Social Alternatives Vol 29 No.1, 2010 1 EDITORIAL COLLECTIVE What is Social Alternatives? Social Alternatives is an independent, quarterly, multi- disciplinary, refereed journal. It analyses, critiques, and reviews contemporary social, cultural, economic, and ecological developments to determine their implications at local, national, and global levels. Because we value artistic endeavour, we publish short stories and poetry. Why do we produce Social Alternatives? Acknowledging the intrinsic worth of all human beings, Social Alternatives is committed to the principles of equity, democracy and social justice. It opposes injustice and oppression. What issues does it deal with? Each issue typically focuses on some particular matter of current concern or public debate. Past issues include matters such as peace and conlict, social welfare, sexism, social movements, the media, racism, Indigenous rights, social justice, inequality, mental health, crime and the law, and the environment. We also publish important articles outside of the theme for each issue. Do you want to write for Social Alternatives? We welcome practical and theoretical articles on relevant topics, as well as reviews, short stories, poems, graphics, comment, and critique. Articles Articles should be between 1500 and 3000 words, accompanied by a list of key words and an abstract no longer than 200 words. Articles are submitted to blind refereeing by at least two referees. We use the Harvard referencing system approximately as practised in the Australian Journal of Political Science (guidelines are provided on our website - www.socialalternatives.com). Submit articles electronically in Word format to the Co-ordinating Editor’s email address listed above. Articles should be in 12 point Times New Roman, double spaced. Diagrams, igures and artwork should be submitted in MS WORD compatible formats. Poetry, Short Stories & Graphics We encourage short stories, poetry and artwork. However, we are unable to pay contributors, but provide offprints. If you wish to submit poetry (up to 25 lines) or short stories, these should be sent by post or electronic mail to the relevant editor. Please supply an email contact with your submission. What is an Editorial Collective? Because we make decisions democratically, Social Alternatives is managed by an editorial collective while a co-ordinating editor takes responsibility for managing the process. After contributions are blind refereed, the collective has inal control over what is published. Thus, the editorial collective is a distinct entity from the advisory board (which assists in refereeing). Clare Archer-Lean The University of the Sunshine Coast Elizabeth Eddy The University of the Sunshine Coast Rob Gilbert The University of Queensland Debra Livingston The University of the Sunshine Coast Julie Matthews The University of the Sunshine Coast Nic Osbaldiston Queensland University of Technology Victoria Palmer The University of Melbourne Bronwyn Stevens The University of the Sunshine Coast John Synott Queensland University of Technology Don Alexander The University of Queensland Verity Burgmann The University of Melbourne Roland Bleiker The University of Queensland Kevin P. Clements The University of Otago Vicki Crowley University of South Australia Geoff Dow The University of Queensland Brien Hallett University of Hawai’i Ian Lowe Grifith University Brian Martin University of Wollongong Philip Mendes Monash University Rebecca Spence The University of New England Frank Stilwell The University of Sydney Ralph Summy The University of Queensland Sue Thomas Grifith University Elizabeth Webby The University of Sydney Donna Weeks The University of the Sunshine Coast Paul Williams Grifith University ADVISORY BOARD EDITORIAL CONTACTS SuBSCRIPTIONS Social Alternatives University of Sunshine Coast Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Maroochydore DC Qld 4556 Email: lee-anne@ socialalternatives.com ENquIRIES Lee-anne Bye The University of the Sunshine Coast lbye2@usc.edu.au EDITOR - NON THEMED ARTICLES Bronwyn Stevens Politics and International Relations The University of the Sunshine Coast bstevens@usc.edu.au Victoria Palmer Applied Ethics The University of Melbourne v.palmer@unimelb.edu.au EDITOR - SHORT STORIES Clare Archer-Lean The University of the Sunshine Coast Carcher@usc.edu.au EDITOR - BOOK REVIEWS Clare Archer-Lean The University of the Sunshine Coast carcher@usc.edu.au (61 7) 5456 5029 EDITOR - POETRY John Synott Social Alternatives Poetry Desk P.O. Box 1424 Oxley, QLD, Australia 4075 john@socialalternatives.com (+61) 0401 827 885 ARTWORK, WEBSITE & DESKTOP PuBLISHING Debra Livingston dlivings@usc.edu.au (+61) 0421 129 184 Jill Lindquist jill@socialalternatives.com (+61) 0438 166 769