Coercive reconciliation : stabilise, normalise, exit aboriginal Australia
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posted on 2024-06-04, 06:28authored byJC Altman, M Hinkson
In the wake of the release of the 'Little Children are Sacred' report, the Howard government has declared a national emergency and mobilised a coalition of police, army and others to tackle child sexual abuse in remote Aboriginal Australia. This book is an urgent critical response to the government's actions. A wide range of authors contextualise the crisis facing remote Aboriginal communities and the government's most recent response in light of the history of and wider policy towards Aboriginal Australia. The book considers how the rhetoric of emergency excludes such questions as whether the government itself is complicit in the state of remote Aboriginal communities; how the approach to tackling child sexual abuse dovetails with the government's broader goals in Indigenous affairs; the long-term effects of the government's actions; and alternative responses to the Anderson/Wild report.
History
ISBN-13
9780980415803
ISBN-10
0980415802
Indigenous content
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Edition
1
Language
eng
Publication classification
AN.1 Other book, or book not attributed to Deakin University