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New Directions for Law in Australia : Essays in Contemporary Law Reform
For reasons of effectiveness, efficiency and equity, Australian law reform should be planned carefully. Academics can and should take the lead in this process. This book collects over 50 discrete law reform recommendations, encapsulated in short, digestible essays written by leading Australian scholars. It emerges from a major conference held at The Australian National University in 2016, which…
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- 9781760461423
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- 349.94.LEV
Agriculture and Food Security in China What Effect WTO Accession and Regiona…
China’s accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) has had profound consequences for the structure of its economy, and there will many more before the full benefits of an open trading regime will be realised. Agriculture and Food Security in China explains the background to China’s WTO accession and links accession to reforms beginning as far back as 1979. The book highlights Chinaâ…
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- 9781921313646
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- 440 p
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- 338.1851 CHU a
Pedigree and Panache: A History of the Art Auction in Australia
Art auctions have long captured the public imagination. They regularly make news headlines and have become synonymous with glamour, money and social distinction. The marketing of auction houses and the works they sell has resulted in firms attaining authoritative positions and the ability both to influence and reflect collecting tastes. Pedigree and Panache is the first comprehensive history of…
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- 9781921313721
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- 254 p
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- 702.994 HUD p
Performance Measurement, Reporting, Obstacles and Accountability : Recent Tre…
This monograph identifies the ways that ‘politics’ enters into the creation of performance measurement systems, the selection of the official and unofficial aims of such systems, the selection of performance criteria and measures, the interpretation of findings, the responses to such findings and the implications of performance reporting for the accountability of both politicians and public…
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- 9781920942793
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- 658.3125.THO
Child Poverty, Evidence and Policy
This book is about the ideas, networks and institutions that shape the development of evidence about child poverty and wellbeing, and the use of such evidence in development policy debates.
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- 9781847424471
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- Mainstreaming Children in International Development
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- 362.7091722 JON c
Re-Visioning Arts and Cultural Policy : Current Impasses and Future Directions
In this monograph, Jennifer Craik undertakes a critical and historical analysis of the main imperatives of arts and cultural policy in Australia. With forensic skill she examines the financial and policy instruments commonly relied upon in this much contested and diverse area of public policy. Craik uses her analysis of past and current policy responses as a platform for articulating future opt…
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- 9781921313394
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- 306.47.JEN
Sport, Identity and Inclusion in Europe : The Experiences of LGBTQ People in …
This book explores and critically assesses the challenges and experiences of people within sport in Europe. It presents cutting-edge research data and insights from across the continent, with a focus on sport policy, sport systems, and issues around anti-discrimination and inclusion. The book introduces the theoretical and methodological foundations of research into people in sport and then pre…
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- 9781032052533
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- xv, 230 p
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- Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society,
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- 796.08664 HAR
Hesychasm and Art : The Appearance of New Iconographic Trends in Byzantine an…
“Although many of the iconographic traditions in Byzantine art formed in the early centuries of Christianity, they were not petrified within a time warp. Subtle changes and refinements in Byzantine theology did find reflection in changes to the iconographic and stylistic conventions of Byzantine art. This is a brilliant and innovative book in which Dr Anita Strezova argues that a religious…
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- 9781925021851
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- 759.022.STR
Paradoxes of Media and Information Literacy
Paradoxes of Media and Information Literacy contributes to ongoing conversations about control of knowledge and different ways of knowing. It does so by analysing why media and information literacy (MIL) is proposed as a solution for addressing the current information crisis. Questioning why MIL is commonly believed to wield such power, the book throws into sharp relief several paradoxes that a…
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- 9781000590265
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- 174 p
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- 028.7 DER P
Island Encounters : Timor-Leste from the outside in
Island Encounters is a narrative of Timor shaped by a journey from the outside in. Incorporating the author’s experiences from more than two decades of involvement with Timor-Leste and, more particularly, the months she spent travelling with her family from west to east in 2018, Palmer traces paths redolent in longing and learning, belonging and bewilderment, courage and conviction to tell of…
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- 9781760464516
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- 915.987.PAL
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