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The conversation yearbook 2018 : 50 standout articles from Australia's top thinkers /
In an era when everyone has an opinion, we rely on facts more than ever. Australia's leading thinkers give their robust opinion on the arguments and issues that fuelled public debate in 2018. This collection of essays brings you the best of the authoritative journalism for which The Conversatio...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Carlton, Victoria :
Melbourne University Publishing,
2018.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Chapter One: Exploring the Evidence; Young blood: Magic or medicine?; Five things we wouldn't know without NAPLAN; FactCheck: Has Australia's net debt doubled under the current government?; Curious Kids: What causes windy weather?; I'm not overweight, so why do I need to eat healthy foods?; Some women feel grief after an abortion, but there's no evidence of serious mental health issues; FactCheck: Is Australia's population the 'highest-growing in the world'?; Chapter Two: Leadership Matters
- 'Balmain basket weavers' strike again, tearing the Liberal Party apartThe high costs of our destructive coup culture; Climate policy is a fiendish problem for governments-time for an independent authority with real powers; Part of what Australians think is good leadership might just be Anglo traits; Closing the gap on Indigenous education must start with commitment and respect; Vice-chancellors' salaries are just a symptom of what's wrong with universities; Why the world should be worried about the rise of strongman politics; Chapter Three: Life on the Margins
- 'Just a piece of meat': How homeless women have little choice but to use sex for survivalHomelessness: Australia's shameful story of policy complacency and failure continues; What it's like to be a 'black economy' worker; Villages wiped out: Why infectious diseases are so much more harmful to isolated peoples; Wollemi pines are dinosaur trees; How an alien seaweed invasion spawned an Antarctic mystery; Discovered: A huge liquid water lake beneath the southern pole of Mars; Chapter Four: The Power of Words and Images; When literature takes you by surprise: Or, the case against trigger warnings
- Sexist abuse has a long history in Australian politics-and takes us all to a dark placeBarracking, sheilas and shouts: How the Irish influenced Australian English; The horror and pleasure of misused words: From mispronunciation to malapropisms; How imagery and media coverage influence our empathy for strangers; Chapter Five: Navigating a Changing World; Overcoming our mistrust of robots in our homes and workplaces; China's Social Credit System puts its people under pressure to be model citizens; Growing cities face challenges of keeping the masses moving up, down and across
- With apartment living on the rise, how do families and their noisy children fit in?Protecting your kids from failure isn't helpful-here's how to build their resilience; Australian Ninja Warrior and the death of style and grace in sport; A bird's-eye view of New Zealand's changing glaciers; As humans change the world, predators seize the chance to succeed; Chapter Six: Work, Pay and Prices; Working four-day weeks for five days' pay? Research shows it pays off; Why we don't need to prepare young people for the 'future of work'