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Animal Welfare in Australia

Animal Welfare in Australia

Politics and policy

Dr Peter John Chen

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Format: paperback
428 pages
ISBN: 9781743324738

Publication: 19 Sep 2016
Series: Animal Politics
Publisher: 宅男导航

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The issue of animal welfare has attracted attention in Australia in recent decades. Activists and welfare organisations have become increasingly vigorous in promoting a new ethical relationship between humans and animals, and in challenging practices they identify as inhumane. In 2011 this agitation culminated in the temporary suspension of cattle live exports, with significant economic and political implications for Australia. Similar campaigns have focused on domestic food production systems and the use of animals in entertainment.

Despite this increased interest, the policy process remains poorly understood. Animal Welfare in Australia is the first Australian book to examine the topic in a systematic manner. Without taking a specific ethical position, Peter John Chen draws on a wide range of sources 鈥� including activists, industry representatives and policy makers 鈥� to explain how policy is made and implemented. He explores the history of animal welfare in Australia, examines public opinion and media coverage of key issues, and comprehensively maps the policy domain. He shows how diverse social, ethical and economic interests interact to produce a complex and unpredictable climate.

Animal Welfare in Australia will be of interest to scholars and practitioners of public policy, those interested in issues of animal welfare, and anyone wishing to understand how competing interests interact in the contemporary Australian policy landscape.

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Dr Peter John Chen is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Government and International Relations where he teaches Australian and regional politics, media politics, and public policy. He is the author of Animal Welfare in Australia: Politics and Policy (2016) and Australian Politics in a Digital Age (2013) and the co-editor of Double Disillusion: The 2016 Australian Federal Election (2018).

Acknowledgements
List of figures
List of acronyms
Nomenclature
Introduction

Part 1
1. History
2. Ethics

Part 2
3. Attitudes to animals
4. In the media
5. Mapping the policy domain

Part 3
6. Animal protectionism
7. Animal-using industry
8. Political and administrative policy elites

Conclusion
Appendix A: research methods
Appendix B: major ethical positions regarding animals
Appendix C: Australian animal protection organisations 鈥� a sample
Appendix D: animal-using industry in Australia 鈥� representative bodies and their relationships with policy-makers
Appendix E: timeline of animal welfare policy in Australia
Appendix F: significant legal instruments
Appendix G: top Google queries relating to the 10 most frequently searched-for animals

Reference list
Index

Supplementary materials not in the book