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| Title: | Australia's Post-war Immigration: Institutional and Social Science Research |
| Authors: | Vasta, Ellie |
| Editor: | Povrzanovic Frykman, Maja |
| Date of Issue: | 2003 |
| Language: | eng |
| Keywords: | Immigration research
Immigration
Disciplinary traditions
Social sciences
Samhällsvetenskap
Australien
Theoretical traditions
Australia |
| Publication type: | Article, other scientific |
| Host publication/No.: | The Willy Brandt Series of Working Papers |
| Pages/Page numbers/Volume: | 26 s.
3/02 |
| Publisher: | Internationell migration och etniska relationer, Malmö högskola |
| Description: | This paper, which is work-in-progress, provides an initial review of the theoretical traditions adopted by immigration researchers in Australia
over the past fifty years or so. Many researchers have played a vital role
in the development of both entrance and settlement policies while others
have carried out social science research that has remained quite distinct from policy needs. The social sciences have not only contributed ideas and systematic knowledge to the development of policy, they have also provided systematic data and critical analysis which has
countered misleading populist beliefs about such issues as economic growth, unemployment and institutional racism. In Australia, social scientists have been influenced by the theoretical paradigms that are dominant in their disciplines at the time of their research. In some cases, a theoretical tradition such as that of assimilation (following the Chicago School) coincided with the common sense ideologies held by the society at large. At other times, as with the introduction of multiculturalism, social scientists provided the theoretical foundations for what was considered a necessary basis for a culturally plural society. |
| ISSN: | 1650-5743 |
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| Appears in Collections: | Willy Brandt Series of Working Papers
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