Creating Social Cohesion in an Interdependent World examines the ways in which two very
different societies Australia and Japan have dealt with challenges to their cultural and
institutional fabric as well as the social cohesion arising from the acceleration of global
interdependence during recent decades. Deepening globalization has generated great social
dislocation and uncertainty about collective identity and to anxiety about how to accommodate
apparently unstoppable external influences. The studies in this volume explore areas which have
experienced significant impact from globalization including immigration policy ethnic and
racial intermarriage attitudes towards ethnic and racial minorities national and cultural
identity education policy and labor relations. The approach used is innovative in juxtaposing
two societies which although developed are contrasting in their historical origins and
contemporary cultural legacies.
