{"product_id":"9781922633873","title":"Cruel Care","description":"Author: Jordana Silverstein\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781922633873\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Monash University Publishing\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 May 2023\u003cbr\u003ePages: 304\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e**Winner, Oral History Australia Book Award 2024**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA ground-breaking history of Australia's treatment of child refugees\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCruel Care\u003c\/i\u003e tells a story of government, politics and the emotions that drive decisions. It asks why Australia has treated child refugees with violence and why governments say that the cruel acts they perpetrate are a form of care.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on extensive research  including 35 oral history interviews with key policymakers, along with a rich set of archival sources  this book traces how governmental authorities can make decisions designed to control and disenfranchise children in their care. It explores how legislation, ministers, political parties and the public service have combined to create a sentimental rhetoric of welfare while enacting repressive policies. And it details the weaponization of rhetoric such as 'best interests of the child' and the histories of race  and racism  that shape Australian discourses of national security.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the heart of this book is a study of the stories of the people who shape refugee policy. \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, in order to offer bold suggestions for how we could achieve collective justice for refugees.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u0026amp;#x27;Brilliant...with a cut-through otherwise largely absent from Australian public discourse on refugees.\u0026amp;#x27; - Frank Bongiorno\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The aptly named\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCruel Care\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e is a groundbreaking book - confronting, deeply disturbing and revelatory.' - Arnold Zable\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46861508346014,"sku":"ADS-9781922633873","price":34.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781922633873.jpg?v=1779253260","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781922633873","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}