How Australia Compares - Softcover

Tiffen, Rodney; Gittins, Ross

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521712459 ISBN 13: 9780521712453

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2009

Synopsis

How Australia Compares is a handy reference that compares Australia with seventeen other developed countries across a wide range of social, economic and political dimensions. Whenever possible, it gives not only snapshot comparisons from the present, but charts trends over recent decades or even longer. Encyclopaedic in scope, it provides statistics for a huge range of human activity, from taxation to traffic accidents, homicide rates to health expenditure, interest rates to internet usage. This new edition is fully revised and updated, and features two new chapters: The Howard Impact and The Search for Scoreboards. New sections include obesity, advertising, broadband internet access, childcare and corruption. Information is highly accessible with double-page spreads for each topic. Tables and graphs are presented on one page, and clear explanation and analysis on the facing page. In each discussion the focus is to put the Australian experience into international perspective, drawing out the implications for the nation's performance, policies and prospects.

About this title

Book Description:

How Australia Compares is a handy reference that compares Australia with 17 other developed countries across a wide range of social, economic and political dimensions. Whenever possible, it gives not only snapshot comparisons from the present, but charts trends over recent decades or even longer.

About the Author:

Rod Tiffen is Associate Professor, Government and International Relations, University of Sydney.

Ross Gittens is Economics Editor, Sydney Morning Herald.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0521712459
• ISBN 13: 9780521712453
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 294