Reluctant representatives : Blackfella bureaucrats speak in Australia's north /

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'How can you make decisions about Aboriginal people when you can't even talk to the people you've got here that are blackfellas?' So 'Sarah', a senior Aboriginal public servant, imagines a conversation with the Northern Territory Public Service. Her question suggests te...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ganter, Elizabeth
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Canberra : ANU Press, ©2016.
Colección:Research monograph (Australian National University. Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research) ; no. 37.
Temas:
Aboriginal Australians > Australia > Northern Territory > Government relations.
Torres Strait Islanders > Australia > Northern Territory > Government relations.
Aboriginal Australians > Australia > Northern Territory > Politics and government.
Torres Strait Islanders > Australia > Northern Territory > Politics and government.
Representative government and representation > Australia > Northern Territory.
Australiens (Aborigènes) > Australie > Territoire du Nord > Relations avec l'État.
Insulaires du détroit de Torres > Australie > Territoire du Nord > Relations avec l'État.
Gouvernement représentatif > Australie > Territoire du Nord.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > World > Australian & Oceanian.
Aboriginal Australians > Government relations.
Aboriginal Australians > Politics and government.
Politics and government > Citizen participation.
Representative government and representation.
Torres Strait Islanders > Government relations.
Torres Strait Islanders > Politics and government.
Australia > Politics and government > Citizen participation.
Australie > Politique et gouvernement > Participation des citoyens.
Northern Territory.
Australia.
Australian
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Sumario:'How can you make decisions about Aboriginal people when you can't even talk to the people you've got here that are blackfellas?' So 'Sarah', a senior Aboriginal public servant, imagines a conversation with the Northern Territory Public Service. Her question suggests tensions for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders who have accepted the long-standing invitation to join the ranks of the public service. Reluctant Representatives gives us a rare glimpse into the working world of the individuals behind the Indigenous public sector employment statistics. This empathetic expose of the challenges of representative bureaucracy draws on interviews with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians who have tried making it work. Through Ganter's engaging narration, we learn that the mere presence of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in the public service is not enough. If bureaucracies are to represent the communities they serve, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander public servants need to be heard and need to know their people are heard.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xix, 210 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781760460334
1760460338

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