Obliged to Be Difficult - Nugget Coombs'' Legacy in Indigenous Affairs

Klappentext Since the 1967 constitutional referendum! Australian governments have moved toward policies of Indigenous self-determination. Obliged to Be Difficult presents the central issue of self-determination as seen by Dr. H. C. Coombs! the most influential policy maker after the referendum: through what political mechanisms will Indigenous Australians find their own voice? This narrative of Coombs' work draws on many unpublished sources and illuminates the interplay of government policy with Indigenous practice. This book is both an account of government policies and a biographical slice of an outstanding Australian. Zusammenfassung Since the 1967 constitutional referendum! Australian governments have moved towards policies of indigenous self-determination. This book! first published in 2000! presents the central issue of self-determination! as seen by Dr H. C. Coombs: through what political mechanisms will indigenous Australians find their own voice? Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The modest mandate of 1967; 2. 'Land ownership for Aborigines presents difficult problems'; 3. Mediating the Yolngu; 4. Voice and feet; 5. North and South; 6. A national Indigenous leadership?; 7. Clans and councils; 8. As nasty a piece of chicanery as I can remember; 9. Effectively Aboriginal; 10. An Indigenous public sphere; 11. From James Cook to Eva Valley; 12. The 1940s in the 1990s.

Product details

• Authors: Tim Rowse
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.04.2000
• EAN: 9780521774109
• ISBN: 978-0-521-77410-9
• No. of pages: 264
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Indigenous Studies, Indigenous Peoples, Relating to indigenous peoples