UNSETTLING THE SETTLER STATE by Sarah Maddison (Editor), Morgan Brigg (Editor) ( 9781862878266 )

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Title:

UNSETTLING THE SETTLER STATE
CREATIVITY AND RESISTANCE IN INDIGENOUS SETTLER-STATE GOVERNANCE

By:

Sarah Maddison (Editor), Morgan Brigg (Editor)

Format:

Paperback

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ISBN 10:

1862878269

ISBN 13:

9781862878266

Publisher:

FEDERATION PRESS

Pub. date:

11 July, 2011

Pages:

256

Description:

Advancing Indigenous affairs governance and developing improved Settler-Indigenous relations requires dialogue and exchange between Indigenous and Settler ways of organising social and political relationships. Unsettling the Setter State opens vibrant and promising pathways for rethinking governance and decolonising Australia in the 21st century.

Synopsis:

Debates in contemporary Indigenous affairs rarely question the settler-state framework and its accompanying institutions and processes. This silence persists despite Indigenous efforts to engage the settler-colonial order through repeated calls for treaties, for constitutional change, for self-determination and for better representation on the national political stage. These Indigenous efforts to enter into dialogue with mainstream Australia have thus far received little or no reciprocal movement from the settler state and its associated institutions. To advance Indigenous affairs governance and develop a dialogue for improved Settler-Indigenous relations in the 21st century requires unsettling the silences around the settler-state and its institutions and processes. Instead, we need dialogue and exchange between Indigenous and Settler orders. Only by embracing the challenges of governance in an open an unapologetic way will we be able to address the anxieties associated with Indigenous governance and contribute to healing the persistent sore of the wider Indigenous-Settler relations that continue to trouble the Australian community.To address these challenges, Unsettling the Setter State documents and analyses contemporary Indigenous efforts to engage with the settler state and its institutions. Chapters by Indigenous authors and settler interpreters and counterparts highlight Aboriginal creativity, vibrancy, and resistance while providing a crucial resource and pathways for rethinking governance and decolonising Australia in the 21st century.

Publication:

Australia

Imprint:

Federation Press

Returns:

Returnable

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