How Australia compares
By: Rodney Tiffen, Ross Gittins.
Contributors: Gittins, Ross.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Port Melbourne, Vic
Language: eng
Number of pages: 267
ISBN-13: 9780521712453
Subjects: Australia -- Politics and government -- 21st century; Australia -- Economic conditions -- 21st century; Australia -- Social life and customs -- 21st century
Description: "How Australia Compares is a reference that compares Australia with 17 developed countries across a wide range of social, economic and political dimensions. It gives nor only snapshot comparisons from the present, but charts trends over recent decades or even longer. Encyclopaedic in scope, this book provides statistics for a huge range of human activity, from taxation to traffic accidents, homicide rates to health expenditure, interest rates to Internet usage."--Jacket.
Notes: Previous ed: 2004.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 254-267).