Macedonian Agenda

Editor, Victor Bivell

Macedonian Agenda is the leading information and reference book about one of Australia's oldest and largest ethnic groups, containing 16 essays and articles by 14 authors.

The book explores a number of major themes including:

* Political issues between Macedonia and its Balkan neighbours, particularly Greece, and their repercussions in Australia

* Macedonian history and settlement in Australia, and the development of Macedonian values, language, religion and theatre in Australia

* The Macedonian identity and the 'Greek' Macedonian identity, explored through the lives of two brothers who settled in Melbourne

* The changing role of Macedonian women

* The welfare needs of older migrants

* The lack of human rights in Aegean Macedonia (northern Greece) including the plight of the child refugees from the Greek Civil War.

The essay titles and authors are:

* Macedonian Values in Multicultural Australia, Zoran Coseski

* Some Observations on the Speech of Bilingual Macedonian-Australians, Betty K Stewart

* The Australian-Macedonian Drama Group, Stefo Stojanovski

* The Macedonian Orthodox Church: Its Role in the Moulding and Maintenance of Ethnic Identity in Australia, Dr Christopher Popov and Michael Radin

* Barriers to Social Change for Macedonian Women, Malina Stankovska

* A Study of Women Activists in the Macedonian Community, Malina Stankovska

* The Macedonian Elderly: A Needs Study of the Macedonian Elderly in the Western Region of Melbourne, Macedonian Community Welfare Association of the Western Region Inc

* Features of Settlement in Australia by Macedonians from the Aegean Region, Michael Radin

* Proud of the Macedonian Heritage, Faye Kolev

* Assimilation and the Public and Private Identity of Macedonians: A Dialectical Expose, Pandora Petrovska

* Declaration of the "Child Refugees", The Association of Refugee Children from the Aegean Part of Macedonia

* Submission on the 28,000 Ethnic Macedonian "Child Refugees", Aegean Macedonian Association of Australia

* A Political Strategy for the Macedonian Diaspora, Victor Bivell

* The Political Future of the Macedonians in Australia, Zoran Coseski

* Australian Law, International Treaties and the Government's "Slav" Prefix, Risto Balalovski

* Why Australia?, Bob Spasenovski

"Useful contribution to dialogue on a sensitive issue" The Australian newspaper. "A tribute to multiculturalism" The Geelong Advertiser.

Macedonian Agenda is available in Australia for $20, which includes postage and handling. Overseas airmail is A$30.

Macedonian Agenda, Paperback, 232 pages, 230 x 154mm, Celloglazed cover, Published by Pollitecon Publications, 1995, ISBN 0 646 22162 0