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Centre for Independent Studies

Acronym:
CIS
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Overcoming the odds 2: where are the top-performing disadvantaged secondary schools?


Academic results can differ significantly between schools, despite them having similar levels of funding and disadvantage. This indicates that improving outcomes for disadvantaged students is not just a question of how much money is spent but also how it is spent.
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Cracking up? Culture and the displacement of virtue


Unease has been growing that something has changed for the worse in our culture. The change is perceptible but often defies precise description. This paper calls for a renewed understanding of culture as that which expresses a shared, common vision for our human and social flourishing — an understanding that is passed on in our...
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Defending liberal democracy and liberal peace in the time of rising populism and fascism


The defence of liberal democracy needs the concerted action by all nations of the West and East committed to democracy, the rule of law and liberty. Equally, nations so committed must attend to the urgent task of re-invigorating the institutions of liberal democracy to retain public faith in this form of government.
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Millennials and super: the case for voluntary superannuation


This paper explores young people's savings patterns and expected future superannuation balances, and seeks to answer the question of whether superannuation is a good deal for millennials.
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Taking back control: restoring universalism in the age of identity politics


In this essay, Stoker argues that what truly ails the centre right is not that it has not become sufficiently ‘progressive’, but rather that it has failed to remain authentic. It has failed to stand up and fight for the fundamental values and principles that have historically mattered to those who identify with both classical...

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