Achieving social justice : indigenous rights and Australia's future
Larissa Behrendt (Author)
This new work argues that a broad Indigenous rights framework is crucial to achieving positive change in the socio-economic disadvantage into which Indigenous Australians are born. It explains why addressing problems in Indigenous communities at a practical level needs to be done in conjunction with rights protection
Print Book, English, 2003
Federation Press, Annandale, N.S.W., 2003
xi, 192 pages ; 22 cm
9781862874503, 1862874506
53369650
1. Why question the rules?
2. The myth of law's neutrality: why formal equality doesn't work
3. Nationalism and identity: why 'western' institutions don't work for everyone
4. Indigenous aspirations: the starting point for rights protection
5. New strategies, improved rights protection: some first steps and some alternative futures
7. Some conclusions