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

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1995
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (356 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.84/97
• Soggetto topico: Indians - Public welfare; Sami (European people) - Public welfare; Social policy
• Altri autori: DixonJohn E. <1946 May 9-> ScheurellRobert P
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Social welfare with Indigenous peoples
• ISBN: 1-134-93614-1; 1-134-93615-X; 1-280-32331-0; 0-203-22410-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910780096303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Comparative social welfare series.