Reluctant Representatives Blackfella bureaucrats speak in Australia's north
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Canberra :
ANU Press
2016.
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| Colección: | JSTOR Open Access monographs.
Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research ; v.37. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b35657339*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- List of figures; List of tables; Preface; 'Just bums on seats'?; Introduction; Beyond tokens and advocates; A working theory of bureaucracy; One hundred hours of speech; Guide to the book; The Northern Territory's turnstile ticker; The original 10 per cent; Target practice in the early years of self-government; 'Are you a radical black?'; Mirror, mirror ...: Steady numbers; A longstanding and ambivalent invitation; Accepting the representative invitation; A toe in the water: Depicting likeness; Plunging in: Drawing on identity; Deeper: Pinning down the absent; Trusteeship.
- The limits of acceptanceDownsides of trusteeship: 'Is that what Aboriginal people think?'; Substitutive moments: 'I'll ask Bertie, he's Indigenous!'; Declining the invitation: Stories of exit; The Indigenous sector orbit: Resolving ethical ambivalence?; Sustainable selves: Recognition and role modelling; Representing Aboriginal people to government: Improving the terms of recognition; Representing government to Aboriginal people: Speaking to others; Entitlement and connection: 'It's my home town'; The present-absent relationship; Speaking truth to theory; The ambivalent invitation.
- Why role models are interestingMeeting Indigenous employment targets: A ménage à trois; A conversation starter; Bibliography; Index; Figure 1. Work themes; Table 1: Seniority by Northern Territory Public Service (NTPS) employment status ; Table 2: Indigenous employment rates in the Northern Territory Public Service (NTPS) 1978-2008; Table 3: Experience of fostering/child removal by place of origin; Table 4: A regionalised representative bureaucracy: Northern Territory Public Service (NTPS) work location by region of origin.
