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Social Welfare with Indigenous Peoples

By John Dixon , Professor John Dixon , Robert P. Scheurell

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
1994
ISBN
0415055644, 9780415055642
LCC
E59.P92 S63 1995
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2358558 bytes)
Series
Comparative Social Welfare Series
Pages
360\356
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

In many areas of the world, there has been an earlier indigenous population, which has been conquered by a more recent population group. In Social Welfare with Indigenous Peoples, the editors and contributors examine the treatment of many indigenous populations from five continental areas: Africa (Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe); Australasia, New Zealand; Central and South America (Brazil, Mexico); Europe (Scandinavia, Spain) and North America. They found that, regardless of whether the newer immigrants became the majority population, as in North America, or the minority population, such as in Africa, there were many similarities in how the indigenous peoples were treated and in their current situations. This treatment is examined from many perspectives: political subjugation; negligence; shifting focus of social policy; social and legal discrimination; provision of social services; and ethnic, cultural and political rejuvenation.

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