The technical is political: settler colonialism and the Australian Indigenous policy system
In: Australian journal of political science: journal of the Australasian Political Studies Association, Band 54, Heft 1, S. 114-130
ISSN: 1363-030X
In: Australian journal of political science: journal of the Australasian Political Studies Association, Band 54, Heft 1, S. 114-130
ISSN: 1363-030X
In: Journal of human development and capabilities: a multi-disciplinary journal for people-centered development, Band 17, Heft 2, S. 245-259
ISSN: 1945-2837
In: Australian journal of public administration, Band 72, Heft 2, S. 156-170
ISSN: 1467-8500
This paper identifies two periods of punctuated change in the content and style of Australian Indigenous policy in the last fifty years. It also identifies a third period in which attention to Indigenous policy was heightened through the nationalisation of land issues already well‐established on the agendas of sub‐national jurisdictions. The paper relates all three periods to the changing federal institutions of Australian Indigenous policy, with the Commonwealth slowly exploring its post‐1967 role as a national government in Indigenous affairs. In later sections, the paper identifies some more conceptual bases of changing policy agendas, through ideas of the competing principles of equality, choice and guardianship and the generational moral dynamics of Indigenous affairs.
In: Australian journal of public administration: the journal of the Royal Institute of Public Administration Australia, Band 72, Heft 2, S. 156-170
ISSN: 0313-6647
In: Australian journal of political science: journal of the Australasian Political Studies Association, Band 56, Heft 4, S. 376-392
ISSN: 1363-030X
In: Analyses of social issues and public policy: _372sap, Band 5, Heft 1, S. 1-28
ISSN: 1529-7489
Indigenous Australians constitute approximately 2.4% of the Australian population & suffer from disadvantage across a range of social, economic, & health indicators compared to other Australians, including exposure to racism across all domains of contemporary Australian society. However, there has been relatively little research conducted on anti-racism in relation to Indigenous Australians. This article begins with an overview of theoretical issues pertinent to the empirical study & public policy of anti-racism. Empirical findings, from social psychology, on effective approaches to anti-racism at the cognitive, individual, interpersonal, & societal level as well as for the targets of racism are detailed with a particular focus on Indigenous Australians. Recommendations for improving & expanding institutional & legal policies to implement these approaches in relation to education & child-rearing, public service, law enforcement & media, as well as monitoring racism & promoting anti-racism in civil society, are then presented. To conclude, strategies for engendering political will to combat racism in the current neoliberal capitalist climate are explored. References. Adapted from the source document.
In: Analyses of social issues and public policy, Band 5, Heft 1, S. 1-28
ISSN: 1530-2415
Indigenous Australians constitute approximately 2.4% of the Australian population and suffer from disadvantage across a range of social, economic, and health indicators compared to other Australians, including exposure to racism across all domains of contemporary Australian society. However, there has been relatively little research conducted on anti‐racism in relation to Indigenous Australians. This article begins with an overview of theoretical issues pertinent to the empirical study and public policy of anti‐racism. Empirical findings, from social psychology, on effective approaches to anti‐racism at the cognitive, individual, interpersonal, and societal level as well as for the targets of racism are detailed with a particular focus on Indigenous Australians. Recommendations for improving and expanding institutional and legal policies to implement these approaches in relation to education and child‐rearing, public service, law enforcement and media, as well as monitoring racism and promoting anti‐racism in civil society, are then presented. To conclude, strategies for engendering political will to combat racism in the current neoliberal capitalist climate are explored.
In: Social policy and society: SPS ; a journal of the Social Policy Association, Band 17, Heft 1, S. 151-167
ISSN: 1475-3073
There is growing concern surrounding the retraction of disability social provisioning measures across the western world, with state fiscal policy trends foregrounding austerity as a central principle of welfare provisioning. This is occurring within many of the nation-states that have ratified and legislated rights enshrined by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). This article undertakes a critical analysis of disability income retraction in Australia since the early 2000s and examines these changes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians living with disability by focusing on Article 20 of the CRPD, the right to personal mobility, a core right for people with disabilities and Indigenous peoples. Beyond economic inequality, the article illustrates that the various administrative processes attached to welfare retraction have implications for the realisation of mobility practices that are critical for individual cultural identity and wellbeing. Disability austerity has resulted in a new form of Indigenous containment, fixing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with disabilities in a cyclical motion of poverty management.
In: Public affairs quarterly: PAQ ; philosophical studies of public policy issues, Band 33, Heft 4, S. 317-352
ISSN: 2152-0542
Abstract
This paper distills arguments by Indigenous public intellectual Noel Pearson in support of an "uplift" agenda for remote Australian Aboriginal communities suffering corrosive disadvantage and intergenerational dysfunction. Pearson draws on Amartya Sen while prioritizing personal responsibility, and attempts a synthesis of liberalism, social democracy, and capabilities building. The present paper also draws on Martha Nussbaum's and Rutger Claassen's capabilities approaches, with points of resonance and/or agreement with Pearson's arguments highlighted. Under a charitable reading, Pearson's position is defensible against prevailing criticisms, including the criticism that his responsibility emphasis leads him to misunderstand and misapply Sen's capabilities theory, and that his policies are illiberally perfectionist and paternalistic, ultimately assimilationist, and in breach of Kant's humanity principle.
In: Asia & the Pacific policy studies, Band 2, Heft 3, S. 517-530
ISSN: 2050-2680
AbstractMany mining operations are on or near Indigenous land, and the strong level of investment during the recent mining boom may have disproportionately affected Indigenous communities. This article examines changes in local Indigenous employment, income and housing costs to identify any localised 'resource curse' for Indigenous communities and the Australian population at large. Census data are used to show the mining boom has improved employment and income outcomes, but increased average housing costs. While the average increase in income has generally offset the increase in costs, housing stress for low‐income households has increased as a result of the mining boom.
In: The Australian journal of politics and history: AJPH, Band 59, Heft 4, S. 593-604
ISSN: 1467-8497
In: International journal of cultural policy: CP, Band 15, Heft 3, S. 315-328
ISSN: 1477-2833
In: The International Indigenous Policy Journal, Band 5, Heft 1, S. 1-13
In: The International Indigenous Policy Journal, Band 5, Heft 1, S. 1-13
In: Agenda: a journal of policy analysis & reform, Band 6, Heft 1
ISSN: 1447-4735