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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822048003321

Titolo

Social welfare with Indigenous peoples / / edited by John Dixon and Robert P. Scheurell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1995

ISBN

1-134-93614-1

1-134-93615-X

1-280-32331-0

0-203-22410-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (356 p.)

Collana

Comparative social welfare series

Altri autori (Persone)

DixonJohn E. <1946 May 9->

ScheurellRobert P

Disciplina

362.84/97

Soggetti

Indians - Public welfare

Sami (European people) - Public welfare

Social 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 and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; The First Nations of Canada: social welfare and the quest for self-government; Social welfare of the indigenous peoples within the United States of America; The Huichol and Yaqui Indians of Mexico; Social welfare of indigenous populations in Brazil; Welfare rules and indigenous rights: the Sami people and the Nordic welfare states; The Gypsies and the social services in Spain; From exclusion to dependence: Aborigines and the welfare state in Australia

Bi-culturalism, social policy and parallel development: the New Zealand/Maori experienceSocial welfare of indigenous peoples in Zimbabwe; The impact of the social-welfare system on the Temne ethnic group of Sierra Leone; Name index; Subject index

Sommario/riassunto

In many areas of the world, there has been an earlier indigenous population, which has been conquered by a more recent population group. In Social Welfare with Indigenous Peoples, the editors and contributors examine the treatment of many indigenous populations from five continental areas: Africa (Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe);



Australasia, New Zealand; Central and South America (Brazil, Mexico); Europe (Scandinavia, Spain) and North America. They found that, regardless of whether the newer immigrants became the majority population, as in North America, or the minority population, such