Anthropological theory and government policy in australia's northern territory: The hegemony of the "mainstream"

American Anthropologist

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 174-187

  Morphy, Frances ^a   Morphy, Howard ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian Aborigines; Indigenous communities and the state; Northern Territory Emergency Response (NTER); Relative autonomy; Theintercultural

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878162707     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: 15481433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aman.12002     Document Type: Article

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