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Still lucky : why you should feel optimistic about Australia and its people

Still lucky : why you should feel optimistic about Australia and its people

At a time when politics seems increasingly negative and our society increasingly divided, Still Lucky shows that we are more fortunate than we think, and have more in common than we know. Rebecca Huntley, one of Australia's most experienced and knowledgeable social researchers, wants to break through all the noise and make you feel better about this country and the people around you. Our politicians are becoming more conservative, both in their policies and their ambitions for the country, but the Australian people - almost all of us - want to see real social change. We are more generous and more progressive, and more alike, than we think we are - and we are better than our day-today political discourse would suggest. Huntley has spent years travelling the country, getting to know what's in our hearts and minds. Here she tackles the biggest social questions facing Australia now- Why do we fear asylum seekers? Why are women still underpaid and overworked? Why do we over-parent? Why do we worry even though we are lucky? Still Lucky is a broad-ranging, wise and compelling look at who we are now and where we are heading in the future, from someone who knows what Australians are really thinking.

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920372485 IBL 301.072 HUN
Non Fiction   . Available .  
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Field name Details
RSN 37403
ISBN 9780670079230
Call Number 301.072
Dates Huntley, Rebecca
Name of Publisher Docklands, Victoria : Viking/Penguin Random House, 2017.
Attachments 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-286)
Summary At a time when politics seems increasingly negative and our society increasingly divided, Still Lucky shows that we are more fortunate than we think, and have more in common than we know. Rebecca Huntley, one of Australia's most experienced and knowledgeable social researchers, wants to break through all the noise and make you feel better about this country and the people around you. Our politicians are becoming more conservative, both in their policies and their ambitions for the country, but the Australian people - almost all of us - want to see real social change. We are more generous and more progressive, and more alike, than we think we are - and we are better than our day-today political discourse would suggest. Huntley has spent years travelling the country, getting to know what's in our hearts and minds. Here she tackles the biggest social questions facing Australia now- Why do we fear asylum seekers? Why are women still underpaid and overworked? Why do we over-parent? Why do we worry even though we are lucky? Still Lucky is a broad-ranging, wise and compelling look at who we are now and where we are heading in the future, from someone who knows what Australians are really thinking.
Subject Australians Attitudes Research.
Sociology -- Australia Research
Social prediction -- Australia
Population research -- Australia
Australia Social conditions 21st century.
Australia Forecasting.
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