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The Changing Political Economy of Australian Racism

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  • Jock Collins

    (University of Technology, Sydney)

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The Australian labour market is undergoing fundamental change, following economic restructuring and industrial relations and vocational education reform. This article outlines the recent evidence relating to unequal outcomes for immigrants from non English-speaking background and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in the Australian labour market. It then argues that, rather than meritocratic, these outcomes are partially the result of racial discrimination. The paper then considers the social and economic contradictions of racial discrimination in Australia today.

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  • Jock Collins, 1994. "The Changing Political Economy of Australian Racism," Working Paper Series 41, Finance Discipline Group, UTS Business School, University of Technology, Sydney.
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    1. M. Loosemore & D. W. Chau, 2002. "Racial discrimination towards Asian operatives in the Australian construction industry," Construction Management and Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 20(1), pages 91-102.
    2. Siddarth Shirodkar & Boyd Hunter, 2021. "The impact of implicit bias on Indigenous business ownership rates in Australia," Australian Journal of Labour Economics (AJLE), Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC), Curtin Business School, vol. 24(1), pages 1-24.
    3. Jock Collins, 1995. "Immigration and Labor Government in Australia: 1983-95," Working Paper Series 45, Finance Discipline Group, UTS Business School, University of Technology, Sydney.
    4. Jock Collins, 1996. "Cosmopolitan Capitalism: Ethnicity, Gender and Small Business in Australia in the 1990s," Working Paper Series 68, Finance Discipline Group, UTS Business School, University of Technology, Sydney.
    5. Jock Collins, 1996. "Ethnic Small Business and Employment Creation in Australia in the 1990s," Working Paper Series 71, Finance Discipline Group, UTS Business School, University of Technology, Sydney.
    6. Jock Collins & Angeline Low, 2010. "Asian female immigrant entrepreneurs in small and medium-sized businesses in Australia," Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 22(1), pages 97-111, January.

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