Cruel Care

A History of Children at Our Borders

Jordana Silverstein

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Monash University Publishing
01 May 2023

Australasian & Pacific history; Migration, immigration & emigration; Central government policies; Australian Society

Australia has long grappled with how to treat refugees, particularly children, who come to our country. Cruel Care asks why Australia pursues such unforgiving immigration policies, and why successive Australian governments say that the cruel acts they perpetrate are a form of care.

This is a story of government: of the politics and emotions that drive national policy. Meticulously researched – and drawing on interviews with key Australian policymakers, along with a rich set of archival sources – this book explores how legislation, ministers, political parties and the public service have combined to create a narrative of compassion while pursuing repressive policies. It details the weaponisation of rhetoric such as ‘best interests of the child’ and the histories of race – and racism – that influence Australian discourses of national security.

Cruel Care asks provocative questions about how policymakers are shaped by, and in turn shape, their histories, communities and the nation. It is a clarion call for better treatment for all who arrive on our shores.

By: Jordana Silverstein
Imprint: Monash University Publishing
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 153mm,
ISBN: 9781922633873
ISBN 10: 1922633879
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 01 May 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jordana Silverstein is a senior research fellow at the Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness at the University of Melbourne. She has also been a visiting scholar at the ANU's Humanities Research Centre and a three-time judge of the Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Nonfiction. Jordana has a History PhD and is the author of Anxious Histories (2015), on narrating the Holocaust, and co-editor of Refugee Journeys (2021). Her criticism and essays appear widely, including in The Conversation and Overland, and she appears regularly in the media.

Reviews for Cruel Care: A History of Children at Our Borders

The aptly named Cruel Care is a groundbreaking book - confronting, deeply disturbing and revelatory. -- Arnold Zable Brilliant ... with a cut-through otherwise largely absent from Australian public discourse on refugees. -- Frank Bongiorno