Melbourne Law School - Research Publications
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ItemJournalism and Democratic Practice: Defamatio Law and Public Debate in Four Countries(Macquarie University Faculty of Arts Politics and International Relations, 2009)
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ItemThe Australian Social Inclusion Agenda: A New Approach to Social Policy?(WILEY, 2010-12)The Social Inclusion Agenda (‘SIA’) was introduced by the Australian Labor Party (‘ALP’) in the lead up to the 2007 federal election. The rhetoric was hopeful, proposing to reframe the government's approach to disadvantage. Rhetoric aside, what the then opposition meant when it talked of building social inclusion (‘SI’) was less clear than may have immediately met the eye. This paper offers an introductory analysis and review of the SIA. It first considers why Australia might benefit from a readjustment in its social policy direction, reflecting on the concepts of poverty and Amartya Sen's ‘capabilities approach‘. Second, it offers a critical overview of the main conceptions of SI/Social Exclusion. Third, it applies these first two parts of analysis to developments to date with the SIA. This part, whilst limited in scope and preliminary at best, offers some general comments as to the possibilities and pitfalls of the SIA and proposes the way forward from an analytical perspective in terms of guiding the SIA in a desirable direction.
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ItemLiving with Disability in Urban Japan(Informa UK Limited, 2007-12)
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ItemForced migration studies: Could we agree just to 'date'?(OXFORD UNIV PRESS, 2007-09)