Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/16319
Title: Becoming an African Diaspora in Australia: Language, Culture, Identity
Contributor(s): Ndhlovu, Finex  (author)orcid 
Publication Date: 2014
DOI: 10.1057/9781137414328
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/16319
Abstract: The first decade of the 21st century witnessed the resurgence of nationalist discourses on topics such as national sovereignty and national interest across the globe. This trend seems to be intensifying, albeit in the midst of an unprecedented increase in a complex and intricately connected linguistic, cultural, religious and transnational diversity that defies traditional identity imaginings of the nation-state. The Australian Liberal Government of Prime Minister Tony Abbott that was elected on 7 September 2013 launched its business with a military-style border protection policy dubbed Operation Sovereign Borders. This policy, essentially aimed at 'protecting Australia' against perceived 'invasion' by asylum seekers arriving by boat on the country's shores, takes its cue from former Liberal Prime Minister John Howard, who once declared: 'we will decide who comes to this country and the circumstances in which they come' (Liberal Party of Australia, 2013: 4). Back in 2011 the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, David Cameron, defended his country's decision not to join the European Union single currency zone, arguing that such a move would hurt Britain's economic and 'national interests'. He declared that he wanted 'to make sure we get a good deal for Britain [and that] Britain would never join the euro' unless there were 'proper protections for key British interests' (David Cameron, 2011). At the level of the United Nations (UN), the long-standing debates and differences over climate change policy have consistently been stalled by self (national) interests that have tipped the balance against collective global action on this topical issue. Arguments in defence of national (economic and political) interests, as opposed to the interests of the totality of humanity and the environment, have often prevailed in guiding member states on whether to ratify major UN statutes such as the Kyoto Protocol.
Publication Type: Book
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Place of Publication: Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN: 9781137414311
9781137414328
Fields of Research (FOR) 2008: 200405 Language in Culture and Society (Sociolinguistics)
160803 Race and Ethnic Relations
160303 Migration
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: 470411 Sociolinguistics
440505 Intersectional studies
430319 Migration history
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 950201 Communication Across Languages and Culture
970116 Expanding Knowledge through Studies of Human Society
970120 Expanding Knowledge in Language, Communication and Culture
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: 130201 Communication across languages and culture
280123 Expanding knowledge in human society
HERDC Category Description: A1 Authored Book - Scholarly
Publisher/associated links: http://nla.gov.au/anbd.bib-an53161597
Extent of Pages: 225
Appears in Collections:Book
School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

Files in This Item:
2 files
File Description SizeFormat 
Show full item record

SCOPUSTM   
Citations

45
checked on Jun 8, 2024

Page view(s)

2,516
checked on Jun 23, 2024

Download(s)

2
checked on Jun 23, 2024
Google Media

Google ScholarTM

Check

Altmetric


Items in Research UNE are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.