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Title Power, culture, economy : indigenous Australians and mining / editors Jon Altman, David Martin.

Publication Info. Acton, A.C.T. : ANU E Press, 2009.

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Description 1 online resource.
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Series Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research monograph series ; 30
Research monograph (Australian National University. Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research) ; no. 30.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Foreword / John Nieuwenhuysen -- Contestations over development / Jon Altman -- Indigenous communities, miners and the state in Australia / Jon Altman -- Data mining: Indigenous Peoples, applied demography and the resource extraction industry / John Taylor -- Aboriginal organisations and development: The structural context / Robert Levitus -- Governance of agreements between Aboriginal people and resource developers: Principles for sustainability / David F. Martin -- Corporate responsibility and social sustainability: Is there any connection? / Katherine Trebeck -- Indigenous entrepreneurialism and mining land use agreements / -- Mining agreements, development, aspirations, and livelihoods / Benedict Scambary.
Summary "Research over the past decade in health, employment, life expectancy, child mortality, and household income has confirmed that Indigenous Australians are still Australia's most disadvantaged group. Those residing in communities in regional and remote Australia are further disadvantaged because of the limited formal economic opportunities there. In these areas mining developments may be the major--and sometimes the only--contributors to regional economic development. However Indigenous communities have gained only relatively limited long-term economic development benefits from mining activity on land that they own or over which they have property rights of varying significance. Furthermore, while Indigenous people may place high value on realising particular non-economic benefits from mining agreements, there may be only limited capacity to deliver such benefits. This collection of papers focuses on three large, ongoing mining operations in Queensland, Western Australia and the Northern Territory under two statutory regimes--the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 and the Native Title Act 1993. The authors outline the institutional basis to greater industry involvement while describing and analysing the best practice principles that can be utilised both by companies and Indigenous community organisations"--Publisher's description.
Local Note JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access
Language English.
Subject Aboriginal Australians -- Economic conditions.
Aboriginal Australians -- Economic conditions.
Aboriginal Australians -- Social conditions.
Aboriginal Australians -- Social conditions.
Mineral industries -- Australia.
Mineral industries.
Australia.
Mineral industries -- Environmental aspects -- Australia.
Mineral industries -- Environmental aspects.
Mineral industries -- Social aspects -- Australia.
Mineral industries -- Social aspects.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Added Author Altman, Jon C., 1954-
Martin, David (David Fernandes)
Australian National University. Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research.
Other Form: Print version: Power, culture, economy. Acton, A.C.T. : ANU E Press, ©2009 9781921536861 (OCoLC)369165241
ISBN 9781921536878 (electronic book)
192153687X (electronic book)
9781921536861
1921536861