Strengthening Indigenous Community Governance: A step towards advancing Reconciliation in Australia
Year: 2018
Type: report
Abstract: This paper presents research which is currently underway into the state of Indigenous community \ngovernance in Australia. The Indigenous Community Governance Project starts from the hypothesis \nthat good governance of Indigenous communities is essential for effective self-determination and \nis a key ingredient to successful socio-economic development. It is also critically important to \nIndigenous people engaging successfully with governments at various levels. Currently there are \nmany changes going on in the governance environment, but little is understood about what makes \nfor culturally legitimate and effective indigenous governance and how to attain it. The Project, \nsupported by the Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research at ANU and Reconciliation \nAustralia, has put together a team of researchers who are working with communities, their \norganisations and leaders, in order to understand how Indigenous governance operates at the local \nand regional levels. Preliminary work has highlighted a number of issues which will be the subject \nof more systematic research in coming months and years. Despite important local variations, it is \napparent that all the participating community organisations are facing common systemic issues \nwhich are outlined. \nThis economy is contemporary and distinctly Indigenous. This economy is not single sector, it also has market \nand state sectors, and it does not exist in isolation (see page 2). While this hybrid economy has its own values, \nespecially in the customary sector, it is also based on a series of conjunctions or articulations between all sectors. \nDiagrammatically, I have represented this economy as three overlapping circles, the market, the state and the \ncustomary, with four segments of articulation or overlap.
Authors: Janet Hunt, Diane Smith
Language: English
Subfield: Law
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W199703788