Refugee Settlement in Australia

Combining theoretical and practical information, this book presents a holistic overview of refugee settlement in Australia. It focuses on numerous critical aspects of refugee settlement which play a vital role in refugee integration into Australia.

Autorentext

Aparna Hebbani is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Communication & Arts, University of Queensland, Australia. She has served on the Queensland Government's Multicultural Queensland Advisory Council, Board of Directors of Radio 4EB, and the National Advisory Group of The LOTE Agency, and was part of the Queensland India Council. She has actively researched refugee settlement in Australia for over 15 years, and has over 25 years of teaching experience in intercultural communication, public relations, and communication research at undergraduate and postgraduate level in the United States, Australia, India, Malaysia, and Hong Kong.

Inhalt

1. Introduction to refugee settlement in Australia: past to present 2. Challenges of language learning and employment 3. Refugee education 4. Host society reception: communities and neighbourhoods 5. Media representations of refugees 6. The refugee family: Intergenerational acculturation and parenting 7. Working with/in the refugee sector