Cultural Diversity, Governance and Policy : India-Australia

Contents: Preface. Introduction. 1. Building the Australia-India relationship/Bruce Bennett. 2. Plural cultures, monolithic structures/Kapila Vatsyayan. 3. The homogenised other: cultural diversity and social inequality/Alan Mayne. 4. Deliberative democracy and modern pluralism/Subrata Mukherjee. 5. \'A long and winding road\'. From cultural homogeneity to a multicultural society: an analysis of inclusion and exclusion in Australia/David Roberts. 6. Limits of multiculturalism in a liberal policy: need for a shared identity/Sushila Ramaswamy. 7. "Australia is a multicultural community--you\'ll feel at home": cultural diversity and the promotion of Australia internationally/Andrew Hassam. 8. Accommodation of cultural diversity in India: reflections on past and present/Abdulrahim P. Vijapur. 9. Gandhian ideas on cultural diversity and unity in India/Sailaja Gullapalli. 10. Multiculturalism: Australian and Indian approach/Sonu Trivedi. 11. Post colonial formation, paradigm consolidation and economic marginalization/S. Ram Vemuri. 12. Dalits and indigenous Australians: affirmative actions and existing realities/Swaraj Basu. 13. Exploring a critical tradition in communications research: a cultural discourse/Amita Singh. 14. Education and empowerment: Dalits and the demand for modern education in colonial India/Shashi Bhushan Upadhyay. 15. Recent developments in Indian migration to Australia (with special reference to academics)/Graeme Hugo and Gouranga Lal Dasvarma. 16. Cultural diversity in the Australian classroom and the experience of Arab-Muslim students/Sally Percival Wood. 17. Working Australia efficiency and equity/Liz Hall. 18. North-East India\'s cultural diversity: trends of unrest and marginalization/Sudhir Jacob George. 19. Socio-economic inequities of tribal communities in India/Priti Singh. 20. Reinventing Australian identity/D. Gopal. 21. Identity and rights of the diaspora in the post-colonial era/R. Narayanan. 22. Understanding cultural diversity: reflections from the Americas/Satya R. Pattnayak. Index.

"In recent years, issues pertaining to cultural diversity and ethnic identity have become important sites of academic concern and intense policy debate. However, current discourses purported to devise appropriate policy measures for the co-existence of plurality of ethnic and cultural diversities are yet to result in concerted action. Towards building a consensus on the vital importance of cultural diversity, the volume offers illuminating commentaries and incisive critiques by distinguished scholars and specialists from India and Australia." (jacket)