Views from the top of the ‘quiet revolution’: Secretarial perspectives on the new arrangements in Indigenous affairs
Author/editor: Gray, W, Sanders, WG
Paper no: 282
Year published: 2006
In the latter months of 2005 we interviewed eleven members of the Commonwealth Government’s Secretaries Group on Indigenous Affairs about their experiences of the new arrangements in Indigenous affairs since July 2004. This paper reports on the findings from those interviews under ten subheadings…
Capacity development in the international development context: Implications for Indigenous Australia
Author/editor: Hunt, J
Paper no: 278
Year published: 2005
Capacity development has become a key concept in international development in recent years. Older approaches involving technical cooperation, in which knowledge and skills were to be transferred to developing countries, have been unsuccessful. In contrast capacity development is viewed as an…
Researching Australian Indigenous Governance: A Methodological and Conceptual Framework
Author/editor: Smith, D
Paper no: 29
Year published: 2005
This paper sets out the methodological and conceptual framework for the Indigenous Community Governance (ICG) Project on Understanding, Building and Sustaining Effective Governance in Rural, Remote and Urban Indigenous Communities. The paper describes the Project’s research aims, questions, and…
Strengthening Indigenous Community Governance: a step towards advancing Reconciliation in Australia - Strengthening Indigenous Community Governance
Author/editor: Hunt, J, Smith, D
Paper no: 4
Volume no: 29
Year published: 2005
'Strengthening Indigenous Community Governance: a step towards advancing Reconciliation in Australia', a paper presented at Peace, Justice and Reconciliation in the Asia-Pacific Region Conference, April 1-3 2005, Queensland University. This paper presents research which is currently underway into…
From Gove to Governance: Reshaping Indigenous Governance in the Northern Territory
Author/editor: Smith, D
Paper no: 265
Year published: 2004
This paper attempts to identify the key challenges facing Indigenous people and governments in reshaping the architecture of Indigenous governance in the Territory, and considers some strategic options for a way forward. First, a brief historical background is provided to Indigenous governance and…
Prospects for Regionalism in Indigenous Community Governance - Prospects for Regionalism in Indigenous Community Governance
Author/editor: Sanders, WG
Paper no: 7
Volume no: 20
Year published: 2004
'Prospects for Regionalism in Indigenous Community Governance', a seminar by Will Sanders presented to the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies on 27 April 2004.
Socio-political perspectives on localism and regionalism in the Pintupi Luritja region of central Australia: Implications for service delivery and governance
Author/editor: Holcombe, S
Paper no: 25
Year published: 2004
This paper explores the tensions between localism and regionalism within the Indigenous polity of the Haasts Bluff Land Trust. The anthropological trend has been to focus on localism and the tendency toward dispersal and ‘atomism’. As a result less recognition has been accorded the Indigenous…