02564nam 2200601Ia 450 991097286910332120251117003847.01-74223-041-5(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 indigenous health in northern Australia /Tess Lea1st ed.Sydney, 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 behIndigenous health in northern AustraliaPublic healthAustraliaNorthern TerritoryAboriginal AustraliansAustraliaNorthern TerritoryBureaucracyAustraliaNorthern TerritoryGovernment policyaiatsissPublic healthAboriginal AustraliansBureaucracyGovernment policy.362.849915Lea Tess1861639MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910972869103321Bureaucrats and bleeding hearts4467781UNINA