Title How Australia compares / Rodney Tiffen, Ross Gittins

Edition Second edition Published Port Melbourne, Vic. : Cambridge University Press, 2009

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Description xxvi, 267 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm regular print Contents Contents: 1. People -- 2. Government and politics -- 3. Economy -- 4. Work and the labour force -- 5. Government taxes and spending -- 6. Health -- 7. Education -- 8. Inequality and social welfare -- 9. International relations -- 10. Environment -- 11. Science and technology -- 12. Telecommunications and computing -- 13. Media -- 14. Family -- 15. Lifestyles and consumption -- 16. Crime and social problems -- 17. The search for scoreboards -- 18. The Howard impact Summary "How Australia Compares is a reference that compares Australia with 17 developed countries across a wide range of social, economic and political dimensions. It gives not only snapshot comparisons from the present, but charts trends over recent decades or even longer. Encyclopaedic in scope, this book provides statistics for a huge range of human activity, from taxation to traffic accidents, homicide rates to health expenditure, interest rates to Internet usage."--BOOK JACKET Analysis Government performance Statistics Trends to 2010 Australia overseas comparisons Social conditions Economic conditions Political conditions Economics, business, industry (Australia) Social studies (Australia) Economics, business, industry Notes Previous ed: 2004 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references: pages 254-267 Subject Manners and customs -- Cross-cultural studies. Economic development -- Cross-cultural studies. Political science -- Cross-cultural studies. SUBJECT Australia -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009597 Australia -- Economic conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009585 Australia -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114315 Australia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326 -- Statistics. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001414 Australia -- Social conditions http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114311 -- 2001- Australia -- Politics and government http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009597 -- 2001- Australia -- Economic conditions http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009585 -- 2001- Australia -- Social life and customs http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114315 -- 2001- Australia -- Economic conditions -- 1945- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009587 Australia -- Politics and government -- 1945- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009600 Australia -- Social conditions http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114311 -- 21st century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002012478 Australia -- Politics and government http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009597 -- 2000- Australia -- Economic conditions http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009585 -- 2000- Australia -- Social life and customs http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114315 -- 2000- Australia -- Politics and government http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009597 -- 21st century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002012478 Australia -- Economic conditions http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009585 -- 21st century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002012478 Australia -- Social life and customs http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114315 -- 21st century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002012478 Genre/Form Statistics. Author Gittins, Ross. LC no. 2009675135 ISBN 9780521712453 paperback 0521712459 paperback

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