The politics of the gap: Indigenous Australians, liberal multiculturalism, and the end of the self-determination era

American Anthropologist

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 338-348

  Kowal, Emma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Indigenous; Liberal multiculturalism; Postcolonial; Self determination

Indexed keywords

EID: 51849130336     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: 15481433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1433.2008.00043.x     Document Type: Article

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