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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453678203321

Autore

Sullivan Patrick (Patrick John)

Titolo

Belonging together [[electronic resource] ] : dealing with the politics of disenchantment in Australian Indigenous affairs policy / / Patrick Sullivan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Acton, A.C.T., : Aboriginal Studies Press, 2011

ISBN

0-85575-786-8

0-85575-783-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (161 p.)

Disciplina

305.89915

Soggetti

Aboriginal Australians - Government policy - 21st century

Aboriginal Australians - Social conditions - Australia

Immigrants - Cultural assimilation - Australia

Electronic books.

Australia Government policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 130-140) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Chapter 1 Introduction - a consolidated approach  ; Chapter 2 Cultures and intercultural relations; Chapter 3 Mainstreaming and fragmentation  of Aboriginal affairs; Chapter 4 The unacknowledged community sector; Chapter 5 Accountability and government/citizen relations; Chapter 6 The organisation of bureaucracy; Chapter 7 Normalisation and Aboriginal citizens; Abbreviations; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

<P style=""MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"" class=MsoNormal>Comprehensive and optimistic, this examination describes current Indigenous affairs policy in Australia, concentrating on the period following the end of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission in 2004. It provides a unique overview of the trajectory of current policy, advancing a new consolidated approach to Indigenous policy that moves beyond the debate over self-determination and assimilation. Arguing that the interests of Indigenous peoples, settlers, and immigrants are fundamentally shared, it proposes adaptation on both sides,