Becoming Australian : migration, settlement, citizenship / Brian Galligan, Martina Boese & Melissa Phillips.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Galligan, Brian, author.

Boese, Martina, author.

Phillips, Melissa, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National characteristics, Australian.

Immigrants--Cultural assimilation--Australia.

Immigrants.

Multiculturalism--Australia.

Multiculturalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 246 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Carlton, Victoria, Australia : Melbourne University Press, 2014.

Summary:

The year 2013 is the 40th anniversary of the end of the 'White Australia policy'. In these four decades Australia's immigration policy has shifted from a primary concern with cultural homogeneity or Britishness to a focus on demand-based skills through an increasingly fine-tuned system of points tests, occupation lists and employer-sponsored visas.Despite disproportionate politicisation of asylum seekers in recent public discourse, the intake of refugees and humanitarian entrants has remained relatively small. While Australia's contemporary migrant and refugee intake is truly multicultural, and governments continue to adhere to an official multicultural policy, integration into the Australian community and culture has been the dominant process, especially for second and third generation Australians. Australian identity and citizenship have changed in the last forty years, making Australia and its people more pluralistic and richly diverse. Becoming Australian focuses on the ways in which migrants and refugees meet the challenges of 'becoming Australian' and the transformative process for Australia and its people as they incorporate the continuing influx of multicultural peoples.

Contents:

Intro

Becoming Australian

Contents

Acknowledgments

About the Authors

List of Acronyms

Introduction

1 Making the Australian Nation

Australian Settlement

White Australia

Nationality

The Constitution and Race

Citizenship, Nationality and Race

2 Pre-migration

The Importance of Pre-migration

Linking Pre-migration with Settlement

Pre-migration Journeys and Departures

Sites of Departure

Who Goes and Who Remains

Conclusion

3 Migration

Changing Immigration Policy

Changing Multicultural Policy

Changing Demographics

Cultural Diversity

Skilled Migration

Attracting the 'Best and Brightest'

Temporary Migration

Employer Sponsorship

Regional Skilled Migration

Humanitarian Arrivals

4 Settlement

Settlement Services: A Commonwealth Agenda

Settlement Policy, Planning and Implementation

Regional Relocation and Resettlement

Settlement Experiences

Settlement Support at the Local Level

Local Service Provision

Communities and Civic Engagement

Settlement, Place and Belonging

5 Employment

Migrant and Refugee Settlement and Employment

Employment and Migration Pathways

Unemployment and Underemployment

Employment Barriers

The Place of Employers in the Settlement Picture

6 Citizenship

Thinking about Citizenship

White British Subjects

Becoming Australian Citizens

Consolidating Australian Citizenship

Citizenship and Identity

Advantages of Australian Citizenship

Being Partly Australian

Remaining Partly Other

7 Australia and Its People

Multiculturalism and National Identity

Government Adoption and Adaptation

Australian National Identity

Australia's Liberal Nationalism

Appendix 1 Research Project and Methodology

Web Survey.

Focus Groups

Community Information Sessions

In-depth Interviews

Key Informant Interviews

Limitations

Appendix 2 Migrant and Refugee Interview Participants

Notes

References

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780522866384

0522866387

OCLC:

1475839965