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200 10$aBureaucrats and bleeding hearts $eindigenous health in northern Australia /$fTess Lea
205   $a1st ed.
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
517 3 $aIndigenous health in northern Australia
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