Official apologies, reconciliation, and settler colonialism: Australian indigenous Alterity and political agency

Citizenship Studies

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 145-159

  Moses, A Dirk ^a,b  

^a EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Citizenship; Governmentality; Identity; Legitimacy; Neo liberal; Political agency

Indexed keywords

CITIZENSHIP; COLONIALISM; ETHNIC MINORITY; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN RIGHTS; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; NATIONAL IDENTITY; NEOLIBERALISM;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 79956067252     PISSN: 13621025     EISSN: 14693593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13621025.2011.549698     Document Type: Article

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