Trapped in the gap
doing good in indigenous Australia
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Word Count
49,500 words, Guess
Page Count
198 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-139781782385998
- ISBN-139781782386049
- ISBN-139781782386001
- ISBN-101782385991
- ISBN-101782386041
and 7 more
- ISBN-101782386009
- Library of Congress Control Number2014033556
- OCLC Control Number896862152
- Better World Books9781782386049
- Better World Books9781782386001
- Better World Books9781782385998
- Open LibraryOL31040731M
Classifications
- DDC362.84/9915
- LCCDU124.S63 K68 2015
- LCCDU124.S63K68 2015
Description
This book explores what happens when well-meaning people, supported by the state, attempt to help without harming. 'White anti-racists' find themselves trapped by endless ambiguities, contradictions, and double binds - a microcosm of the broader dilemmas of postcolonial societies. These dilemmas are fueled by tension between the twin desires of equality and difference: to make Indigenous people statistically the same as non-Indigenous people (to 'close the gap') while simultaneously maintaining their 'cultural' distinctiveness. This tension lies at the heart of failed development efforts in Indigenous communities, ethnic minority populations and the global South. This book explains why doing good is so hard, and how it could be done differently.
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