Suchergebnisse

This paper examines ten years (1963–1973) of visits to Australia of Italian Communist Party (PCI) officials. In particular, the visits' origins, meaning and ramifications are analysed and framed against the background of post‐war migrant worker identity discourses and radical politics. They appear to have shaped markedly the direction of the experience of Italian communists in Australia, especially in Sydney, and their interaction with both the Communist Party of Australia (CPA) and the PCI. Ultimately, they helped spread the message of Italian communism among migrants and encourage the replication on Australian soil of the successful experience of the Europe‐based PCI federations with thousands of worker members. For the CPA, which had been looking for new ways to break through to the hearts and minds of the migrant proletariat, the visits heralded a stronger partnership with its Italian members, a closer link with Eurocommunism, and a potential new stream of recruits that would have reversed the hemorrhaging of membership. The visits were instrumental, as argued in this paper, for the establishment and promotion of an Italian cultural and language space for which far‐left Italian migrants in Australia had long yearned.

Chapter 1 Italy and Australia in the twenty-first century: distant connections or close partners? -- Chapter 2 A historical overview of Italian-Australian bilateral relations -- Chapter 3 Italians in Australia in the twenty-first century -- Chapter 4 Australians in Italy in the twenty-first century -- Chapter 5 First Nations sovereignty: towards a decolonial approach to Italy-Australia relations -- Chapter 6 Connecting Australia and Italy through language -- Chapter 7 Time for a strategic partnership: the scope for international cooperation between Italy and Australia -- Chapter 8 The Australian interest in the European Union and the Italian interest in the Asia-Pacific -- Chapter 9 Twenty-first century populism in Australia and Italy: A comparative analysis -- Chapter 10 Italian-Australian Scientific and Research Cooperation -- Chapter 11 Where to from here? The need for a long-term strategy in Italian-Australian relations.

This book offers a novel and comprehensive reappraisal of current relations between Italy and Australia. For the first time, it expands the scope of analysis by encompassing and critically reviewing research avenues that have been understudied so far. In order to pursue this objective, it provides innovative analyses on bilateral history, reciprocal migration, socio-cultural ties, international relations and trade, comparative politics, and scientific cooperation. By adopting a multidisciplinary approach, this book makes a significant contribution to multiple disciplinary literatures, benefitting social science scholars, policymakers, and professionals working in a number of fields. Mindful of the wide scope and multidisciplinary nature of this innovative research, the editors oversee a careful balance of different theories, methodologies, sources, and data, in accordance with the conventions of each discipline employed in this volume. As a result, this book encourages a broader and more nuanced understanding of Italian-Australian relations in the 21st century. Dr. Gabriele Abbondanza is Marie Curie Fellow at the Complutense University of Madrid (Spain); and Associate Researcher at both the University of Sydney (Australia) and the Italian Institute of International Affairs -- IAI (Italy). His research focuses on Australian and Italian foreign policy; irregular migration; the Indo-Pacific; and middle power and great power theory. Dr. Simone Battiston is Senior Lecturer in history and politics at Swinburne University of Technology (Australia). His research examines different aspects of post-war Italian migration, with a particular attention to the Australian context: external voting behaviour, history and memory of radical migrants, and migrant media history

Australia is home to numerous diaspora communities that have settled in Australia throughout the twentieth century. Over the decades, these ethnic communities have adapted to the Australian way of life and while there was an attempt to create a single national identity, many immigrant communities continue to maintain their cultural and linguistic links with their origin homeland. It is to be expected that many within these communities feel they owe some obligation to their original homeland. At times this manifests itself as personal, economic support to family structures back home; at others, in more complex, event-based investments. This study is a preliminary critique of philanthropic trends in Australiás diasporic coarious diasporas, very few address the dual theme in Australia. Some studies havemmunties. While studies exist across the world on the philanthropic practices of v pursued the two themes in separate contexts. Very few have explored the two concepts of diaspora communities and the philanthropic behavior of these communities as a single combined theme. The aim of this article is to undertake a preliminary and critical study on this significant and growing phenomenon.