The public life of Australian multiculturalism : building a diverse nation / Anthony Moran.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Acknowledgments; Contents; 1: Introduction; References; 2: Multiculturalism, Australian Style: Official Multiculturalism from Whitlam to Fraser; The Beginnings of Official Multiculturalism: The Whitlam Government; The Fraser Government: The Expansion of Multiculturalism; The Emerging Critiques of Multiculturalism, from the Late 1970s to the Early 1980s; References; 3: Multiculturalism as Social Justice: The Hawke and Keating Governments; Multiculturalism and Keating; Conclusion: Further Critiques of Multiculturalism; References

4: Enduring in Practice if Not in Name? -Official Multiculturalism During and Beyond the Howard Government Howard's Critique of Multiculturalism; The Howard Government's Multicultural Policy; The Symbolic Retreat from Multiculturalism: The Battle over "Core Values"; Developments After Howard: The Rudd and Gillard Governments; References; 5: Multiculturalism and Australian National Identity; National Identity and Multiculturalism; Changing Australian National Identity; Conclusion; References; 6: Aboriginal and Multicultural Imaginaries: Tensions, Accommodations, Reconciliation; Canada

New Zealand Multicultural and Indigenous Imaginaries in Australia; Recent Indigenous Engagement with Multiculturalism; Conclusion; References; 7: Post-Multicultural Australia? Cosmopolitanism Critique and the Future of Australian Multiculturalism; References; 8: Conclusion; References; Index

This book argues that in a globalising world in which nation-states have to manage population flows and intensifying cultural diversity within their borders, multicultural policy and approaches have never been more important. The author takes an extended case study approach, examining Australia's experiments with pragmatic forms of multiculturalism and multicultural policy since the early 1970s up to the present. The Public Life of Australian Multiculturalism challenges some larger assumptions about multiculturalism - either that it undermines national identity or that it is, and should strive to be, a post-national approach to identity issues. Instead, it argues that framing multiculturalism by inclusive national identity has been the key to multiculturalism's continuity and general success in Australia. The book also directly challenges the claim that we have entered a post-multicultural world, making a case instead for the continuing relevance of pragmatic approaches to multiculturalism. Students and scholars researching in sociology, politics, migration, multiculturalism, ethnic and racial studies, nationalism, and identity studies will find this study of interest. .

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