{"product_id":"cruel-care-a-history-of-children-at-our-borders-paperback","title":"Cruel Care: A History of Children at Our Borders - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJordana Silverstein\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAustralia has long grappled with how to treat refugees, particularly children, who come to our country. \u003ci\u003eCruel Care\u003c\/i\u003e asks why Australia pursues such unforgiving immigration policies, and why successive Australian governments say that the cruel acts they perpetrate are a form of care.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a story of government: of the politics and emotions that drive national policy. Meticulously researched - and drawing on interviews with key Australian policymakers, along with a rich set of archival sources - this book explores how legislation, ministers, political parties and the public service have combined to create a narrative of compassion while pursuing repressive policies. It details the weaponisation of rhetoric such as 'best interests of the child' and the histories of race - and racism - that influence Australian discourses of national security.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCruel Care\u003c\/i\u003e asks provocative questions about how policymakers are shaped by, and in turn shape, their histories, communities and the nation. It is a clarion call for better treatment for all who arrive on our shores.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJordana Silverstein\u003c\/b\u003e is a senior research fellow at the Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness at the University of Melbourne. She has also been a visiting scholar at the ANU's Humanities Research Centre and a three-time judge of the Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Nonfiction. Jordana has a History PhD and is the author of \u003ci\u003eAnxious Histories\u003c\/i\u003e (2015), on narrating the Holocaust, and co-editor of \u003ci\u003eRefugee Journeys\u003c\/i\u003e (2021). Her criticism and essays appear widely, including in \u003ci\u003eThe Conversation\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOverland\u003c\/i\u003e, and she appears regularly in the media.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 01, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51865528664352,"sku":"9781922633873","price":53.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/x0GIpgEnsQ9781922633873.webp?v=1781663858","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/cruel-care-a-history-of-children-at-our-borders-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}