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Social welfare with indigenous peoples / edited by John Dixon and Robert P. Scheurell.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Comparative social welfare series.
- Comparative social welfare series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indians--Public welfare.
- Indians.
- Sami (European people)--Public welfare.
- Sami (European people).
- Social policy--Cross-cultural studies.
- Social policy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (356 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 1995.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 1-134-93614-1
- 1-134-93615-X
- 1-280-32331-0
- 0-203-22410-8
- 9780203224106
- OCLC:
- 475885631
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