Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (370 pages)
,
illustrations
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als 'And there'll be NO dancing'
DDC:
306.0899915
Keywords:
Aboriginal Australians Congresses Government relations
;
Aboriginal Australians Congresses Government policy 21st century
;
Law
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Aboriginal Australians ; Government policy
;
Aboriginal Australians ; Government relations
;
Ethnic relations ; Political aspects
;
HISTORY ; Australia & New Zealand
;
Society & social sciences
;
Cultural studies
;
Conference papers and proceedings
;
Australia Congresses Ethnic relations
;
Political aspects
;
Australia
Abstract:
Chapter Ten: Reassessing Indigenous Self-Determination in Rolf de Heer's Charlie's Country (2014)Chapter Eleven: "An Australian Government Initiative: Criminal"; Chapter Twelve: Imposed Solutions versus Local Aspirations; Chapter Thirteen: The Protector of Aborigines in Colonial Western Australia; Chapter Fourteen: "Who Are the Aborigines?"; Contributors; Index
Abstract:
Just prior to the federal election of 2007, the Australian government led by John Howard decreed the "Northern Territory National Emergency Response", commonly known as the Intervention, officially in reaction to an investigation by the Northern Territory government into allegedly rampant sexual abuse and neglect of Indigenous children. The emergency laws authorised the Australian government to drastically intervene in the self-determination of Indigenous communities in contravention of the UN Declaration of Human Rights and of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Far from improving the living con
Abstract:
Table of Contents; Tables, Figures and Illustrations; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter One: The Intervention; Chapter Two: The Seven Pillars of Aboriginal Exception to the Australian State; Chapter Three: Sporting Intervention; Chapter Four: Change from the Ground up; Chapter Five: The Intervention, Stronger Futures and Racial Discrimination; Chapter Six: Rampant Misrepresentation; Chapter Seven: Stories of the Intervention; Chapter Eight: A "Place to Start"; Chapter Nine: The Intervention in Indigenous Literature
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
