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1 online resource |
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text file |
| Contents |
Interlude : studying benevolence -- The culture of white anti-racism -- Tiwi long grassers -- Welcome to country -- Mutual recognition -- White stigma. |
| Summary |
In Australia, a 'tribe' of white, middle-class, progressive professionals is actively working to improve the lives of Indigenous people. This book explores what happens when well-meaning people, supported by the state, attempt to help without harming. 'White anti-racists' find themselves trapped by endless ambiguities, contradictions, and double binds - a microcosm of the broader dilemmas of postcolonial societies. These dilemmas are fueled by tension between the twin desires of equality and difference: to make Indigenous people statistically the same as non-Indigenous people (to 'close the gap') while simultaneously maintaining their 'cultural' distinctiveness. This tension lies at the heart of failed development efforts in Indigenous communities, ethnic minority populations and the global South. This book explains why doing good is so hard, and how it could be done differently. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Aboriginal Australians -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Social conditions. |
| Chronological Term |
21st century |
| Subject |
Aboriginal Australians -- Services for.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Services for. |
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Aboriginal Australians. |
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Aboriginal Australians -- Ethnic identity.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Ethnic identity. |
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White people -- Australia -- Attitudes.
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Australia. |
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Race awareness -- Australia.
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Australia -- Race relations.
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White people. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security. |
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Race awareness. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare. |
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Race relations. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural. |
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White people -- Attitudes. |
| Chronological Term |
2000-2099 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781782385998 |
| ISBN |
1322950822 (electronic book) |
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9781322950822 (electronic book) |
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9781782386001 (electronic book) |
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1782386009 (electronic book) |
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9781782385998 (hardback) |
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9781782386049 (paperback) |
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