Culture, Economy and Governance in Aboriginal Australia : Proceedings of a Workshop Held at the University of Sydney, 30 November - 1 December 2004.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Austin-Broos, Diane.

Contributor:

Macdonald, Gaynor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic development.

Aboriginal Australians.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (479 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Sydney : Sydney University Press, 2005.

Summary:

In the current period of economic strength, Indigenous peoples have found themselves increasingly struggling to develop economic opportunities and to ensure the viability of their social and cultural lives.

Contents:

Cover

Title page

Copyright page

Contents

Introduction

Part I History of the Initiatives

1. What can the pre-colonial and frontier economies tell us about engagement with the real economy?

2. Indigenous Art as Economy

Land Rights and Local Economies

Mining projects in remote Aboriginal Australia

Indigenous Educational Disadvantage

The role of discrimination and the exclusion of Indigenous people from the labour market

Contested Debates about Citizenship rights to Welfare

Indigenous labour supply and regional industry

Economic Futures on Aboriginal Land in Remote and Very Remote Australia

Between a Rock and a Hard Place

Learning Lessons: A Retrospective

Education and Community

Indigenous Families, Households and Governance

Governance, Cultural Appropriateness and Accountability

CDEP and ATSIC as bold experiments in governing differently

The Indigenous Sector

False Dichotomies and Other Barriers to Policy-Making for Aboriginal Communities.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781743322307

1743322305

OCLC:

1369646674