Making change happen : black and white activists talk to Kevin Cook about Aboriginal, union and liberation politics / / Kevin Cook and Heather Goodall

• Autore: Cook Kevin
• Pubblicazione: Canberra : , : ANU E Press, , [2013]; ©2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (448 p.)
• Soggetto topico: Social change - Australia; Political activists - Australia; Aboriginal Australians - Politics and government
• Soggetto geografico: Australia Politics and government 20th century; Australia Social conditions 20th century
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): GoodallHeather
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Making Change Happen; Contents; Acknowledgements; An introduction to Cookie's book; PART 1 - FOUNDATIONS; 1. Growing up Koorie - in Wollongong; 2. Life and death on the job:The Builders Labourers' Federation - rank and file democracy, 1970 to 1975; 3. In the wider struggle: The union, gender, race and environment; 4. Tranby, co-operatives and empowerment; PART 2 - TRANBY 1980s; 5. Aboriginal-directed education: Getting started; 6. Exploring possibilities: Teaching and learning at Tranby; 7. Politics and real education; 8. Reaching out for change; PART 3 - LAND RIGHTS NSW 1980s ; 9. Strategies: 1976 to 198110. Experiences: 1981 to 1982 -Street demos and bush camps; 11. Hard decisions: 1983 to 1985; 12. Getting land back; PART 4 - NETWORKS 1980s; 13. National networks; 14. Onto the streets; 15. International networks; PART 5 - BRINGING IT ALL TOGETHER; 16. Bicentennial; 17. Beyond the Bicentennial: Victories, defeats and more struggles for change ; 18. Reflections: Networks, hubs, pathways - and leadership; Appendix 1. Interviewees; Appendix 2. Glossary and abbreviations; Appendix 3. Bibliography and further reading; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book is a unique window into a dynamic time in the politics and history of Australia. The two decades from 1970 to the Bicentennial in 1988 saw the emergence of a new landscape in Australian Indigenous politics.
• Titolo autorizzato: Making change happen
• ISBN: 1-921666-74-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910142120903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Aboriginal History Monographs