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dc.contributor.editorHunt, Janet
dc.contributor.editorSmith, Diane
dc.contributor.editorGarling, Stephanie
dc.contributor.editorSanders, Will
dc.date.accessioned2013-11-06 00:00:00
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-01T14:56:19Z
dc.date.available2020-04-01T14:56:19Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.identifier458896
dc.identifierOCN: 271833329en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/33788
dc.description.abstractIt is gradually being recognised by both Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians that getting contemporary Indigenous governance right is fundamental to improving Indigenous well-being and generating sustained socioeconomic development. This collection of papers examines the dilemmas and challenges involved in the Indigenous struggle for the development and recognition of systems of governance that they recognise as both legitimate and effective. The authors highlight the nature of the contestation and negotiation between Australian governments, their agents, and Indigenous groups over the appropriateness of different governance processes, values and practices, and over the application of related policy, institutional and funding frameworks within Indigenous affairs. The long-term, comparative study reported in this monograph has been national in coverage, and community and regional in focus. It has pulled together a multidisciplinary team to work with partner communities and organisations to investigate Indigenous governance arrangements–the processes, structures, scales, institutions, leadership, powers, capacities, and cultural foundations–across rural, remote and urban settings. This ethnographic case study research demonstrates that Indigenous and non-Indigenous governance systems are intercultural in respect to issues of power, authority, institutions and relationships. It documents the intended and unintended consequences–beneficial and negative–arising for both Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians from the realities of contested governance. The findings suggest that the facilitation of effective, legitimate governance should be a policy, funding and institutional imperative for all Australian governments. This research was conducted under an Australian Research Council Linkage Project, with Reconciliation Australia as Industry Partner.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.relation.ispartofseriesResearch Monograph
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and governmenten_US
dc.subject.otherpolitics and government
dc.subject.otheraustralia
dc.subject.othersocial conditions
dc.subject.otheraboriginal australians
dc.subject.othereconomic conditions
dc.subject.othercommunity development
dc.subject.otherACGC Chemical Research Communications
dc.subject.otherIndigenous Australians
dc.subject.otherIndigenous peoples
dc.subject.otherLocal government
dc.subject.otherNoongar
dc.subject.otherWadeye
dc.subject.otherNorthern Territory
dc.subject.otherYolngu
dc.titleContested Governance: Culture, power and institutions in Indigenous Australia
dc.typebook
oapen.identifier.doi10.26530/OAPEN_458896
oapen.relation.isPublishedByddc8cc3f-dd57-40ef-b8d5-06f839686b71
oapen.series.number29
oapen.pages351
oapen.place.publicationCanberra
oapen.remark.publicRelevant Wikipedia pages: Aboriginal Australians - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aboriginal_Australians; ACGC Chemical Research Communications - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACGC_Chemical_Research_Communications; Indigenous Australians - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_Australians; Indigenous peoples - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_peoples; Local government - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_government; Noongar - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noongar; Wadeye, Northern Territory - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wadeye,_Northern_Territory; Yolngu - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yolngu
oapen.identifier.ocn271833329


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