information Services Cheong, Kee Cheok
SERVICE DELIVERY TO REMOTE COMMUNITIES »
Publication date: 1982
Published Press Archives http://press.anu.edu.au/node/2683 1885_114679.jpg ANU Press SERVICE DELIVERY TO REMOTE COMMUNITIES Wednesday, 18 August, 1982 Not available Archive Scholarly Information Services
Indological and Buddhist studies: volume in honour of Professor J.W.de Jong on his sixtieth birthday »
Publication date: 1982
Volume in Honour of Professor J.W. de Jong on his Sixtieth Birthday
Environmental water quality: a systems study in Tuggeranong Creek and Kambah Pool »
Publication date: 1982
Published Press Archives http://press.anu.edu.au/node/2701 1885_114700.jpg ANU Press Environmental water quality: a systems study in Tuggeranong Creek and Kambah Pool Wednesday, 18 August, 1982 Not available Archive Scholarly Information Services
Town populations »
Publication date: 1982
This second volume in the series, The Aboriginal Component in the Australian Economy, consists of four case studies of Aboriginal communities living as minority populations in medium-sized and small towns and cities in different parts of Australia. Elspeth Young discusses surveys made of a number of New South Wales country towns. Jenny Bryant writes about Robinvale, on the Victorian side of the River Murray. David Drakakis Smith's study is of the Alice Springs community. The fourth chapter, by Hans Dagmar, gives an account of the Aboriginal community of Carnarvon, Western Australia. The studies indicate a general movement of Aborigines into towns and cities. Housing, income, employment, health and education all show improvement since the 1960s, but are still at a level lower than that of the general community.
Public sector borrowing in Australia »
Publication date: 1982
This book considers a number of recent developments and issues affecting Australian public sector borrowing, including: criteria for borrowing; the present and future role of the Australian Loan Council; the relationship between public sector borrowing requirements and public debt management, the role of the Reserve Bank with respect to the relationship between government borrowing operations, monetary policy and the marketing of Commonwealth securities; and the role of the market in meeting the borrowing requirements of different levels of government and different kinds of public authorities. Individual chapters are presented from the perspective of a State Treasury, a State commercial and semigovernment authority, a market practitioner the Reserve Bank and a State Dank.
Public policies in two federal countries: Canada and Australia »
Publication date: 1982
The papers in this book examine selected public policy issues in Canada and Australia within the framework of their federal systems of government. The book consists of eight parts, dealing respectively with historical aspects of federalism, constitutional reform, inflation and unemployment, economic development and structural change, fiscal federalism, higher education and health policies, cultural policy, and problems of federal government in the two countries. The distinguished contributors include former political leaders, senior public servants and academics who have been intimately associated with major public policy issues in the two countries during recent years.