Missed opportunity: The NTER and sustainable development outcomes for Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory
| Autor: | Janet Hunt |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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Sustainable development
Economic growth Government Sociology and Political Science Poverty business.industry Project commissioning Corporate governance 05 social sciences 0211 other engineering and technologies 021107 urban & regional planning 02 engineering and technology Public relations Indigenous 050906 social work Work (electrical) Publishing Sociology 0509 other social sciences business |
| Zdroj: | Australian Journal of Social Issues. 45:417-431 |
| ISSN: | 0157-6321 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/j.1839-4655.2010.tb00187.x |
| Popis: | This article questions why the Labor Government has failed to fundamentally change the Northern Territory Emergency Response (NTER) which it inherited from the Howard government, in the face of evidence which suggests that it is a development intervention unlikely to bring about sustained change. There are two major problems which this article highlights: the coercive and denigrating approach of the NTER, and its failure to address the need for Indigenous governance to drive lasting Indigenous development. Drawing on global research about the reduction of poverty and evidence about the social and economic development of native nations in other settler states, the article suggests that the NTER has been a missed opportunity for Indigenous development. Better policies would have been to address the barriers which Indigenous people identify as blocking their initiatives for development, and to support the essential work of building effective and legitimate community governance to drive development. |
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