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Title

Does history matter? Making and debating citizenship, immigration and refugee policy in Australia and New Zealand

Author(s)

Neumann, Klaus;  Tavan, Gwenda

Abstract

This volume of essays represents the first systematic attempt to explore the use of the past in the making of citizenship and immigration policy in Australia and New Zealand. Focussing on immigration and citizenship policy in Australia and New Zealand, the contributions to this volume explore how history and memory are implicated in policy making and political debate, and what processes of remembering and forgetting are utilised by political leaders when formulating and defending policy decisions. They remind us that a nuanced understanding of the past is fundamental to managing the politics and practicalities of immigration and citizenship in the early 21st century.

Publication type

Book

Research centre

Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Life and Social Sciences. Institute for Social Research

Publication year

2009

Keyword(s)

Australia;  Citizenship;  Government policy;  Immigration;  New Zealand;  Refugees

Publisher

ANU E-Press

ISBN

9781921536946

Publisher URL

http://epress.anu.edu.au/immigration_citation.html

Copyright

Copyright © 2009 ANU E-Press. Published version of this paper reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher.

Additional information

This book is available free to download in various formats from the ANU E-press website: http://epress.anu.edu.au/immigration_citation.html

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