Talk to enough parents about choosing schools for their kids, and sooner or later, you’ll hear
one express concern about the local public school having ‘too many Asians’, or Lebanese, …

Like many Western governments, the Australian government increasingly views migration
through the lens of economic efficiency, arguing that skilled professionals achieve the best …

In recent years, Australian nationalism has been increasingly framed against a dangerous
Muslim ‘other’. This article offers a gendered analysis of this nationalism, arguing that a …

The Australian government claims that its emphasis on skills in the migration program has
paid off, with recent migrants achieving superior labour market outcomes to previous cohorts, …

Asian migration is transforming education cultures in the Anglo-sphere. This is epitomised
in the mounting debates about ‘tiger mothers’ and ‘dragon children’, and competition and …

This paper critically engages with the concept of ‘everyday multiculturalism’, which
advocates argue is a more productive way of understanding the reality of multiculturalism in …

A"*** One of the first countrie,, the world to officially adopt a policy of multiculturalism, in the
early 1970s. Until that time, the White Australi, l'olicy had restricted 9 luropean immigration, …

This paper documents the self-positioning of a segment of middle class parents, whom we
call ‘community-minded’, as they distinguish themselves from pedagogies and parenting …

‘Asian whiz kids’ perfect test scores.’ ‘Selective schools and tiger parents.’ These types of
headlines highlight the increased visibility of academically successful students from Asian …

‘Mean girls’, nerds, jocks, punks, goths… Everyone remembers the tribes that populated their
schools. Even if you didn’t like your fellow students, you had to learn to deal with everyone, …