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0000-0001-5491-2089
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London School of Economics and Political Science Department of Sociology
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University of Tasmania
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Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 07-2013
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 10-2004
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 12-10-2011
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 27-05-2016
Abstract: A new sociological agenda is emerging that interrogates how morality can be established in the absence of the moral certainties of the past but there is a shortage of empirical work on this topic. This article establishes a theoretical framework for the empirical analysis of everyday morality drawing on the work of theorists including Ahmed, Bauman and Taylor. It uses the Australian Survey of Social Attitudes to assess the state and shape of contemporary moralities by asking how kind are Australians, how is its expression socially distributed, and what are the motivations for kindness. The findings demonstrate that Australians exhibit a strong attachment and commitment to kindness as a moral value that is primarily motivated by interiorized sources of moral authority. We argue these findings support the work of theorists such as Ahmed and Taylor who argue authenticity and embodied emotion are legitimate sources of morality in today's secular societies. The research also provides new evidence that generational changes are shaping understandings and practices of kindness in unexpected ways.
Publisher: Cogitatio
Date: 23-02-2016
DOI: 10.17645/SI.V4I1.492
Abstract: In Australia, public debate about recognition of the nation’s First Australians through constitutional change has highlighted the complexity and sensitivities surrounding Indigenous/state relations at even the most basic level of legal rights. But the unevenness of race relations has meant Aboriginal perspectives on race relations are not well known. This is an obstacle for reconciliation which, by definition, must be a reciprocal process. It is especially problematic in regions with substantial Aboriginal populations, where Indigenous visibility make race relations a matter of everyday experience and discussion. There has been considerable research on how settler Australians view Aboriginal people but little is known about how Aboriginal people view settler Australians or mainstream institutions. This paper presents the findings from an Australian Research Council project undertaken in partnership with Larrakia Nation Aboriginal Corporation. Drawing on in-depth interviews with a cross-section of Darwin’s Aboriginal residents and visitors, it aims to reverse the racial gaze by investigating how respondents view settler Australian politics, values, priorities and lifestyles. Through interviews with Aboriginal people this research provides a basis for settler Australians to discover how they are viewed from an Aboriginal perspective. It repositions the normativity of settler Australian culture, a prerequisite for a truly multicultural society. Our analysis argues the narratives of the participants produce a story of Aboriginal rejection of the White Australian neo-liberal deal of in idual advancement through economic pathways of employment and hyper-consumption. The findings support Honneth’s arguments about the importance of intersubjective recognition by pointing to the way misrecognition creates and reinforces social exclusion.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 03-2011
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 2002
DOI: 10.1046/J.1440-1614.2002.01033.X
Abstract: The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of the addition of standard community treatment to a hospital-based service in a regional district of Australia. The study was a naturalistic investigation of a routine clinical service and utilized a longitudinal panel design. Two matched groups of seriously mentally ill patients were recruited,one before the addition of the community mental health team (CMHT)and one after. Each s le was followed up for one year using a semistructured questionnaire and instruments including the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale, the Global Assessment Scale, the Life Skills Profile and the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale as well as hospital records. Patients in both groups showed similar patterns of improvements. Although the aims of the new service included reducing in-patient utilization and improving social functioning,there were few significant differences between the two groups. While the number of admissions and length of stay were lower in the post-CMHTs le most were admitted rather than treated in their homes by the CMHT. The study concludes that better outcomes might have been achieved if the aims of the CMHT had been limited to either crisis or rehabilitation interventions, but not both. More attention needs to be paid to the service context in which model programmes are introduced so that new developments can be more closely tailored to the realities of what is likely to be achievable.
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 22-02-2013
Abstract: What is it like to be socialised into the self-contained Christian fundamentalist world of the Jehovah’s Witnesses and to move towards disinheriting that tradition during adolescence? This article considers this question by looking at how a group of young, Australian Jehovah’s Witnesses (JWs), who were born into the religion, make the journey from membership to dissent. The interview data suggest that for these young respondents the roots of disaffiliation lie in disagreement with specific JW practices and the freedom and hedonistic attractions offered by the secular world. It shows how disaffiliation was staged as a dynamic struggle for self as the ex-JWs swung between the secular attractions of freedom and hedonism, and the certainty and comfort of the religious community. Further, the article suggests that parental socialisation and the differences between those born into such movements and converts are important factors in understanding reasons for disaffiliation.
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 09-2002
DOI: 10.1046/J.1440-0979.2002.00242.X
Abstract: This study investigates the psychiatric and social outcomes of treatment by the psychiatric unit of a district general hospital in a semirural region of Australia. The study is a naturalistic investigation of a routine clinical service, and utilizes a longitudinal panel design. Repeat interviews at admission, 1 month and 1 year later were conducted with all consenting respondents (n = 57) with a diagnosis of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder or related condition, as well as with their nominated relatives. Patients showed significant improvements on clinical measures (P < 0.001) and a high rate of continuation of medication. Most measures of social functioning showed improvement although few were statistically significant. Patients and relative satisfaction was high. Relative worry showed significant improvement in the first month (P < 0.05). There was a high rate of readmission (31 patients) and mean days in hospital were also high at 43 days. These results suggest that basic district general hospital care, operating under both budgetary restrictions and the difficulties associated with recruiting staff can nonetheless provide a credible service. However, the results fall short of what research tells us can be achieved when services are adequately funded and more specifically targeted to meet patient needs.
Publisher: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI)
Date: 21-12-2015
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 05-08-2020
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 27-07-2019
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 14-06-2022
Publisher: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI)
Date: 28-04-2017
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 04-03-2020
DOI: 10.1002/AJS4.106
Publisher: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI)
Date: 06-2019
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 24-05-2013
Abstract: Critical commentary about the Northern Territory Emergency Response (NTER) has included the claim that the media presented a simplistic and stereotyped image of Aboriginal communities at the time of its introduction in 2007, but to date there has been no systematic analysis to support this. This study addresses this research gap through a critical discourse analysis of reportage of the NTER in mainstream and Aboriginal populist print media. The findings reveal major differences in these accounts, with radically different propositions and normative assumptions. Mainstream media were overwhelmingly negative in their portrayal of remote Aboriginal communities, were silent about Aboriginal resistance and portrayed urgent Commonwealth intervention as necessary and heroic. The Aboriginal media provided contextualised accounts of the issues and focused intensely on the human rights implications of the intervention. The findings reveal a concerning racialised ide in representations of the issues facing remote Aboriginal communities in 2007 that helps to explain why the Australian public accepted policies that discriminated against Australia’s First Nations peoples.
Publisher: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI)
Date: 21-12-2016
Publisher: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI)
Date: 21-11-2016
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 09-2002
DOI: 10.1046/J.1440-0979.2002.00242.X
Abstract: This study investigates the psychiatric and social outcomes of treatment by the psychiatric unit of a district general hospital in a semirural region of Australia. The study is a naturalistic investigation of a routine clinical service, and utilizes a longitudinal panel design. Repeat interviews at admission, 1 month and 1 year later were conducted with all consenting respondents (n = 57) with a diagnosis of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder or related condition, as well as with their nominated relatives. Patients showed significant improvements on clinical measures (P < 0.001) and a high rate of continuation of medication. Most measures of social functioning showed improvement although few were statistically significant. Patients and relative satisfaction was high. Relative worry showed significant improvement in the first month (P < 0.05). There was a high rate of readmission (31 patients) and mean days in hospital were also high at 43 days. These results suggest that basic district general hospital care, operating under both budgetary restrictions and the difficulties associated with recruiting staff can nonetheless provide a credible service. However, the results fall short of what research tells us can be achieved when services are adequately funded and more specifically targeted to meet patient needs.
Publisher: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI)
Date: 08-2019
Location: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Start Date: 2015
End Date: 2017
Funder: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute
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End Date: 2016
Funder: Henry Halloran Trust
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End Date: 2016
Funder: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute
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End Date: 2016
Funder: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute
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End Date: 2015
Funder: Larrakia Nation Aboriginal Corporation
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End Date: 2014
Funder: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute
View Funded ActivityStart Date: 2012
End Date: 2014
Funder: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute
View Funded ActivityStart Date: 2003
End Date: 2015
Funder: Department of Health and Human Services Tasmania
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End Date: 2016
Funder: Australian Research Council
View Funded ActivityStart Date: 2016
End Date: 2016
Funder: Department of State Growth (Tas)
View Funded ActivityStart Date: 2016
End Date: 2016
Funder: Department of State Growth (Tas)
View Funded ActivityStart Date: 2014
End Date: 2014
Funder: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute
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