Essays about: "australian political culture"

Found 4 essays containing the words australian political culture.

  1. 1. The Implementation of the New Engineering Contract in Australia : An Institutional Perspective

    University essay from KTH/Fastigheter och byggande

    Author : Dannie O’Brien; [2022]
    Keywords : Institutional Theory; New Engineering Contract; Risk allocation; Collaboration; Standard Form Contracts; Instititutionell teori; New Engineering Contract; samarbete; riskfördelning; standardkontrakt;

    Abstract : Current traditional delivery models used in the Australian construction industry are seen as highly bespoke and adversarial where there is an inappropriate contractual risk allocation, lack of collaboration and poor project management. With the pipeline of investment compounded with the impact that global macroeconomic trends and events (e.g. READ MORE

  2. 2. Australia Day or Invasion Day? : A corpus-assisted discourse analysis of the framing of Australia's national day in Australian newspapers

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och lärande

    Author : Erica Tamm; [2022]
    Keywords : Corpus Linguistics; Critical Discourse Studies; Corpus Assisted Discourse Studies; Framing Theory; Newspaper discourse;

    Abstract : The national day of Australia, officially referred to as Australia Day, can be seen as a celebration of Australian culture or as a symbol of colonialism. Previous research shows that how newspapers frame events can impact the readers’ understanding of how reality is represented (Baker et al., 2013). READ MORE

  3. 3. On the Side of the Angels? - A qualitative study on Swedish and Australian social work students', -teachers' and -Directors of Studies' attitudes towards social work and multiculturalism.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialhögskolan

    Author : Ulrika Anzén; [2004]
    Keywords : Social problems and welfare; national insurance; Sociala problem; social välfärd; socialförsäkring; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The objective of this thesis was, on the basis of the Theory of Residualist Conversion, to examine if students in social work education were trained to maintain the structures in society by converting social problems into personal problems of the people they serve. I chose 'the multicultural society' as an example of an issue that is often perceived as a social problem. READ MORE

  4. 4. The Indigenous People in Australia - Examination of Child Removal Policies from a Human Rights Perspective

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Gabriella Lundh; [2001]
    Keywords : Folkrätt; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, the Indigenous peoples of Australia, inhabited this continent thousands of years before the arrival of the Europeans. Prior to the arrival of the white man the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, hereafter referred to as the Aboriginals, practiced their own culture and applied their own laws without interference from external powers. READ MORE