Rethinking social justice : from 'peoples' to 'populations' / Tim Rowse.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rowse, Tim, 1951- author.

Series:

Aboriginal Studies Press

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aboriginal Australians--Cultural assimilation.

Aboriginal Australians.

Aboriginal Australians--Social conditions.

Social justice--Australia.

Social justice.

Reparations for historical injustices--Australia.

Reparations for historical injustices.

Australia--Government policy.

Australia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Canberra, Australia : Aboriginal Studies Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the early 1970's, Australian governments began to treat Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders as ""peoples"" with capacities for self-government. Forty years later, confidence in Indigenous self-determination has been eroded by accounts of Indigenous pathology, misplaced policy optimism, and persistent socio-economic gaps. This record accounts for this shift by arguing that Australian thinking about the Indigenous is a continuing, unresolvable tussle between the ideas of ""peoples"" and ""population."" Offering snapshots of moments in the last 40 years in these tensions are palpable - from...

Contents:

Cover; About the Author; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acronyms & Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I - Recognising 'populations' and 'peoples'; 1. Recognising 'peoples' and 'populations'; Part II - Evoking people-hood; 2. Hasluck and Elkin; 3. Strehlow damns Coombs; 4. The South Australian land rights debate of 1966; 5. The politics of enumerating the Stolen Generations; Part III - Critical reflections on political capacity; 6. The changing cultural constitution of the Indigenous sector; 7. The ambivalence of Helen Hughes; Part IV - Thinking historically about 1967-76

8. Noel Pearson's economic history 9. Peter Sutton and the historical roots of suffering; 10. The Coombs experiment; Part V - The appeal of quantification; 11. The Australian Reconciliation Barometer; Notes; References; Index

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9781922059178

192205917X

OCLC:

811505260