LEADER 02432nam 2200553Ia 450 001 9910782879003321 005 20230721004947.0 010 $a1-74223-041-5 035 $a(CKB)1000000000718653 035 $a(EBL)421336 035 $a(OCoLC)476256114 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000357461 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11295953 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000357461 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10352369 035 $a(PQKB)11777870 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC421336 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL421336 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10362253 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000718653 100 $a20080421d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBureaucrats and bleeding hearts$b[electronic resource] $eIndigenous health in northern Australia /$fTess Lea 210 $aSydney, NSW $cUniversity of New South Wales Press$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (293 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-921410-18-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 253-267) and index. 327 $aContents; Acknowledgments; Prologue; The Setting; Absorbing and delivering; Meeting the state; Notes; Bibliography; Index 330 $aBureaucrats 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 beh 606 $aPublic health$zAustralia$zNorthern Territory 606 $aAboriginal Australians$zAustralia$zNorthern Territory 606 $aBureaucracy$zAustralia$zNorthern Territory 615 0$aPublic health 615 0$aAboriginal Australians 615 0$aBureaucracy 676 $a362.849915 700 $aLea$b Tess$01584190 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910782879003321 996 $aBureaucrats and bleeding hearts$93867824 997 $aUNINA