Rethinking Aboriginal ‘Resistance’
The Community Development Employment (Cepd) Program
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 18930651 |
|---|---|
| Authors | T Rowse (0000-0003-3602-5966, Menzies School of Health Research, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1993 |
| Volume | 63 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 268-286 |
| Publication date | 1993-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Oceania (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0029-8077 • E-ISSN: 1834-4461 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/j.1834-4461.1993.tb02421.x |
| OpenAlex | W2022659019 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 7 |
In this paper I wish to contribute to an understanding of ‘Aboriginal resistance’ by a study of the politics of remote Aborigines' ‘employment’. I begin by highlighting some themes in recent discussions of the Community Development Employment Projects ( cdep ) policy, before looking back at some features of the welfare and pastoral economy in the Central Australian hinterland, c. 1950 to c. 1975. My aim is twofold: to show some of the cultural continuities in the relationships between remote Aborigines and government; and to criticise constructively the notion of ‘Aboriginal resistance’, to advocate a structural and processual notion of ‘resistance’ and to move away from one based on the clear identification of actors
Government (linguistics) · Identification (biology) · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Resistance (ecology) · Sociology · Welfare · Community Development and Social Impact · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights · Law · Mining and Resource Management
| Citations per year | 0.13 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1994 - 2011 (18) |
| Highly cited | No |