The cultural dynamics of adaptation in remote aboriginal communities: Policy, values and the state's unmet expectations

Anthropologica

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 67-75

  Tonkinson, Myrna ^a   Tonkinson, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian aborigines; Leadership; Policy; Social change; Values

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953842843     PISSN: 00035459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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