02432nam 2200553Ia 450 991078287900332120230721004947.01-74223-041-5(CKB)1000000000718653(EBL)421336(OCoLC)476256114(SSID)ssj0000357461(PQKBManifestationID)11295953(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000357461(PQKBWorkID)10352369(PQKB)11777870(MiAaPQ)EBC421336(Au-PeEL)EBL421336(CaPaEBR)ebr10362253(EXLCZ)99100000000071865320080421d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBureaucrats and bleeding hearts[electronic resource] Indigenous health in northern Australia /Tess LeaSydney, NSW University of New South Wales Press20081 online resource (293 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-921410-18-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-267) and index.Contents; Acknowledgments; Prologue; The Setting; Absorbing and delivering; Meeting the state; Notes; Bibliography; IndexBureaucrats and Bleeding Hearts takes you on an intimate journey into the lives of people armed with the task of ending Australian Aboriginal disadvantage in the frontier north of Australia. Taking a fresh look at longstanding issues, Lea examines the culture of bureaucracy, its need to create the look of action, how intelligent inhabitants uphold the apparatus of government even whilst they critique it, and how benevolent efforts to improve health have brought about unexpected co-dependencies and tragic failures. She paints a sympathetic yet discomforting portrait of those who, working on behPublic healthAustraliaNorthern TerritoryAboriginal AustraliansAustraliaNorthern TerritoryBureaucracyAustraliaNorthern TerritoryPublic healthAboriginal AustraliansBureaucracy362.849915Lea Tess1584190MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910782879003321Bureaucrats and bleeding hearts3867824UNINA