This course will explore public policy towards Indigenous Australians in recent years and also, to some extent, historically.
The idea of competing principles in Indigenous policy and its practice will be identified and how the balancing of these might vary both historically and geographically. The roles of specialists and generalists, and of ideology and moralism in Indigenous policy will also be discussed.
The course will then examine a number of policy sectors which are central to recent debates in the Indigenous policy arena: income support, alcohol, child protection and criminal justice, health, housing, land, youth and education. Different sectors will be used to think about various aspects and patterns of Indigenous policy processes, such as relations between Indigenous -specific and general policy mechanisms. A guest lecturer will also explore ideas around the policy implications of mobility.
Recent experiments in 'mainstreaming' and whole-of-government policy will also be explored, both for their strengths and limitations. Finally we will look at the ideas of failure and success in Australian Indigenous policy and develop the idea that they are linked to different rhetorical registers.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
At the end of the course students should be able to:
- engage in informed debate about Australian government policy and practice towards Indigenous people; and
- for those working in organisations involved in the Indigenous policy arena will hopefully have some enhanced tools for thinking about what is going on around them.
Indicative Assessment
Short Essay 30%, Research essay (7,000 words) 60%; Class Participation, 10%.
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Workload
This course is taught in a seminar format of 3 hours contact hours per week. In addition there will be approximately another 6 hours per week in analysing the readings, preparing for in-class discussion and preparing and writng the essays.
Specialisations
Fees
Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.
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- Student Contribution Band:
- 1
- Unit value:
- 12 units
If you are an undergraduate student and have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). You can find your student contribution amount for each course at Fees. Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.
| Units | EFTSL |
|---|---|
| 12.00 | 0.25000 |
Course fees
- Domestic fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2015 | $5208 |
- International fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2015 | $8292 |
Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links
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First Semester
| Class number | Class start date | Last day to enrol | Census date | Class end date | Mode Of Delivery | Class Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2067 | 16 Feb 2015 | 06 Mar 2015 | 31 Mar 2015 | 29 May 2015 | In Person | N/A |
